SPARSH, a production house of Odisha, organised a short film festival – IGNITE and its award giving ceremony here on Tuesday.
This year the festival was dedicated to the daughters with the theme “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao.” Abhishek Swain, a young filmmaker, dominated the evening by winning maximum awards – Best Film and Best Script for film ‘A Daughter’s letter’ with prize money of Rs 50,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. ‘A Daughter’s letter’ was also awarded for Best Cinematography by Abani Maharana. ‘She Is My Daughter’, a film by Kaushik Nath was awarded the first runners up and Best Editing with prize money of Rs 0,000 for each category. ‘Be The Change’, a film by Santosh Panda was awarded the second runners up with prize money of Rs 10,000.
The jury of short film festival included renowned journalists of Odisha Sampad Mahapatra and Sandeep Sahu and the young and national award winner filmmaker Amartya Bhattacharya.