Nominees 2020
INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF CINCINNATI
Oct 15-Nov 1, 2020
IFFCINCY 2020 Nominees
Congratulations to our Nominees! We had a large number of films submitted this year for consideration. There were many wonderful films that did not make the final list. While we are only able to nominate a few of the films or filmmakers, each one of your films represented your hard work and passion, We consider all of you winners. Keep up the great work!
The nominees in the following categories are:
BEST FILM NARRATIVE:
Aise Hee
Nasir
Chote Nawab
Run Kalyani
Chuskit
BEST FILM, DRAMA
Kalla Nottam
Anandi Gopal
Borunbabur Bondhu
Moothon
Mai Ghat
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Coral Woman
Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha
Tailing Pond
BEST CHILDREN'S FILM
Chuskit
Habbadi
BEST DIRECTOR NARRATIVE
Dr. Geetha Jayaraman - Run Kalyani
Kislay K - Aise Hee
Nachiket Saman - Habbadi
BEST DIRECTOR DRAMA
Anant Mahadevan -Mai Ghat
Geetu Mohandas - Moothon
Anik Datta -Borunbabur Bondhu
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR (Award by FCCI)
Kislay- Aisee Hai
Kumud Choudhary - Chote Nawab
Pratee Vats - Eeb Allay Ooo
Shine Ravi - Raatricha Paus
Dr. Geetha Jayaraman- Run Kalyani
BEST ACTOR
Arifin Shuvoo- Aaha Re
Soumitra Chatterjee - Boronnabur Bondhu
Nivin Pauly - Moothon
Adil Hussain - Nirvana Inn
BEST ACTOR
Bhagyashree Milind- Anandi Gopal
Usha Jadhav- Mai Ghat
Pblabita Borthakur- Chote Nawab
Abhirami Bose - Raatricha Paus
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Roshan Mathew - Moothon
Shashank Arora- Moothon
Paran Bannerjee - Borunbabu Bondhu
Ekavali Khanna - Chote Nawab
Suhasini Mulay - Mai Ghat
BEST CHILD ACTOR
Karan Dave -Habbadi
Jigmet Dewa Lhamo-Chuskit
Sanjana Dipu-Moothon
Vasudev Sajeesh Marar- Kalla Nottam
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Rajiv Ravi -Moothon
Arvind Kannabiran - Chuskit
Alphonse Roy- Mai Ghat
BEST SCREENPLAY (Narrative & Drama)
Arun Karthik - Nasir
Rahul Riji Nair - Kalla Nottam
Prateek Vats Eeb Allay Ooo
Geethu Mohan Das - Moothon
Kislay - Aisee Hee
Yogesh Vinayak Joshi, Nachiket Samant - Habbadi
Arshad Jafferey - Chote Nawab
Geethu Mohandas, Anurag Kashyap- Moothon
Anant Mahadevan - Mai Ghat
Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) Awards
A special mention and thank you to the film Hellaro. The film was not on our competitive section because it had a prior public screening in Cincinnati in February 2020.
The film Hellaro tied with Raatricha Paus for the most liked film by the audience.
Short Films Nominees
BEST SHORT FILM
Baitullah
Unborn
Frayed Lines
I am Vrinda
A Monsoon Date
A Silent Warble
Jeel Ghadi
American Hate
Wig
First & Last
The Open Window
Beautiful
Diary of an Outsider
BEST ACTOR
Apoorva Sapkal - Phodanichi Poli
Aman Singh Mukar - The Unexpected
Konkana Sen Sharma - A Monsoon Date
Geetanjali Thapa - Frayed Lines
Girish M. Patel - A Silent Warble
Satyakam Anand - Shahi Paneer
Alexander Dean Williams- American Hate
Alexander Rey - Unexpected
Anand Rao - Oofie
Joseph Lopez - American Hate
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Rashmi Rustagi - Unborn
Sucheta Trivedi - Bhor
Swati Semwal- Level 13
Omega Melhem - New Heaven
BEST CHILD ACTOR
Ishteyak khan- Baitullah
Kartikey Nayak- Shahi Paneer
Siddharth Bharadwaj- Saving Chintu
BEST CHILDREN'S FILM
Shahi Paneer
Flying wagon
Phodanichi Poli
Baitullah
CHILDREN'S SOCIAL IMPACT
Baitullah
Saving Chintu
Show and Tell
Beautiful
LGBTQ
Saving Chintu
Wig
Show &Tell
Debut Director Award (FCCI)
Frayed Lines - Priya Belliappa
Beautiful - Konstantinos Mousoulis
American Hate - Alexander Dean Williams & Shawn Parikh
Unborn-Jaswant Shrestha
I am Vrinda - Tanmay Singh
Wig - Atanu Mukherje
Saving Chintu - C.Wright, Sanyam Kumar, Tushar Tyagi