54th International Film Festival of India

54th International Film Festival of India
Official poster
Opening filmCatching Dust by Stuart Gatt
Closing filmThe Featherweight by Robert Kolodny
LocationDr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium at Panaji, Goa, India
Founded1952
Awards
Hosted byGovernment of Goa
Directorate of Film Festivals
No. of films
  • 270 films from 105 countries
  • 198 in International section
  • 19 award-winning films
  • 13 world premieres
Festival dateOpening: 20 November 2023 (2023-11-20)
Closing: 28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)
Websiteiffigoa.org
International Film Festival of India

The 54th International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November 2023 with Catching Dust by Stuart Gatt in Goa. [1] Shekhar Kapur an Indian filmmaker served as chairperson of the international jury.[2] This year a new award category Best Web Series Award was introduced in the festival. 32 entries in 10 languages from 15 Over-the-top media service platforms were selected to compete for this award.[3]

The festival closed on 28 November with American biographical sports drama film The Featherweight by Robert Kolodny. In the ceremony Hollywood actor-producer Michael Douglas was honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Persian film Endless Borders by Abbas Amini, received the Golden Peacock award for the best film; whereas Stephan Komandarev won the Silver Peacock award for best director for the Bulgarian film Blaga's Lessons.[4]

Opening and closing ceremonies

Opening ceremony

Karishma Tanna, host opening ceremony
Shreya Ghoshal, at the opening ceremony

The opening ceremony on 20 November 2023, hosted by Karishma Tanna and Aparshakti Khurana was aired live on Colors TV and JioCinema. In this edition over 270 films from 105 countries were screened. Madhuri Dixit was felicitated with the ‘Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema’ award at the festival.[5][6] It was also streamed live on YouTube.[7][8]

Closing ceremony

Mandira Bedi, host closing ceremony

The festival closed on 28 November with The Featherweight an American biographical sports drama film on professional boxer Willie Pep by Robert Kolodny.[9] Mandira Bedi hosted the closing ceremony, which was also streamed live on YouTube, in addition to broadcast on Colours TV channel.[10][11]

Events

  • 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow: In competition of creating a short film in 48 hours on the theme of 'The Mission Life', Odh, a short film about the receding beach lines of Goa, bagged the best film award in '75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow' initiative.[14]

Jury

International Jury

In addition to the Golden Peacock for best film, the Jury decides the winners in the Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female) and Special Jury Prize categories. The following are the members of the International Jury:[15]

  • Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker, Chairperson
  • José Luis Alcaine, Spanish cinematographer
  • Jerome Paillard, French film producer of international films
  • Catherine Dussart, French film producer of international films
  • Helen Leake, Australian film producer

Feature film jury

The Feature Films Jury headed by T.S Nagabharana is as follows:[16]

  • T. S. Nagabharana, chairperson, Indian film director
  • Karthik Raja, Indian composer
  • Anjan Bose, filmmaker, producer, distributor
  • Iti Rani Samanta, Indian columnist, journalist and film producer
  • K. P. Vyasan, Indian film director
  • Kamlesh Mishra, film director
  • Kiran Ganti, film editor
  • Milind Lele, film director
  • Pradip Kurbah, film director
  • Rama Vij, Indian actress
  • Romi Meitei, Indian film director and lyricist
  • Sanjay Jadhav, Indian cinematographer
  • Vijay Pande, film director and editor

Non-feature film jury

The Jury headed by Shri Arvind Sinha, has following seven member:[17]

  • Arvind Sinha, chairperson, documentary filmmaker
  • Arvind Pandey; film director and writer
  • Bobby Wahengbam; Indian filmmaker, producer, writer and film critic
  • Dip Bhuyan; film director
  • Kamlesh Udasi; film director and producer
  • Paushali Ganguli; animator, film director and screenwriter
  • Varun Kurtkoti; film director

Best web series (OTT) award jury

Rajkumar Hirani is serving as the head of the jury for the 'best web series (OTT)' award.[3]

75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow

Grand Jury

Source:[18]

Selection Jury

Source:[18]

  • Manoj Tiger, Actor
  • Nidhi Hegde, Actress
  • Abhishek Jain, Filmmaker
  • Manish Sharma, Filmmaker
  • Charudutt Acharya, Screenwriter
  • Deepak Kingrani, Screenwriter
  • Charuvi Agrawal, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
  • Deepak Singh, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
  • Naveen Nooli, Editor
  • Suresh Pai, Editor
  • Dharam Gulati, Cinematographer
  • Subhransu Das, Cinematographer
  • Nachiket Barve, Costume designer and make-up artist
  • Bishakh Jyoti, Playback singer
  • Anmol Bhave, Music composer
  • Sabyasachi Bose, Art director

Official selection

Sections

Opening and closing films

Source:[9]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Opening films
2023 Catching Dust Stuart Gatt United Kingdom
Indian Panorama feature film
2023 Aattam Anand Ekarshi India
Indian Panorama non-feature film
2023 Andro Dreams Longjam Meena Devi India
Mid fest film
2023 About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, France, Germany
Closing film
2023 The Featherweight Robert Kolodny United States

Gala Premiere

English title Original title Director(s) Language
Dear Jassi Tarsem Singh Punjabi, English
Dhootha Vikram Kumar Telugu
Dil Hai Gray Susi Ganesan Hindi
Farrey Soumendra Padhi Hindi
Gandhi Talks Kishor Pandurang Belekar Silent
Grey Games Gangadhar Salimath Kannada
Hurry Om Hurry Nisarg Vaidya Gujrati
Kadak Singh Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Hindi
Rautu Ki Beli Anand Surapur Hindi
The Village Milind Rau Tamil

Kaleidoscope section

18 films were shortlisted for screening under Kaleidoscope section.[19]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
2023 Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France
2023 Close Your Eyes Cerrar los ojos Víctor Erice Spain, Argentina
2023 Cobweb 거미집 Kim Jee-woon South Korea
2023 Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 Um Tae-hwa South Korea
2023 Elegies 詩 Ann Hui Hong Kong, China
2023 Essential Truths of the Lake Lav Diaz Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
2023 Eureka Lisandro Alonso France, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Portugal
2023 How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker United Kingdom
2023 Io capitano Matteo Garrone Italy, Belgium
2023 Lost in the Night Perdidos en la noche Amat Escalante Mexico, Germany
2023 Memory Michel Franco Mexico, United States
2023 MMXX Cristi Puiu Romania
2023 Moro Brillante Mendoza Philippines
2023 Scrapper Charlotte Regan United Kingdom
2023 Snow Leopard 雪豹 Pema Tseden China
2023 The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer United States, United Kingdom, Poland
2023 Upon Open Sky A Cielo Abierto Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga Mexico, Spain
2023 Yannick Quentin Dupieux France

Golden Peacock Award

15 international and Indian fiction feature films competed for the Golden Peacock Award[20]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
2023 Andragogy Budi Pekerti Wregas Bhanuteja Indonesia
2023 Blaga's Lessons Уроците на Блага Stephan Komandarev Bulgaria, Germany
2023 Bosnian Pot Pavo Marinković Croatia
2023 Endless Borders Abbas Amini Iran
2023 Hoffman's Fairy Tales Tina Barkalaya Russia
2023 Lubo Giorgio Diritti Italy, Switzerland
2023 Measures of Men Der vermessene Mensch Lars Kraume Germany
2023 Party of Fools Arnaud des Pallières France
2022 The Other Widow הפילגש Ma'Ayan Rypp Israel
2023 Woman Of... Kobieta z... Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert Poland, Sweden
2023 Asog Seán Devlin Canada, Philippines
2023 Die Before Death Umri prije smrti Ahmed Imamovic Bosnia And Herzegovina
2022 Kantara ಕಾಂತಾರ Rishab Shetty India
2023 Sanaa Sudhanshu Saria India
2022 Mirbeen Mridul Gupta India

Films for debut competition

This competition category is a platform for upcoming filmmakers from India and abroad. Seven debut films were nominated in this category.[21]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
2023 Almost Entirely A Slight Disaster Umut Subaşı Turkey
2023 Let Me Go Maxime Rappaz Switzerland
2023 Ocarina Alban Zogjani Albania
2023 Sleep 잠 Jason Yu South Korea
2022 When The Seedlings Grow Rêger Azad Kaya Syrian Arab Republic
2023 Dhai Aakhar Parveen Arora India
2023 Iratta Rohit M.G. Krishnan India

IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

Highlighted title indicates award winner
Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
2022 A House In Jerusalem Muayad Alayan Palestine, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar
2023 Citizen Saint Tinatin Kajrishvili Georgia
2023 Drift Anthony Chen UK, France, Greece
2023 Sira Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
2022 Kalev Ove Musting Estonian, Russian
2022 The Prize! Onde Mande! Paul Fauzan Agusta Indonesia
2022 The Sugar Experiment John Tornblad Sweden
2023 Mandali Rakesh Chaturvadi Om India
2022 Malikappuram Vishnu Sasi Shankar India
2023 Rabindra Kabya Rahasya Sayantan Ghosal India

Docu-Montage

This section comprises documentaries & docu-drama.

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
AI:African Intelligence Manthia Diawara Portugal
And The King Said, What A Fantastic Machine Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck Sweden, Denmark
Casablanca Adriano Valerio France, Italy
Luto Andres Arochi Tinajero Mexico
Revenge: Our Dad The Nazi Killer Danny Ben-Moshe Australia
Room 999 Chambre 999 Lubna Playoust France
Samuel and the Light Samuel ea luz Vinícius Girnys France
The Last Days Of Humanity Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell'Umanità Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo Italy
The Trial El Juico Ulises de la Orden Argentina
Vista Mare Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler Austria

Intergrade

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Divinity Eddie Alcazar United States
He Thought He Died Isiah Medina Canada
Knit's Island Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h France
Once Within a Time Godfrey Reggio, Jon Kane United States
Omen Augure Baloji Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo

Animation

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
3 Little Kungpoo Goats The Gools Kianoush Dalvand - Farzad Dalvand United Arab Emirates
Bim Tom Van Gestel Belgium
Four Souls of Coyote Kojot négy lelke Aron Gauder Hungary
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds Sirocco Et Le Royaume Des Courants D'Air Benoit Chieux Belgium, France
The Other Shape La otra forma Diego Felipe Guzmán Colombia
The Peasants Chłopi Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman Poland, Serbia, Lithuania
Toldi Toldi Marcell Jankovics Hungary
Little Singham Bahubali Friends Ankur Chauhan India
Dr. Minestein Sonali Jawale India
Prabho Shivaji Raja Nilesh Muley India
Return of the Jungle Vaibhav Kumaresh India
The Light Team of Godlywood Studio India

Macabre Dreams

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Lumberjack the Monster Kaibutsu no Kikori Takashi Miike Japan
Sorcery Brujería Christopher Murray Chile, Mexico, Germany
The Cuckoo’s Curse El Cuco Mar Targarona Spain, Germany
We Have Never Been Modern Úsvit Matěj Chlupáček Czech Republic

Indian Panorama

In Indian Panorama feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence are selected for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories.[22]

Feature films

India's entry for the 2024 Academy Awards, Malayalam-language film 2018, was screened in the Indian Panorama 'Mainstream Cinema Section'. 25 Feature films reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry have been selected out of 408 contemporary films for screening.[22]

Title of the Film Language Director(s) Producer(s)
Aaraariraaro Kannada Sandeep Kumar V TMT Productions
Ardhangini Bengali Kaushik Ganguly Surinder Films
Aattam Malayalam Anand Ekarshi Joy Movie Productions
Deep Fridge Bengali Arjunn Dutta Colors of Dream Entertainment
Dhai Aakhar Hindi Parveen Arora Kabir Communication
Iratta Malayalam Rohit M.G. Krishnan Appu Attu Pappu Production House
Kaadhal Enbathu Pothu Udamai Tamil Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan Mankind Cinema
Kaathal – The Core Malayalam Jeo Baby Mammootty Kampany
Kantara Kannada Rishab Shetty Hombale Films
Malikappuram Malayalam Vishnu Sasi Shankar Kavya Film Company
Mandali Hindi Rakesh Chaturvadi Om Reltek
Mirbeen Karbi Mridul Gupta Dhani Ram Tisso
Neela Nira Sooriyan Tamil Samyuktha Vijayan Samyuktha Vijayan Film
Nna Thaan Case Kodu Malayalam Ratheesh Balakrishna Poduval Udaya Studios
Pookkaalam Malayalam Ganesh Raj CNC Cinemas
Rabindra Kabya Rahasya Bengali Sayantan Ghosal Esskay Movies
Sanaa Hindi Sudhanshu Saria Four Line
The Vaccine War Hindi Vivek Agnihotri I am Buddha
Vadh Hindi Jaspal Singh Sandhu Luv Films
Viduthalai Part 2 Tamil Vetrimaaran RS Infotainment

Mainstream Cinema Section

Title of the Film Language Director(s) Producer(s)
2018 Malayalam Jude Anthany Joseph Kavya Film Company
Gulmohar Hindi Rahul V. Chittella Star Studios
Ponniyin Selvan: II Tamil Mani Ratnam Madras Talkies
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Hindi Apoorv Singh Karki Zee Studio
The Kerala Story Hindi Sudipto Sen Sunshine Pictures

Non-feature Films

20 Non-feature films selected in the 'Indian Panorama' are as follows:

Title of the Film Language Director(s)
1947: Brexit India English Sanjivan Lal
Andro Dreams Manipuri Longjam Meena Devi
Baasan Hindi Jitank Singh Gurjar
Back To The Future English M.S. Bisht
Baruar Xongxar Assamese Utpal Borpujari
Behrupiya - The Impersonator Hindi Bhasker Vishwanathan
Bhangaar Marathi Sumira Roy
Nansei Nilam (Changing Landscape) Tamil Pravin Selvam
Chupi Roh Dogri Disha Bhardwaj
Giddh (The Scavenger) Hindi Manish Saini
Kathabor Assamese Keshar Jyoti Das
Lachit (The Warrior) Assamese Parthasarathi Mahanta
Last Meet Manipuri Waribam Dorendra Singh
Life In Loom Hindi, Tamil,Assamese, Bengali, English Edmond Ranson
Mau: The Spirit Dreams Of Cheraw Mizo Shilpika Bordoloi
Pradakshina Marathi Prathamesh Mahale
Sadabahar Konkani Suyash Kamat
Sri Rudram Malayalam Ananda Jyothi
The Sea & Seven Villages Oriya Himansu Sekhar Khatua
Utsavmurti Marathi Abhijeet Arvind

Indian Cinema 2023

Accessible India – Accessible Films

Year English title Original title Director(s) Language
2021 83 Kabir Khan Hindi, English
2023 Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Apoorv Singh Karki Hindi
2021 Shershaah Vishnuvardhan Hindi
2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Hindi

Special screening

English title Original title Director(s) Language
Gond Janjati Ki Veerangana Rani Durgawati Ashok Sharan Hindi

Cinema of the World

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
A Golden Life Boubacar Sangaré Burkina Faso
A Ravaging Wind El viento que arrasa Paula Hernández Argentina, Uruguay
A Real Job Un métier sérieux Thomas Lilti France
A Strange Path Guto Parente Brazil
Adentro Javier Solórzano Casarin Mexico
Adiós Buenos Aires German Kral Argentina
Alemania María Zanetti Argentina, Spain
Ali Topan Sidharta Tata Sidharta Tata
All to Play For Rien à perdre Delphine Deloget France
All Will Be Revealed Arbeitstitel Der Totengräber im Buchsbaum Peter Keglevic Austria
Another Day Of Hope Taifeng Liu China
Antarctica Calling Voyage au pôle Sud Luc Jacquet France
Aziz Majid Tavakoli Iran
Bela América António Ferreira Portugal
Blind At Heart Barbara Albert Germany, Switzerland
Brand Bollywood Downunder Anupam Sharma Australia
Blockade Blokád Adam Toser Hungary
Ceylin Tufan Simsekcan Turkey
Children of God Joan Girbau Xalabarder Spain
Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint Crónicas De Una Santa Errante Tomás Gómez Bustillo Argentina
Clap Your Hands Xing Fu Zhi Lu Zhu Jie China
Comandante Edoardo De Angelis Italy
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano Cyril Aris Germany, Lebanon
Dauren's Wedding Lim Chan-ik South Korea
Dignity Dimitris Katsimiris Greece
Endless Summer Syndrome Le Syndrome de L'été Sans Fin Kaveh Daneshmand Czech Republic
Extra Lesson Dopolnitelnyy Urok Anna Kurbatova Russian Federation
Family Album Temas Propios Guillermo Rocamora Uruguay
Fereshteh Morteza Atashzamzam Bangladesh
Fez Summer '55 Abdelhai Laraki Morocco
Fight Like A Girl Matthew Leutwyler Rwanda
Flaming Cloud San Gui Qing Shi Liu Siyi China
Fog Tuman Natalia Gugueva Russian Federation
Fortune For All Yao Ramesar Trinidad and Tobago
Fragile Blood Zilās asinis Una Celma Latvia
Franky Five Star Birgit Möller Germany
From The End Of The World Sekai no owarikara Kazuaki Kiriya Japan
Giants Of Easter Island Dover Kosashvili Israel
God’s Gift Asel Zhuraeva Kyrgyzstan
GOL!ATH Roberto Marra, Stefano Salvatori Italy
Good Autumn, Mommy Shizhong Chen China
Homecoming Catherine Corsini France
Hotel Pula Andrej Korovljev Croatia
Hungry Ghost Diner We Jun Cho Malaysia
Iman Kyriacos Tofarides and Corinna Avraamidou Cyprus
Insular Héctor Manuel Valdez Dominican Republic
L'Anima In Pace Ciro Formisano Italy
Latido Katina Medina Mora México
Life Emir Baigazin Kazakhstan
Lonely Yurt Begars Yelubaev Kazakhstan
Lost Country Vladimir Perišić Serbia, France, Luxemburg, Croatia
Lucette Mburucuya Victoria Fleitas & Oscar Javier Ayala Paraguay
Malqueridas Tana Gilbert Chile, Germany
Mandoob مندوب الليل Ali Kalthami Saudi Arabia
Melody Behrouz Sebt Rasoul Tajikistan
Mighty Afrin: In The Time Of Floods Angelos Rallis Greece, France
Mommy's Lambie Umut Evirgen Turkey
Montevideo Unit Tatyana Lyutaeva Russian Federation
Mountain Onion Eldar Shibanov Kazakhstan
My Aunt Gilma Alexandra Henao Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic
Not A Word Hanna Slak Germany
Once Upon a Time in the Andes Rómulo Sulca Peru
Öte Malik Isasis & Esra Saydam United States
Palimpsest Hanna Västinsalo Finland
Rain Town Tunku Mona Riza Tunku Khalid Malaysia
Seagrass Meredith Hama-Brown Canada
Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes Seneca – Oder: Über die Geburt von Erdbeben Robert Schwentke Germany
Seventh Heaven Jasna Nanut Croatia
Shame on Dry Land Syndabocken Axel Petersén Sweden, Malta
Sharp Wounds Mariana Musalem Ramos Mexico
Sima's Unfinished Narration Alireza Samadi Samadi Iran
Snowstorm Sabit Kurmanbekov Kazakhstan
Stepne Maryna Vroda Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
Suffocated Luciano Podcaminsky Argentina, Costa Rica
Sunday Shokir Kholikov Uzbekistan
The Accident Bruno Carboni Brazil
The Beautiful Summer Laura Luchetti Italy
The Bubble Miguel Angel Rocca Argentina
The Chapel Dominique Deruddere Belgium
The Drunk André Marques Portugal
The Fisherman's Daughter Edgar de Luque Jácome Colombia
The Gospel Of The Beast Sheron Dayoc Philippines
The Invisible Steps Through Latin America Johnny Mauricio González Zuñiga Costa Rica
The Land Where Winds Stood Still Ardak Amirkulov Kazakhstan
The Last Birthday Navid Mahmoudi Afghanistan
The Punishment Matías Bize Chile
The Reeds Cemil Ağacıkoğlu Turkey, Bulgaria
Thiiird Karim Kassem Lebanon
This Place V. T. Nayani Canada
Three Sparks Naomi Uman Albania
Thunders Ioane Bobeica Moldova
Toll Pedágio Carolina Markowicz Brazil, Portugal
Twenty20 Wong Kwang Han Singapore
Toxic Stefan Vorzacek Czech Republic
Tzadik Праведник Sergei Ursuliak Russia
Under The Naked Sky Lilian Sijbesma Netherlands
Wake Me Marko Santic Slovenia
Wheatfield Anabel Caso Mexico
Whispering Mountains Jagath Manuwarna Sri Lanka
Wild Shahrareh Soroosh Iran
When Fucking Spring Is In The Air Danyael Sugawara Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

The Melody movie, written, directed, produced, and edited by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul, was selected as the Tajik entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards,[23]

Restored classics

The birth centenary of actor Dev Anand is celebrated with restored versions of some of his classics.[24] There are three internationally restored films also in this section.[25] Four regional films are also screened in this section.[26]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
1962 Bees Saal Baad Biren Nag India
1937 Bidyapati Debaki Bose India
1974 Chorus Mrinal Sen India
1965 Guide Vijay Anand India
1964 Haqeeqat Chetan Anand India
1951 Pathala Bhairavi K. V. Reddy India
1965 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Тіні забутих предків Sergei Parajanov Ukraine
1953 Shyamchi Aai श्यामची आई P. K. Atre India
1973 The Exorcist William Friedkin USA
1990 Twilight Szürkület György Fehér Hungary

UNICEF @ IFFI

Source:[27][28]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
1996 Damu দামু Raja Sen India
2023 For the Sake of Ava Mohsen Seraji Iran
2023 Gandhi & Co. Manish Saini India
2022 Peacock Lament Sanjeewa Pushpakumara Sri Lanka
2022 Singo Alireza Mohammadi Rouzbahany Iran

Awards and winners

Stephan Komandarev, Best Director award for Blaga's Lessons
Best Actress: Mélanie Thierry for Party of Fools
Image Recipient Country Ref.
Michael Douglas United States [29]
Madhuri Dixit India [29]
Winner(s) Work/ director Ref.
Endless Borders Abbas Amini [29]
Stephan Komandarev Blaga's Lessons [29]
Pouria Rahimi Sam Endless Borders [29]
Mélanie Thierry Party of Fools [29]
When The Seedlings Grow Rêger Azad Kaya [29]
Rishab Shetty Kantara [29]
Drift Anthony Chen [29]
Best Web Series Award
Panchayat Season 2 Deepak Kumar Mishra [29]

See also

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