Piplu R Khan’s Jaya Aar Sharmim won the top feature film award at the fifth World Film Festival in Kolkata, while Makbul Chowdhury’s documentary Mamun: In Praise of Shadows received a Jury Mention in the documentary category.
Jaya Aar Sharmim received the Bimal Roy Golden Award for Best Feature Film at the festival’s closing ceremony on Sunday evening.
The documentary Mamun: In Praise of Shadows, which focuses on eminent photographer and author Nasir Ali Mamun, was recognised with a Jury Mention.
Organized by the Eastern India chapter of the Federation of Film Societies of India, the six-day festival was held at Nandan-3 in Kolkata from September 8 to 13.
A total of 38 films were screened, including 19 features in the competitive section. The lineup included films from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Spain, Germany, Costa Rica, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela, and Uzbekistan.
India’s Assamese-language film River Tales, directed by Pankaj Bora, won the Bimal Roy Silver Award for Second Best Feature Film, while Sri Lanka’s Panthram received a Jury Mention in the feature category.
In the documentary competition, Ranjit Roy’s Dolls Don’t Die: Putulnama won the Harisadhan Dasgupta Golden Award for Best Documentary, while Dip Bhuan’s River Still Flows received the award for Second Best Documentary.