The Red Carpet Award Ceremony of the 4th Airtel Jaipur International Film Festival 2012 was conducted in the evening at The City Palace. During the formal Closing Ceremony, musical concert and cultural dance programs were organized.
During the award ceremony, the film actor Om Puri, Princess Diya Kumari, all the members of jury, Hollywood producer Leslee Udwin, festival director Hanu Roj, as well as cinema dignitaries from around the world was present. In total 24 awards were presented in the Red Carpet Award Ceremony of 4th JIFF. They are as follows-
S. No.
Award
Film
Winner
Country
01
Golden Camel Award for best director
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
France/Iran
02
Red Rose Award for best film released during Oct 2010-11
Golchehreh
Vahid Mousaian
Iran
03
Green Rose Award for the film which gives Global Message
The Pipe
Risteard O Dohmnaill
Austria
04
Yellow Rose Award for the upcoming film with world premiere
Pink Saris
Kim Longinotto
UK/India
05
Best Debutante Director
Top Floor Left Wing
Angelo Cianci
France/Luxembourg
06
Special Jury Mention-
Best Actress-feature film
The Desire-A women of Journey
Shilpa Shetty
India
07
Special Jury Mention-
Best Actress-Feature Film
West is West
Ila Arun
India
08
Best Critic Award
Meherjaan
Rubaiyat Hossain
Bangladesh
09
Special Jury Mention-Feature Film
Handover
Saurabh Kumar
India
10
Best Actress Award in National Category-Feature Film
Handover
Nutan Sinha
India
11
Best Actress Award in International Category
A Separation
Sareh Bayat
Iran
12
Best Short Film
Khule Darwaje (Open Doors)
Ashish Pandey
India
13
Best Documentary
Dilli
Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas
India
14
Best Short Film Director
Banwara Mann
Mitu Kumar
India
15
Best Cinematography Award for Short film
Miyuki’s Wind Bell
Chris Freilich
Japan/ USA
16
Best Editing Award for Short Film
Protect the Nation
C.R Reisser & Olivia Retzer
Germany
17
Best Script-short film
A Wonderful Day
Joseph Fackenheim & Ariel Weisbrod
Israel
18
Best Sound-short film
Khule Darwaje (Open Doors)
Tapas Nayak
India
19
Special Jury Mention-short film
Dulce (Sweet)
Ivan Ruiz Flores
Spain
20
Best Film (Upcoming Stars)
The Tigers, they are all dead
Reema Sengupta
India
21
Special Jury Mention-upcoming star
The Robbery
Johnny Ma
Australia
22
Best Animation Film
The Jar
Ali Ahmadi
Iran
23
Special Jury Mention
Bat Wahi Hai
Nina Sabnani
India
24
Best Short Film (Rajasthan)
Facepack
Gaurav Panjwani
India
25
Best Documentary (Rajasthan)
Jungal mein Jallianwala
Anurag Sharma
India
26
Best Animation (Rajasthan)
LOC
Kuldeep Saini
India
27
Special Jury Mention- Documentary
Memories of Old Awake
Patrick Chadwick
UK
28
Special Jury Mention- Rajasthan
The End
Rakesh Gogna
India
It is noteworthy that both domestic and foreign filmmakers highly appreciated the Closing Ceremony and the festival in whole. Mitu Kumar, the director of Banwara Mann said that she is truly honoured and winning an award in prestigious Jaipur International Film Festival is nothing less than winning an Oscar!
During the 5 days of the festival, the screening of all the 178 nominated films was done on a successful basis. The successful organization of ‘The Merchant’ was sufficient enough to render a new energy to all the filmmakers and the members of organizing committee. During the 5 days of the festival, 2 workshops and 3 seminars were also conducted. These workshops and seminars helped an immense numbers of participants with valuable lessons and knowledge.
Next year, the festival will be organized on a very grand scale as JIFF will celebrate the 100 successful years of Indian cinema.
