“Court” wins best film award at Mumbai FestivalOctober 22, 2014 - 12:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Court” has won best film, plus awards for director Chaitanya Tamhane and a special jury mention for its ensemble cast at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival’s international competition, Variety reported. Mexican film “Gueros,” directed by Alonso Ruiz Palacios, won the grand jury prize. Martin Loizillion won actor for the French film “Fever” and Liron Ben-Shlush actress for Israeli film “Next to Her.” Tat Radcliffe won the cinematography award for U.K. film “’71”. In the Indian categories, “Chauranga,” directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, won best film. “Killa,” directed by Avinash Arun, won second-best film and the special jury award for its ensemble cast. Disha Rindani’s “Mumbai 70” won the best short film award. The festival, running Oct. 14-21, was on the brink of closure six weeks ago after a deal with previous sponsors ended but was saved thanks to financial contributions from several key industry figures. One of them, filmmaker Aamir Khan, said at the closing ceremony: “The problems it faced this year is a reminder of what this festival means to us and how much Mumbai needs to sustain it.” During the festival, director Goran Paskaljevic (“When Day Breaks”) announced his next film “Dev Bhoomi,” an Indo-Serbian co-production starring Victor Banerjee (“A Passage to India”). The film, about a 65-year-old man who returns to India from England after 40 years when he discovers he is going blind, will shoot in the Northern Indian state of Uttarakhand from March. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |