International Film Festival of Prayag

The International Film Festival of Prayag (IFFP) is a festival organised in the city of Allahabad, India,The first edition of this film festival was held between 26 and 28 February 2015. Veteran actor Om Puri^[1] was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.^[2] IFFP is organised by Hasan Haider of Z and Z Media Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi .^[3]

Vision

IFFP was institutionalised with the sole objective of giving a platform to the aspiring filmmakers from the North region of the country. IFFP gives an opportunity to come closer to the world of cinema by interacting and exchanging views with iconic filmmakers.

IFFP 2015

Veteran actor Om Puri was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Hasan Haider who is also founder of the film festival.^[4] Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia^[5] shared his experiences of working in the Hindi film industry during the three-day festival. 2015 release Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan was screened at the film festival on its opening day. Documentaries and short-films like Sharminda (Director: Vishal Srivastav, India), My Sin (Director: Hafizullah R Yosefi, Afghanistan), Countdown (Director: Pam Singh, India), No Woman’s Land (Director: Dr. Dev Kanya Thakur, India), Gul (Director: Gul Reyaz, India) were screened at the film festival. Around 30 films were screened over these three days which were chosen nationally and internationally by the special Jury members - Stanzin Dorjai, Amrit Gangar and Dhiraj Mishra.^[6]

Documentary

• Best Documentary: 'Cotton Dreams'
• Best Director for Documentary: 'Akanksha Joshi' for Hindu Nectar'
• Best Editing for Documentary: 'Dhusar Tudung'
• Best Cinematography in Documentary: 'Cottom Dreams'
• Special Jury Award: 'No Woman's Land'

Short Fiction Films

• Best Short Fiction Award: 'Sharminda'
• Best Director for Short Fiction: Vishal Srivastav for 'Sharminda'
• Best Cinematography in Short Fiction: 'Life'
• Best Editing in Short Fiction: 'Countdown'
• Special Jury Award was shared by two films 'Gul' and 'Girah'

Special Awards

• For Writing Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan: Dhiraj Mishra
• For playing the role of Chandrashekhar Azad in Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan: Jatin Khurana
• Special Jury Award: 'Aai' by Aroop Diwedi for Animation

IFFP 2016

The second edition of International Film Festival of Prayag was held during 26–28 February 2016. Veteran writer-director Sagar Sarhadi received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Sarhadi^[7] is extremely popular for writing the screenplay and dialogues for Yash Chopra’s movies like Kabhie Kabhie, Silsila and Chandni. ‘A Daughter’s Dream’ fetched Monto Pashupatinath two prestigious awards - Best Director & Best Film.^[8]

Documentary

• For Best Documentary: 'Chembai- Discovery Of A Legend '- By Soumya Sadanandan

Short Fiction Films

• Award For Best Short Fiction (National) : 'siyahi'- By Varun Tandon
• Award For Best Short Fiction ( International) : 'SIRI- THE LIVING SCARE CROW'-By Daboo Malik , INDIA 'MIZBAN'-By Omid Abdollahi, IRAN
• Special Jury Awards : SHORT FICTION – 'THE TALKING DRUMS ( PESUM PARAI)'-By M.S. Sundram, Kerala, India 'THE RUFFAIN'-By MAJOR SAJEEV
• Critic choice award : Mohan Das for Film " Muafinaama"
• Jennifer Alphonse for Film "Strangerssss"

Animation

• Awards for Best Animation film ( International ) – ' Fried Fish

Feature Film

• Best director - MONTO PASHUPATINATH For ‘A Daughter’s Dream’
• Best Film ( National) : ‘A DAUGHTER’S DREAM By Monto Pashupatinath
• Best story : ‘GAADIWALA – THE CART’ By Ashraf Shishr
• Best Children film : YARRO SAMJHA KARO By S. Vyas
• Best Film ( International ) : ‘UTOPIA’ By Hassan Nazer , Afghanistan
• Best Actor ( NATIONAL) : Ajay Arya for ‘Chakarghinni’

Special Awards

• Shaan-E-Prayag IFFP—Kamlesh Pandey.^[9]
• Excellence in cinema —N.Chandra
• Special Guest of Honour—Gaurav Dwivedi
• Younger Achiever Award — Dr. Anita Sehagal Vasundhra
• Young Creative Award — Jayshree Bhargava

References

External links

• Official website