MAMI Film Festival Winners: Bombay Rose, Nimtoh, Honeyland & More
The festival screened over 220 films this year.
The 2019 edition of the week-long Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival kicked off on 18 October and concluded on 24 October. With over 220 films in the line-up, competing in several categories, here’s the full list of this year’s winners.
India Gold
Golden Gateway - Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo!
Silver Gateway - Gitanjali Rao’s Bombay Rose
Grand Jury Prize - Saurav Rai for Screenwriting (Nimtoh)
Special Jury Mention - Shardul Bhardwaj, Best Actor (Male) for Eeb Allay Ooo!
Special Jury Mention - Mohini Sharma, Best Actor (Female) for Aise Hi
International Competition
Golden Gateway - Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska’s Honeyland
Grand Jury Prize - Suhaib Gasmelbari’s Talking About Trees
Golden Gateway - Akshay Sarjerao Danavale’s Batti
Silver Gateway Award - Shubham Sanap’s Attention
Special Jury Mention - Avishkar Bharadwaj’s Apna Apna Andaz
Half Ticket
Golden Gateway (Age Category 5-12) – Guillaume Maidatchevsky’s Ailo’s Journey
Golden Gateway (Age Category 13-17) - Valerie Barnhart’s Girl in the Hallway
Film Critics Guild Award
Winner – Kislay’s Aise Hi
Special Jury Mention – Deepti Gupta’s Shut Up Sona
The Best Young Critic - Sanchita Shetty
Special Mention – Siddhant Chawla & Sanjana Bhagwat
Young Critics’ Choice Award – Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo!
Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Award – Nikhil Rao’s Indian Circus
Special Award for Discovering India in Association with Turkish Airlines – Danish Renzu’s The Illegal
Screen to Word MAMI-HarperCollins Imprint Grant – Mukesh Manjunath
Manish Acharya Award for New Voices in Indian Cinema - Achal Mishra’s Gamak Ghar and Gitanjali Rao’s Bombay Rose
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