Srinagar: Fifth edition of the International Film Festival of Kashmir (IFFK) 2015 Thursday concluded with Award Ceremony and a film Master class. Amongst the award winning films, Iranian and Spanish movies bagged maximum awards in different categories.
Absolute Rest directed by Iranian filmmaker Abdolreza Kahani won Best Feature Film award while another Iranian film Waskat received Critic Award in International Category.
Among J&K select, Best Feature Film award was given to IBTIDA, THE BEGINNING directed by Ali Emran, Best Short Film was given to Stunning Gilgit-Baltistan by SM Bukhari and Ali Emran while Gul by Gul Riyaz was declared as Best Debut short Film.
The Best Feature Film in Indian Panorama category was given to Gour Hari Dastaan by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan.
The top award in Best Short Fiction Film category was given to Day Dreams of Wilderness directed by Ms Amaya Han of Philippines.
Other awards include Best Experimental Film International which was given jointly to Estonian film Mouldy Memories and Dystopia from UK.
Rupstre, another film from Spain received award in International Best Animation/New Media.
Best Documentary film in International Category was given to “I can Make Miracle of UK directed by Ms Bev Andrews and Best Sports Film in International category was given to Russian short movie Sprint to the Past.
The awards were given by Chairperson XMITA, Mrs Yaqout Mushtaq while leading film and Television professionals attended the awards. Those who spoke on the occasion were Zameer Ashai, Ayash Arif and Shabir Mujahid. Others who were present at the award ceremony include Zahid Manzoor, Shafiq Qureshi, GM Wani, Azad Shah, Raja Bilal and Abdul Rashid.
The festival was organized by Kashmirs well known Socio-Cultural NGO, XMITA and managed by HOTICE.
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