Here is a full list of winners from MAMI 2019

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, who has directed films like Tamasha, Rockstar and Highway, judged films in the Short Films category at MAMI this year. Here, he spoke about India’s growing short film industry. He said, “I personally think it is very tough to make short films. It is difficult for me to keep it short. I congratulate everybody who can say something meaningful in a short film. I have tried that various times, and I have failed at it. It is a great platform to put out ideas and thoughts which do not find a place in the longer feature format.”

Imtiaz Ali spoke about India’s growing short film industry at the closing ceremony. (Photo: APH Images)

The eight-day long festival started on October 17 and screened over 190 films including over 50 debuts, 13 world premieres, spanning 53 countries and 49 diverse languages.

Over the last few years, the festival has established itself as a preferred platform for anything related to cinema in the country. It brings together cinematic experiences for film enthusiasts and serves as a discovery and launch platform for its filmmakers.

At the closing ceremony on Thursday, winners for this edition of the festival were felicitated with a trophy and some even received grants.

Here’s the full list of winners at MAMI 2019:

Eeb Allay Ooo wins the India Gold Golden Gateway Award#JioMAMIwithStar2019 pic.twitter.com/HqPfs9ZD9r

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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
Silver Gateway – Rodd Rathjen’s Buoyancy
Grand Jury Prize – Suhaib Gasmelbari’s Talking About Trees
Special Jury Mention – Carlo Sironi’s Sole
Special Jury Mention – Amjad Abu Alala’s You Will Die at Twenty

Geetanjali Rao and @BombayRoseFilm bags the India Gold Silver Gateway Award#JioMAMIwithStar2019 pic.twitter.com/xbSAgJpEif

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DIMENSIONS MUMBAI

Golden Gateway – Akshay Sarjerao Danavale’s Batti
Silver Gateway Award – Shubham Sanap’s Attention
Special Jury Mention – Deeksha Mhaskar’s Unsaid
Special Jury Mention – Avishkar Bharadwaj’s Apna Apna Andaz

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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

Winner – Sanchita Shetty
Special Mention – Siddhant Chawla
Special Mention – Sanjana Bhagwat
Young Critics’ Choice Award – Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo!

Special Award for Discovering India in Association with Turkish Airlines – Danish Renzu’s The Illegal

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Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Award – Nikhil Rao’s Indian Circus

Manish Acharya Award for New Voices in Indian Cinema – Achal Mishra’s Gamak Ghar and Gitanjali Rao’s Bombay Rose

Screen to Word MAMI-HarperCollins Imprint Grant – Mukesh Manjunath

As the annual film festival closed for the year, dates for MAMI festival 2020 were announced by the festival’s director Anupama Chopra. Next year the festival will start on November 5, and close on November 12.