31-1-12 at JIFF

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.