Costa Rica’s ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ wins best film at International Film Festival of India,Valentina Maurel’s coming-of-age drama won best film and best actress.
Costa Rica’s ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ wins best film at International Film Festival of India
Source: Sarajevo Film Festival
‘I Have Electric Dreams’
Costa Rican director Valentina Maurel’s I Have Electric Dreams has won the best film prize at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which ran from November 20-28.
As well as the coveted Golden Peacock award for best film, the coming-of-age drama also saw newcomer Daniela Marin Navarro win best actress.
The French, Belgian and Costa Rican co-production, which premiered in Locarno, is a coming-of-age story that follows a teenager’s relationship with her estranged father. World sales are handled by Greece’s Heretic.
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At the closing ceremony of the 53rd IFFI on Monday evening, Iran’s Nader Saeivar won best director for drama No End, which explores the manipulative nature of Iran’s police state and credits Jafar Panahi as editor and advisor. The film’s lead Vahid Mobasheri also won IFFI’s best actor award.
Greek drama Behind the Haystacks by Asimina Proedrou won best debut feature film of a director, after picking up a raft of awards at Thessaloniki International Film Festival this month, while Filipino director Lav Diaz collected the special jury award for When The Waves Are Gone.
During the closing ceremony, India’s union minister for information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur said, “IFFI not only entertained but also educated us. IFFI refined our senses. IFFI opened up a nuanced world of cinema for audiences across the region, both young and old. Our goal is to build an enriching filming ecosystem in India and a future-ready industry.”
However, the awards were overshadowed by a speech made by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid who – as jury chief of IFFI’s international competition – said the selection of Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files was “inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival,” and labelled the divisive Hindi-language film as “a propaganda, vulgar movie”.
The jury board has since distanced itself from Lapid’s comments, which sparked a major backlash on social media and saw Israel’s ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, issue an apology to the festival.
53rd IFFI winners
Best Film: I Have Electric Dreams
Best Actor (Male): Vahid Mobasheri, No End
Best Actor (Female): Daniela Marin Navarro, I Have Electric Dreams
Best Director: Nader Saeivar, No End
Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Asimina Proedrou’s Behind the Haystacks
Special mention: Praveen Kandregula’s Cinema Bandi
Special Jury Award: Lav Diaz, When The Waves Are Gone
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Payam Eskandar’s Nargesi
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