At the recently concluded Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the following Feature films, Documentaries and Short films were declared winners by the Jury.
GRAND JURY AWARDS:
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE:
UDAAN (Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane) (This film has been winning several International awards at various festivals during last one year.)
Jury:
Susan Cartsonis (Producer / Chair of the Foundation Board of Trustees of Women In Film), Robert Koehler (Film Critic), Cheng-Sim Lim (Independent Film Curator and Filmmaker)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
I AM (Directed by Sonali Gulati) (This film has also won an award at the IFFI Goa -2010)
HONORABLE MENTION:
GANESH BOY WONDER (Directed by Srinivas Krishna)
Jury:
Shaz Bennett (Writer / Filmmaker), Grace Lee (Writer / Producer / Filmmaker "American Revolutionary"), Claudia Puig (Film Critic USA TODAY)
BEST SHORT FILM:
THE ECLIPSE OF TAREGNA (Produced / Directed by Rakesh Chaudhary)
HONORABLE MENTION:
TUBELIGHT'S MOON (TUBELIGHT KA CHAND) (Written / Directed by Shlok Sharma)
Jury:
Parvesh Cheena (Outsourced), Myriam Despujoulets (Programmer of Seminars and Administrator of Fellow Affairs at American Film Institute Conservatory), Ravi Kapoor (Actor / Director Crossing Jordan)
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
NARRATIVE FEATURE:
I AM KALAM (Directed by Nila Madhab Panda) (This had won the best narrative feature award IN IFFI – GOA 2010)
DOCUMENTARY:
BIG IN BOLLYWOOD (Directed by Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles)
SHORT:
TUBELIGHT S MOON (TUBELIGHT KA CHAND) (Written / Directed by Shlok Sharma)
Written by:
Mohan Siroya