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The Competition Section: An important feature of the Festival was the competition section.

  • Captioned  60 Seconds to Fame”, it invited all Indian citizens to enter an original film lasting 1 minute on the theme "An Inclusive Society".

  • Nearly 400 entries were received, making it a truly rewarding exercise for us. The best of those were screened  during the Festival.

  • Five were finally voted as the best by an eminent jury comprising Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Jaya Bachchan, Nandita Das, Mani Ratinam and Rajiv Menon, Samuel Mani and Paresh Palicha.

The names of the prize-winning films and lucky winners:

 

Ist Prize:

Becky

 

Filmmakers:

Madhi and Thyagarajan Kumararaja, Chennai

 

 

 

 

IInd Prize:

With a Little Help from my Friends

 

Filmmaker:

Nakul Sawhney, New Delhi

 

 

 

 

IIIrd Prize:

Untitled (Theme: Journey from darkness to light)

 

Filmmaker:

Sreebala Menon, Thiruvananthapuram

Jury Special Mention Prize:

 

[1] Vision

Filmmaker: Varun Narvekar, Pune.

 

[2] Can You?

Filmmaker: Siddharth S. Kumar, Chennai