Mumbai Film Festival – Winners 2015

After eight days the 17th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival came to an end. We present the list of winners.

India Gold Competition
Golden Gateway Award

Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction) by Gurvinder Singh
India, France | 2015 – 115 min.

Silver Gateway Award

Haraamkhor (The Wretched) by Shlok Sharma – India | 2015 – 90 min.

Jury Special Prize

Mor Mann Ke Bharam (The Illusion Of My Mind)
by Karma Takapa, Heer Ganjwala and Abhishek Verma- India | 2015 – 75 min.

International Competition
Golden Gateway Award

Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante
Guatemala, France | 2015 – 90 min.

Silver Gateway Award

Sutak (Heavenly Nomadic) by Mirlan Abdykalykov
Kyrgistan |2015 – 81 min.

Jury Grand Prize

Thithi by Ram Reddy – India, USA, Canada | 2015 – 132 min.

Achievement in Acting

Farzana Nawabi for the film Mina Walking by Yosef Baraki
Canada, Afghanistan | 2015 – 110 min.

Achievement in Acting

Maria Telon for the film Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante
Guatemala, France | 2015 – 90 min.

Special Jury Mention - Ensemble

Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino – Canada | 2015 – 89 min.

Achievement in Screenwriting

Chloe Zhao for the film Songs My Brother Taught Me – USA | 2015 – 98 min.

Special Jury Mention – Direction

César Augusto Acevedo for the film La Tierra y la Sombra (Land and Shade)
Colombia | 2015 – 94 min.

Dimensions Mumbai
Gold Gateway Award
Kunal by Dhruv Sehgal – India | 2015 – 5 min.

Silver Gateway Award
Meet the Voice by Disha Noyonika Rindani – India | 2015 – 5 min.

Jury Special Mention
Kekda (A Wise Crab) by Yashasvi Juyal – India | 2015 – 4 mn.

Jury Special Mention – Fiction
Ghalin Lotangan (I Will Bow) by Vedanti Dani – India | 2015 – 3 min.

Audience Choice Award

Taxi by Jafar Panahi – Iran | 2015 – 82 min.

Young Critics Choice Award

Kaul (A Calling) by Aadish Keluskar – India | 2014 – 118 min.

Film Social Impact Award (Yes Foundation)
Ottaal (The Trap) by Jayaraj – India | 2014 – 81 min.

Excellence in Writing On Cinema

Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji VIttal for the film Gaata Rahe Mera Dil

Children’s Feature Awards
Golden Gateway Award

Ottaal (The Trap) by Jayaraj – India | 2014 – 81 min.

Silver Gateway Award

Operasjon Arktis (Operation Artic) by Grethe Boe-Waal
Norway | 2014 – 87 min.

Jury Special Mention for acting

Hetal Gada and Krish Chabria for the film Dhanak (Rainbow)
by Nagesh Kukunoor – India | 2015 – 103 min.

Special Mention for Direction

X+Y by Morgan Matthews – UK | 2014 – 111 min.

Children’s Short Award
Jury Special Mention

Daan Durft (Go, Daan, Go) by Mari Sanders
The Netherlands | 2014 – 15 min.