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Award winners
2021
![]() Ticket | Best Short Film | Abhik Das | IndiaA lower middle class man searches for the ticket of his existence in the socioeconomic scenario of daily Indian city life. | ![]() Lunch | 1st Runner UP | Satyaranjan Sarmah | IndiaThis short film depicts the story of a small boy(Guddu) who is a rag picker and eats food from a garbage dump. | ![]() Abandonment | 2nd Runner UP | Sagnik Dutta Gupta | IndiaOn a stormy night, a needy man picks up a wallet full of money, only to find the owner observing him closely. | ![]() Pinnacle | Best Documentary | Vikram Jeet | IndiaFew average people, attempt to climb two 6000 meter peaks in a remote part of Indian Himalayan range. | ![]() Punarudaya | Best Animation | Sreemon Das | IndiaMost of us use the name of Gandhi and his fame to fulfill our interests but very few of us actually follow his ideology. | ![]() Hope | Best Science Fiction | Partha Sarathi Manna | IndiaA young boy sets out in the hunt for a bird in the dystrophic future (year 2040) while their mother fights with her inner self |
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![]() Kajol Sambhu | Best Male Actor - TicketA lower middle class man searches for the ticket of his existence in the socioeconomic scenario of daily Indian city life. | ![]() Pensy Brahma | Best Female Actress | Dusk | IndiaA short trip of a young Nepalese sex worker offers a fleeting moment of tranquility from the monotony of her life. | ![]() Hanif Rahman | Best Male Child Artist | Lunch | IndiaThis short film depicts the story of a small boy(Guddu) who is a rag picker and eats food from a garbage dump. | ![]() Dibyajyoti Marndi | Best Female Child Artist | KukliThe lively little girl is known for her endless questions and curiosity towards anything unknown to her. | ![]() P. T. Paritosh | Best Supporting Actor | SaintA tale about a delusional old saint who is stuck in a loop, where he is challenged to question his own belief | ![]() The Eye | Best Short Film | Omid Saifi | IranA girl gets traumatized and has brain death. The girl is walking in the limelight and introduces herself. |
![]() Let There Be Light | Best Documentary | K.M. Taj-Biul Hasan | BangladeshCaste discrimination remains one of the most severe and forgotten human rights abuses of the twenty-first century. | ![]() The Romans | 1st Runner UP | Maurice Micallef | MaltaRome, from a humble beginning grew into one of the greatest empires ever known, lasting almost a thousand years. | ![]() Aguan | 2nd Runner UP | Novera Hasan Nikkor | BangladeshThis is the story of Ms. Rahela Begum a 22 years old single unfortunate mother becoming a female rickshaw-puller | ![]() A Drawing | Best Animated Short Film | Brad Condie | USAA young boy misses the chance to say goodbye to his dying Mother. Through a deep desire he wills himself to try to see her again. | ![]() iRony | 1st Runner UP | Radheya Jegatheva | AustraliaA film that explores the relationship between man and technology... told from the perspective of a phone | ![]() Ankana | Best Makeup Artist | SaintA tale about a delusional old saint who is stuck in a loop, where he is challenged to question his own belief. |
![]() Suvo Bhattacharjee | Best Sound Design & Mixing | AbandonmentOn a stormy night, a needy man picks up a wallet full of money, only to find the owner observing him closely. | ![]() Amit Dey | Best Art Director | HopeA young boy sets out in the hunt for a bird in the dystrophic future (year 2040) while their mother fights with her inner self | ![]() Vikram Jeet | Best Cinematography | Pinnacle | IndiaFew average people, attempt to climb two 6000 meter peaks in a remote part of Indian Himalayan range. | ![]() Ujjal Paul | Best Screenplay | DuskA short trip of a young Nepalese sex worker offers a fleeting moment of tranquility from the monotony of her life. | ![]() Florencia De Maio | Best Female Actress | Chromatic SuspensionTime breaks into pieces and then recomposes itself, opening a door for Mary to reconcile with her childhood | ![]() Adnan Jaffar | Best Male Actor | The Storyteller | PakistanAbbas, a middle aged writer with deteriorating health is pressured by his publisher to finish his novel. |
![]() Jay Jay Jegathesan | Best Narration | iRonyA film that explores the relationship between man and technology... told from the perspective of a phone | ![]() Win Suarez Compendio | Best Cinematography | Sulyap | PhilippinesEnvironment plays a vital part in the relationship of father and son in this short film. | ![]() Mina Keohane | Best Original Music Score | A DrawingA young boy misses the chance to say goodbye to his dying Mother. Through a deep desire he wills himself to try to see her again. | ![]() Omid Saifi | Best Editing | The EyeA girl gets traumatized and has brain death. The girl is walking in the limelight and introduces herself. | ![]() Rashid Bin Sabbir Aleef | Best Sound Recordist | AguanThis is the story of Ms. Rahela Begum a 22 years old single unfortunate mother becoming a female rickshaw-puller | ![]() From Trash To Treasure | Audience Award | Iara Lee | BrazilCultures of Resistance Films profiles a variety of these inventive creators, introducing viewers to a fascinating cast of local residents |
![]() Piklu | Audiance Award | Mrinmoy Nandi | IndiaA Young man finds the entire “Bengali” community as an ethnic group has suffered a loss of cultural values-identity | ![]() Baby Over | Audience Award | Vrushab Maitri | IndiaTwo brothers, 10-year old Neel, the misfit obsessed with fast bowling and 14-year old Abhishek. | ![]() Navras | Audiance Award | Documentary | AustraliaAn essay about memory, exploring the Asian vision of life and death. Shot in five countries for three years. | ![]() Keep Rising Kolkata | Jury Mention | Aneek Ray | IndiaKolkata knows how to fight, protest, raise a voice, stand together, and if needed even stay at home. | ![]() Let Me Breath With My Dream | | Jury Mention| Novera Hasan Nikkor | BangladeshIn Bangladesh child marriage is a strong social custom and has the fourth highest rate of child marriage in the world. | ![]() Hitler's Last Memories | Jury Mention | Vignesh Kumar B. | IndiaA drug addict named Hitler tries to escape from rehabilitation center with group of other patients. |
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