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Multiartist Aline Amike, nominated for Best Actress at Imagineindia 2025

Aline has been nominated for Best Actress for the film Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aimé) Rwanda. The film of Philibert Aimé has got 4 Nominations at the festival.

Aline Amike is a Rwandan multilingual actor, writer, and fashion designer whose work bridges storytelling, performance, and craftsmanship. She played the lead role in Minimals in a Titanic World, which premiered at Berlinale 2025 alongside her twin sister, Alice Amike, and was featured in Variety as one of the rising actors to watch. Her earlier roles in The Bride (Berlinale 2023) and Father’s Day (Berlinale 2022) drew critical acclaim, with the latter earning her the Best Actor award at the Gran Canaria Film Festival. She was selected for Berlinale Talents in 2024 and has also performed on stage in Poetik P, a Swiss theatre production that highlighted her range as a live performer.

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Vinod Kapri gets 3 nominations at Imagineindia 2025

Gets nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Script for the film Pyre. The film has a total of 6 Nominations.

Vinod Kapri (born 15 August 1972) is an award-winning filmmaker , author and former Television Journalist . He won the prestigious national award for his debut film Can’t Take This Shit Anymore in 2014.
He made his feature debut with “Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho” (2015) – a socio-legal satire that received extensive critical acclaim. Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho, a social-political satire inspired by true incident in Rajasthan, was received critical acclaim from some quarters. The film earned rave reviews from the likes of Amitabh Bachchan , Raju Hirani and National Award-winning director Madhur Bhandarkar.

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Manas Bhattcharyya gets nominated at Imagineindia 2025 for Best DOP

A distinguished alumnus of the SRFTI Cinematography department, class of 2006, Manas Bhattacharyya not only topped his class but also received multiple scholarships — a testament to his extraordinary talent.
His journey in the Bollywood industry began as an Assistant Cinematographer, contributing to notable films such as Laga Chunari Mein Daag (YRF), Antardwand (YRF), and Aamir (UTV). During this time, he gained valuable experience working with renowned cinematographers such as K. U. Mohanan, Alphonse Roy, and Sushil Rajpal.

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Soustav Naskar, Nominated for Best Sound Design at Imagineindia 2025

Soustav Naskar, a location sound recorder and designer based in Bombay. I have studied at the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute in Kolkata. I am interested in capturing and moulding sounds that bring stories to life and add depth to cinematic narratives. My work spans films and ads across genres, and I’m currently exploring AI and tech innovations that have the potential to push boundaries in sound design, immersive ambience, performance, and the interplay of audio and visual in storytelling.

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Acclaimed Composer of Atom Egoyan, Mira Nair, nominated at Imagineindia 2025

An acclaimed composer with a distinctive voice in contemporary film scoring, Mychael Danna is known for his masterful fusion of non-Western musical traditions with orchestral and electronic textures. A graduate of the University of Toronto, he began his career as a composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium, where he developed his unique sensibility for blending world music with cinematic storytelling.
Danna made his feature film debut with Family Viewing (1987), directed by Atom Egoyan, marking the beginning of a long and celebrated collaboration. His early work on films such as Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, and Felicia’s Journey earned him widespread recognition for his atmospheric and emotionally resonant scores.

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First Press Release. Imagineindia 2025

Dear colleagues, we are happy to inform you of the launch of the 24th Edition of ImagineIndia, which will be held from September 1 to 16, 2024 at Artistic Metropol in Madrid. As you know, every year ImagineIndia give the Honorary Award for an entire professional career to outstanding filmmakers who have an important connection with Asian cinema. On this occasion the AWARD OF HONOR FOR AN ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER to: the Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui and the Indian filmmaker Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra).

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Anjali Monteiro, Jury at Imagineindia for Best Editing

Anjali Monteiro is a former Professor from the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She is involved in documentary production, media teaching and research. She played a key role, along with her colleague and partner, Prof. K.P. Jayasankar, in setting up of the MA and Ph.D. programmes in Media and Cultural Studies at TISS, the first of its kind in India and has done pioneering and innovative work in critical media education in India. In recognition of their contribution, the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad conferred the Prof. Satish Bahadur Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film Education on them, at the 6th Alpavirama — International Youth Film Festival, in November 2022.

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Sepideh Abdolvahab, Jury at Imagineindia

Sepideh has incorporated as Jury Member for Best Editing Award.

Sepideh Abdolvahab is an Iranian-born film editor based in the
United States. She comes from a prominent filmmaking family: her
mother, Haydeh Safiyari, is an internationally acclaimed editor
with two Oscar-winning films and a member of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, while her father, Mohsen
Abdolvahab, is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and
screenwriter recognized with honors such as the Silver Wolf Award
at Amsterdam and the Asia Pacific Screen Award.

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Ana Vico, Jury for Best Short Film at Imagineindia

Ana Vico was born in Huelma, a small town in Andalucía (Spain). At 18, she moved to Madrid to study Audiovisual Communication at the Complutense University. Very interested in intimate cinema, she shot a couple of short films of this style with her group of friends from college, both with a very limited budget. After finishing her degree, she began the Directing Diploma at ECAM to continue learning and developing her films. “Un amor” is her Diploma Graduation short film, which was selected at this festival, Imagine India International Film Festival.

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Félix Sabroso, Jury at Imagineindia for Best Script

Félix started his career as a filmmaker with comedies like Perdona Bonita, but Lucas wanted me or El Grito en el cielo and his first television series, the sit-com Quitate tú pa ́ ponme yo, for Telecinco. He combines his film career with his line of work in television for which he has written and directed, in addition to many entertainment formats, many other fiction products such as the series Mujeres, produced by the Almodóvar factory for TVE and also sold to RAI. He also owes the third title of his filmography, Descongélate, to the Almodóvar brothers.

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