Six Odia short films won awards under different categories at the Covid-19 International Film Festival (CIFF) 2020 held herre.
While ‘Hold My Hands’ directed by Suraj Pattanaik bagged Tamra Ashoka (Bronze) prize, the third best film award, Shanti Raj and Pratik Arnab the awards in the category of Best Editor and Best Debut Actor, respectively, for the short film ‘Patience in Lockdown‘.
Film personality Ayush Jena bagged the Best Cinematographer award for the short film ‘Sambhabana’.
The Special Jury Awards went to Manish Naik for the film ‘Gilehari’, Swaroop Ray for the film ‘Antardhwanee’ and Stitadhi Rath for the film ‘Mrityupurare Yamraj’.
Anuska Priyadarshini, Manish Naik and Priyansu Parida won the Best Debut Director award for the films ‘Sambhabana’, ‘Gilehari’ and ‘Patience in Lockdown’, respectively.
Tazeen Qureshy and Silpi Kesu Das bagged the awards in category of Best Documentary for ‘Corona Warrior’ and ‘Covid 19 The Creaming Sun’.
Films ‘C+’ directed by Subodh Pandey and Harsbardhan Vyas and ‘My Mom’ directed by Rakesh Mairangthem were awarded as the Best and second Best films.