Lithuanian drama Poisonous, the debut characteristic of Saule Bliuvaite, has picked up the Golden Peacock award for finest movie on the 55th Worldwide Movie Competition of India (IFFI, November 20-28).
On the closing ceremony of the pageant in Goa, the movie additionally scooped the perfect actress award, shared between co-leads Vesta Matulyte and Ieva Rupeikaite.
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Poisonous follows two teenage women from a bleak industrial city who be a part of an excessive native modelling faculty. That includes a solid of non-actors, it premiered at Locarno in August the place it gained the Golden Leopard for finest movie in addition to the perfect first characteristic award.
The most effective director award went to Romania’s Bogdan Muresanu for tragicomedy The New Yr That By no means Got here, only a week after it gained finest movie at Cairo Worldwide Movie Competition.
French coming-of-age drama Holy Cow took dwelling a brace of prizes: the particular jury award for director Louise Courvoisier and finest actor for Clement Favreau. The movie premiered in Un Sure Regard at Cannes.
Acquainted Contact by US filmmaker Sarah Friedland was named finest debut for a characteristic movie director, having beforehand gained finest debut movie, finest director and finest actress for Kathleen Chalfant at Venice the place it performed in Horizons. The story is a few lady’s transition to assisted residing and the affect it has on her id and needs.
A particular point out for finest male actor went to Tunisia’s Adam Bessa for his efficiency in Meryam Joobeur’s Who Do I Belong To. Bessa was named certainly one of Display’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow in 2022.
The ceremony, held on the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Goa, additionally noticed acclaimed Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce introduced with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award whereas Indian actor Vikrant Massey was named Persona of the Yr.
The ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal, awarded to a movie that embody the beliefs of tolerance, intercultural dialogue, and peace, went to Levan Akin’s Crossing.
A brand new award this 12 months was finest debut director of Indian characteristic movie, which went to Navjyot Bandivadekar for his Marathi-language movie Gharat Ganpati.
The pageant, organised by India’s Ministry of Data and Broadcasting and the Nationwide Movie Improvement Company of India, screened greater than 200 movies from 75 international locations and hosted masterclasses and panel discussions. Trade market Movie Bazaar ran alongside IFFI from November 20-24.
55th IFFI winners
Golden Peacock (Greatest Movie): Poisonous
Greatest Director: Bogdan Muresanu, The New Yr That By no means Got here
Greatest Debut for Characteristic Movie Director: Sarah Friedland, Acquainted Contact
Greatest Actress: Vesta Matulyte, Ieva Rupeikaite, Poisonous
Greatest Actor: Clement Favreau, Holy Cow
Particular Point out (Greatest Actor Male): Adam Bessa, Who Do I Belong To
Particular Jury Award: Louise Courvoisier, Holy Cow
Greatest Internet Sequence: Lampan
Persona of the Yr: Vikrant Massey
Greatest Debut Director of Indian Characteristic Movie: Navjyot Bandivadekar, Gharat Ganpati
ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Levan Akin, Crossing
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award: Phillip Noyce