Toulouse Indian Film Festival
The Festival des cinémas indiens de Toulouse/Toulouse Indian Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Toulouse, France since 2013. As its name indicates it is dedicated to introducing the public to Indian cinema.[1]
History
[edit ]The idea was floated in 2012 by a group of non-profit organisations and the first edition was held in early 2013 under the name ‘Indian Season’. It was rechristened to its present name in 2015.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The first edition of the Festival was held in 2013. An Audience Choice Award was instituted in the fourth edition, in 2016. A jury award was added for the sixth edition, in 2018.[7] Starting from the seventh edition, in 2019, the critics choice award would be set up the Film Critics Circle of India.
The festival was founded by Vanessa Frederique Bianchi.
Awards
[edit ]2016
[edit ]2017
[edit ]- Audience Choice Award – Vaagai Sooda Vaa [9] and Onaatah [10]
2018
[edit ]- Audience Choice Award – Western Ghats /Merku Thodarchi Malai and Newton [11]
- Jury Award – Newton
2019
[edit ]The members of the 2019 critics jury are Baradwaj Rangan (chair), Dalton L, Deepa Gahlot, Gautam Kaul, Johnson Thomas, Ratnottama Sengupta, and Utpal Datta.[12] The palmares is:
- Jury prize for feature film: Ee.Ma.Yau by Lijo Jose Pellissery
- Jury prize for short film: Unlock by Niru Nadarajah
- Jury special mention: Doitto by Tathagata Gosh
- Jury special mention: Pariyerum Perumal by Mari Selvaraj [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
- Audience award: Pariyerum Perumal by Mari Selvaraj
- FCCI Award for Best Debut Film: Pariyerum Perumal by Mari Selvaraj
2020
[edit ]- Jury Prize for feature film: Trees under the sun/Veyilmarangal by Dr Biju
- Jury Special mention ex aequo: Axone A Recipe for Disaster by Nicholas Kharkongor by and Zollywood by Trushant Ingle
- Jury prize for short film: Nooreh by Ashish Pandey
- Jury Special mention ex aequo: Beebak by Shazia Iqbal and Miss Man by Tathagata Ghosh
2024
[edit ]- Audience Choice Award for feature film: 12th Fail by Vinu Vinod Chopra
- Audience Choice Award for short film: If by Tathagata Ghosh
References
[edit ]- ^ "Festival des cinémas indiens de Toulouse". Site officiel de la mairie de Toulouse. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "13 Indian films to be screened from April 11 in Toulouse fest in France". The Times of India. March 30, 2018.
- ^ "Festival des Cinemas Indiens de Toulouse" [Toulouse Indian Film Festival]. Occitanie Sortir. March 13, 2018.
- ^ "Another honour for Merku Thodarchi Malai". The New Indian Express. March 14, 2018.
- ^ "CFSI Films participation in various festivals". Children's Film Society, India . Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Adil Hussain's film to have its world premiere at Toulouse film fest". NE Now News. March 8, 2019.
- ^ "6e édition du Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse du 11 au 15 avril 2018" [6th edition of the Toulouse Indian Film Festival]. Culturo News. March 24, 2018.
- ^ "Parched (India)". www.goldenglobes.com.
- ^ Sundaram, Arvind (May 2, 2017). "Vaagai Sooda Vaa wins the Best Feature Film Award at Toulouse Indian Film Festival". Behind Woods.
- ^ "Onaatah wins Audience Award at Toulouse Film Festival". The Shillong Times. May 8, 2017.
- ^ "Vijay Sethupathi's film wins double at International Film Festival". India Glitz. April 16, 2018.
- ^ "Film Critics Circle Of India". filmcriticscircle.com.
- ^ "'Pariyerum Perumal' wins 3 awards at Toulouse Indian Film Fest in France". The News Minute. April 16, 2019.
- ^ "'பரியேறும் பெருமாள்' படத்துக்கு மேலும் ஒரு கௌரவம்" [Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj's Pariyerum Perumal gets 3 awards from Toulouse Indian Film Festival in France]. Behind Woods. April 16, 2019.
- ^ "പരിയറും പെരുമാളി'ന് മൂന്ന് അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്ക്കാരങ്ങൾ" [Pariyerum Perumal wins three international awards]. Samayam. April 17, 2019.
- ^ "പുരസ്ക്കാര പെരുമയില് വീണ്ടും 'പരിയറും പെരുമാള്'" [Pariyerum Perumal wins 3 awards at Toulouse Indian Film Fest in France]. Thejas News. April 20, 2019.
- ^ "മൂന്ന് അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്ക്കാരങ്ങൾ സ്വന്തമാക്കി 'പരിയേറും പെരുമാള്'" [Three awards for the film Pariyerum Perumal at Toulouse Indian Film Festival in France]. Azhimukham. April 17, 2019.