​INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SHIMLA

Awards IFFS 2018

Award list of 4th International Film Festival of Shimla 2018
Award Eve: 14th October, 2018

#International Category:

DOCUMENTARY:

* Best Documentary:  "BURKINABÈ RISING: The art of resistance in Burkina Faso"
Director Name: Lara Lee

Country: Burkina Faso

* Special Jury Documentary: "New Life"

Director Name: Veysi Altay
Country: Turkey

SHORT FILM

* Best Short Film: "The Fog"
Director Name: Ali Shoorvarzi, Hoseyn Mahroughi

Country: Iran

* Special Jury Short Film: "Its Also Love"

Director Name: Masao Konno

Country: Japan

* Special Jury Short Film: "Opaque"

Director Name: Anish Kunnath

Country: Singapore

#National Category

DOCUMENTARY

* Best Documentary: "Ima Sabitri"
Director Name: Bobo Khuraijam

Country: Imphal, Manipur, India

Cash Prize (INR 20,000/-)

* Special Jury Documentary: "Nachi Se Banchi"

Director Name: Bijju Toppo & Meghnath

Asst. Director/Cinematographer: Rupesh Kumar Sahoo
Country; Jharkhand, india

* Special Jury Documentary: "Thunder lightning & Rain:

Director Name: Rajesh James

Country: Kochi, Kerala

SHORT FILMS

* Best Short Fiction: "Anahut"

Director Name: Umesh Bagade

Country; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Language: ​Marathi

Cash Prize (INR 20,000/-)

*Special Jury Short Fiction: "Plucked"

Director Name: Tejus Yakhob
Country: Karnataka
Language: ​Kannad 


FEATURE FILMS

​* Best Feature Film: "Sinjar"
Director Name: Sandeep Pampally
Language: Jasari
Country; Calicut, Kerala
Cash Prize (INR 25,000/-)

                                              
* Special Jury Feature Film: "Nawal The Jewel"
Director Name: Ranjilal Damodaran
Language: English
Country: Trivandrum, Kerala

#State Category

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* Best Documentary: In the Twilight Zone
Director Name: Mela Ram Sharma
Country: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Cash Prize (INR 10,000/-)

* Special Jury Award: Karim Mohammed
Director Name: Pawan Sharma
​Country: Himachal Pradesh, India
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