Panaji: Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko’s ‘Ring Wandering’, about an aspiring manga artist, won the top honour at the closing ceremony of the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.
The film won the coveted Golden Peacock Award, which consists of a cash prize of Rs 40 lakh to be shared equally between Kaneko and producer Takashi Shiotsuki.
The Silver Peacock award for best director went to Czech director Vaclav Kadrnka’s ‘Saving One Who Was Dead’.
The Silver Peacock for best actor (female) went to Angela Molina for her Paraguay film ‘Charlotte’ by Simon Franco.
‘Charlotte’ chronicles the absurd journey of an actor (Molina) who in the twilight of her career reinvents herself.
Both Joshi and Molina received cash prizes of Rs 10 lakh each.
Argentine filmmaker Mari Alessandrini’s ‘Zahori’ bagged the best debut feature film of a director at the festival. Mahajan shared the special jury award with Brazilian actor Renata Carvalho for ‘The First Fallen’, described as a courageous attempt to chronicle the untold stories of suffering and discrimination the sexual minorities were subjected to in 1980s Brazil.
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