BEST FILM

Jury : Samantha Lang / Mehdi Rahmani / Eulalia Ramón / Lalit Mohan Joshi

NOMINATED

• Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia
• Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
• Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

WINNERS

1. When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey
2. Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China

SPECIAL MENTIONS

Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India

Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia

BEST DIRECTOR

Jury : Anjan Dutt / Mehdi Rahmani / Hanna Polak / Eulalia Ramón

NOMINATED

• Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• Vinod Kapri, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
• Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Mehmet Ali Konar, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

WINNERS

1. Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
2. Mehmet Ali Konar, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

BEST ACTRESS

Jury : Olga Khlasheva / Leena Alam / Therese Malvar

NOMINATED

• Gresa Pallaska, Waterdrop (Robert Budina) Albania
• Zhou Dongyou, for Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
• Anastasiia Shevchuk, for Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• Aline Amike, for Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon
• Sonali Sarmisstha, for In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India

WINNERS

1. Gresa Pallaska, Waterdrop (Robert Budina) Albania
2. Aline Amike, for Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon
3. Zhou Dongyou, for Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China

BEST ACTOR

Jury : Dov Hassan / Kim Do Kyung

NOMINATED

• Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
• Kishore Kadam, for Cineman (Umesh Bagade) India
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• Korkmaz Arslan, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

WINNERS

1. Fan Wei, for Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
2. Abylai Marat, for Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
3. Ilya Chernysh, for Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia

BEST SCRIPT

Jury : Sougata Bhattacharyya / Félix Sabroso

NOMINATED

• Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia
• Vinod Kapri, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
• Waterdrop (Robert Budina) Albania
• Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• Mehmet Ali Konar, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

WINNERS

1. Vinod Kapri, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
2. Waterdrop (Robert Budina) Albania

SPECIAL MENTION

Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan

BEST DOP

Jury :  Guillem Oliver/ Pooja Gupte

NOMINATED

• Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia
• Manas Bhattcharyya, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
• Harshit Saini, Monica Tiwari for Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India
• Devendra Golatkar, for In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia

WINNERS

1. Manas Bhattcharyya, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
2. Devendra Golatkar, for In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India and Exaequo: Harshit Saini, Monica Tiwari for Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India

BEST MUSIC

Jury : Andrés de la Torre

NOMINATED

• Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia
• Mychael Danna, Amritha Vaz, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
• Rushikesh Kulkarni, for Cineman (Umesh Bagade) India
• Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India
• Weya Marie, Amin Goudarzi, for Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia

WINNERS

1. Saransh Sharma, for Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India
2. Weya Marie, Amin Goudarzi, for Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon
3. Mychael Danna, Amritha Vaz, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Jury : Mikel Castells

NOMINATED

• Soustav Naskar, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
• Abhishek Patel, for Aajoor (Aaryan Chandra Prakash) India
• Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey
• Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia

WINNERS

1. Soustav Naskar, for Pyre (Vinod Kapri) India
2. Norah (Tawfik Alzaidi) Saudi Arabia

BEST EDITING

Jury : Anjali Monteiro / Sepideh Abdolvahab

NOMINATED

• Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Tatiana Matiukhina, for Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• Naim Kanat, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

WINNERS

1. Bakyt Mukul, Nazgul Omuzhanova, for Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
2. Kivu Ruhorahoza, for Minimals in a Titanic World (Philibert Aime Mbabazi) Rwanda, Germany, Cameroon

BEST PRODUCTION

Jury : Alberto Luchini

NOMINATED

• Waterdrop (Robert Budina) Albania
• Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China
• Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
• Wanderer (Mikhail Shevchuk) Russia
• Mehmet Ali Konar, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey

WINNERS

1. Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan
2. Waterdrop (Robert Budina) Albania

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Jury : Daniela Creutz / Javier Tolentino / Ridhima Mehra / Kim Longinotto

NOMINATED

• The Great White Whale (Michael Dillon) Australia
• Jacques (Lysandre Leduc Boudreau) Canada
• Of Caravans and The Dogs (Askold Kurov, Anonymous 1) Germany
• Here Children Dont Play Together (Mohsen Makhmalbaf) Iran
• Whispering Walls (Eylem Kaftan) Turkey

WINNERS

1. Of Caravans and The Dogs (Askold Kurov, Anonymous 1) Germany
2. Jacques (Lysandre Leduc Boudreau) Canada
3. The Great White Whale (Michael Dillon) Australia

LIFE AWARD

Jury : The Festival

NOMINATED

• Cineman (Umesh Bagade) India
• Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India
• Mohammad Nuruzzaman, for Beyond the Mast (Mohammad Nuruzzaman) Bangladesh
• Tracker (Udit Khurana) India
• In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India

WINNERS

1. In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India
2. Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay) India

MEDIUM LENGTH FILMS

WINNER

30 Days of Autumn (Sudipto Roy) India

BEST SHORT FILM

Jury : Miguel Marías / María Zaragoza

NOMINATED

• Family Man (Kalani Gacon) Nepal, Australia
• Ru Ba Ru (Kapil Tanwar) India
• The Man Who Could not Remain Silent (Nebojsa Slijepcevic) Croatia, France
• Ash Valley (Shu Zhu) Kyrgystan
• Lees Waxul (Yoro Mbaye) Senegal, France
• Ebb and Flow (Nay Tabbara) Lebanon, Qatar, USA
• Alice (Kamil Hardin) Russia

WINNERS

1. Ru Ba Ru (Kapil Tanwar) India
2. Ash Valley (Shu Zhu) Kyrgystan
3. Family Man (Kalani Gacon) Nepal, Australia

BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM

Jury : Miguel Marías

NOMINATED

• Agony (Eulalia Ramón) Spain
• The Cure (Rosendo M. Diezma) Spain
• Thimea (Susana Fialho Mota) Spain
• Bones (Luis Paredes) Spain

WINNER

1. Agony (Eulalia Ramón) Spain

BEST FILM POSTER

Jury : Luis Coderque

NOMINATED

• Gokhan Yeter, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey
• Ania Goszczynska, The Forest in Me (Rebecca E. Marshall) UK
• Kevin Ilango, for In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India
• Strangers When we Meet (Zhang Guoli) China

WINNERS

1. Gokhan Yeter, for When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow! (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey
2. Ania Goszczynska, The Forest in Me (Rebecca E. Marshall) UK
3. Kevin Ilango, for In The Name of Fire (Abhilash Sharma) India

BEST FILM SCHOOL

Jury : Óscar Sánchez / Ana María Vico

NOMINATED

• Green light (Weronika Jamróz) Poland
• Mala (Neelabh Gupta) India
• The Cure (Rosendo M. Diezma) Spain
• First last month (Elena Vatamanu-Mărgineanu) Poland
• Uninvited (Ekaterina Ganzhela) Russia
• The Gift (Siddhant Singh) India
• Durga (Abhishek Parasher) Australia
• One More Time (Wu Yifan) Korea, China
• Burul (Adilet Karzhoev) Kyrgystan
• A Little Bit of Glitter (Sid Menon) UK

WINNERS

1. Green light (Weronika Jamróz) Poland
2. First last month (Elena Vatamanu-Mărgineanu) Poland
3. Uninvited (Ekaterina Ganzhela) Russia

BEST SOUTH ASIAN FEATURE FILM

• Santosh (Sandhya Suri) UK

BEST SOUTH ASIAN DIRECTOR

• Sandhya Suri

BEST SOUTH ASIAN DOCUMENTARY

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Gulzar (India)
• Ann Hui (Hong Kong)

RECOGNITION TO BEST INSTITUTION

• Film Heritage Foundation