Srinagar, Dec 5: The fourth Edition of Kashmir World Film Festival (KWFF) was concluded on Tuesday with the screening of a film made in Kashmir ‘Laila Majnu’ in the summer capital, Srinagar.
The festival was presented by Zee TV and Zee Cinema networks.
Film Actors Yuvraj Kumar and Rippy Koul were felicitated while Cricketer, Manzoor Pandow was honoured.
On the occasion, results of the films screened in the seven day film festival were also announced. The prizes were distributed in three sections National, International and Kashmiri.
In National’s category: ‘Beautiful Me’ by Nupur Sandhu won the best experimental film award,
The Story of a race against time ‘Kotpad Weaving’ by Bishwanath Rath won the award for Short documentary, ‘Kul Gov Garam’ by Arif Mushtaq Mir won the award for Short Fiction Film.
The special Jury Award was given to ‘Talk to me Precious’ by Sabarivasan Shanmugan, ‘Aalorukkam by V C Abhilash for best Feature Fiction Film and the special jury award was given to ‘Sadho By Danish Iqbal’ and ‘Aamo Aakha Ekse’ by Pratibha Sharma for best Feature Length Documentary.
In International Section, the award for Short Fiction was won by ‘The Fear of Silence’ (Bhoy) by Zuarijah Mou of Bangladesh, Short Fiction (Jury’s Special) was won by ‘The Illusion Seller’ (Khayolfurush) by Sharofat Arabova of Tajikistan, Feature Fiction Film award was given to ‘Haldaa’ by Tauquir Ahmad of Bangladesh.
The award for the best Film in ‘Kashmir Section’ was won by ‘The Stitch’ (Teab) by Aasiya Zahoor.
The mementos were also presented to the sponsors and supporters of the Kashmir World Film Festival.
The guests, who were present on the occasion and distributed the awards, included DC Srinagar Syed Abid Rashid Shah, Deputy Director Tourism Reyaz Ahmad, Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Peerzada Hafizullah Shah, General Manager BSNL Mufti Musharib Gul, CEO Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) Hanief Balkhi and Chairman Kashmir Hoteliers Club Mushtaq Ahmad Chaya.
4th Edition of Kashmir World Film Festival concluded in Srinagar
