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International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
HUGH HUDSON (Jury President)

Anglo-Scottish director-producer-writer, began his career as an editor and moved on to wield the directors chair as a documentary filmmaker, producing and directing many award winning films, including the notable 90 minute biography of ‘Fangio’.
The 75-year-old director also produced, ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ (1967) which was nominated as the Best Short Film at the BAFTA.  
Nominated for eight academy awards for his widely acclaimed feature film ‘Chariots of Fire’ (1981), he won four for the film including , the Best Picture, music, script and costume design . His film also won the prestigious Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Film and the BAFTA for Best Picture.
His other films as director include ‘Revolution’ (1985) featuring Al Pacino and ‘Greystoke’ (1984) which was nominated for four Academy Awards and followed equal critical acclaim.

JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI

Emerging as one of the most original voice of the Polish new wave that took form during the Sixties, 73-year-old, Jerzy Skolimowski channeled his prodigious talents as an actor, dramatist, writer, poet, director, painter and art designer into a series of visually intense and poetically structured films.
In his early works such as ‘Rysopis’, made while he was a student at the Lodz film school, and Walkover, he crafted iconic portraits of aimless youth and failed ambitions that cut with a sharp satiric edge, garnering him tremendous international acclaim. Between 1964 and 1984 he completed six semi-autobiographical feature films: ‘Rysopis’ (1964), ‘Walkover’(1965), ‘Barrier’ (1966), ‘Hands Up!’ (1981), ‘Moonlighting’ (1982) and ‘Success Is the Best Revenge’ (1984), a segment in Dialóg and two other features, ‘Le Départ’ (1967) and ‘Deep End’ (1970) based on his original screenplays, all of which were well received. ‘Le Départ’ won the Golden Bear and UNICRIT Award at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.
He has been nominated for the Cannes Palm D’or on five different occasions and won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize in 1978 for ‘The Shout’, in addition to numerous other accolades at several other prestigious international film festivals.

Na Hong-Jin

South Korean film director and screenwriter, Na Hong-Jin won the Award for Best Director at the 45th Grand Bell Awards for his debut feature, ‘The Chaser’ (2008). Further on he was lauded with the Orient Express Award at the Catalonian International Film Festival for the same.
The 37-year-old director won the Award for Best Director at the 15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival  for his second feature, ‘The Yellow Sea ‘ and nominated for the same at the Asian Film Awards.
His ideology of feeling everything, putting it into emotion and working with the ordinary people has helped him ascend the ladder of success.

Roger Spottiswoode
A native of England and Canada, 66-year-old, Spottiswoode began his career as an editor. He went to America in the early ‘70’s, where he worked with director Sam Peckinpah on films like ‘Straw Dogs’ and ‘The Getaway’.
His other editing credits include, ‘The Gambler’ and ‘Hard Times’. Making the transition from the editing room to behind the camera, he made his directorial debut with ‘Terror Train’ (1980) and wrote ‘48 Hrs’ (1982).
Since then he has directed films like ‘The Best of Times’, ‘Shoot to Kill’, ‘The 6th Day’ and the James Bond thriller, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’. In addition to numerous accolades, he won the special grand jury award at the Montreal World Film Festival for ‘And the band played on’.
He is currently working on a documentary on forgiveness, reconciliation and justice, centered on Rwanda, Northern Ireland and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Sarika

Born and brought up in Bombay, Sarika was selected in a Talent Contest held by Film Fare, and started her Acting career at the age of 4. Her first film was 'Hamraaz" directed by B.R. Chopra. She then continued to work as an child artiste

Her 1st film as an leading lady  was  'Kagaz ki Nao" followed by 'Geet Gata Chal'. Besides Hindi she has worked in Marathi, Gujrati and Bengali language films. She has also worked as on assistant director under the late Sri Basu Bhattacharya.

She stopped Acting after shifting to Madras. There she continued to work by switching careers as Sound Dir and Costume Designer for more than 30 films.

She won her 1st National award in 2000 as  Best Costume Designer for 'Hey Ram', a period film, for which she put in extensive research work to get the authentic look of 1940s, for the various sections of people portrayed in the film, hailing from and outside of India.

After working as a technician she returned to acting once again in 2003

Sarika won her 2nd National award in 2005 as Best Actress for her role in ‘Parzania’ where she played a crusading mother who fights for justice against all adversity. The much acclaimed film based on a true story during the Godhra riots initiated debates across the country.

Besides Films she has been actively involved in theatre and has worked with the Madras Players, as an actor and costume designer. She also Started a Film Society Called ‘Frames’, and later a Theatre actor’s Workshop (TWA) which promoted young actors and provided a platform for experienced Actors/Directors to interact with the youngsters.

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Kiran Rao (Jury President)
Born in Bangalore, raised in Calcutta, Kiran Rao moved to Mumbai, India and worked as an Assistant Director on films such as the Academy Award nominated ‘Lagaan’, ‘Swades: We, the people’ and winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion ‘Monsoon Wedding’.
Associate Producer on the critically acclaimed and box office success ‘Taare Zameen Par’, India’s official entry to the Academy Awards, and the immensely popular ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ and recently, ‘Delhi Belly’. Rao did her schooling in Loreto House and La Martiniere Calcutta.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Sophia College, Bombay University and a Masters in Mass Communication from AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. ‘Dhobi Ghat ‘(Mumbai Diaries), written, directed and co-produced by Kiran Rao, and starring Aamir Khan, India’s leading film star, was her first feature film, which released in January this year and garnered rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.
VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANE
Vikramaditya Motwane started his film career assisting his producer-mother on her television talk show ‘Teen Talk'. Three more years in television went by before he made the big leap to feature films by assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali on ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'.
Further stints assisting Deepa Mehta on the ill-fated first venture of ‘Water' and directing songs for Anurag Kashyap's ‘Paanch' followed, before he was back as Associate Director (and Sound Designer) on Bhansali's ‘Devdas'. Since then, he has directed the songs in the now-completed (and released) ‘Water', and has written the screenplay for ‘Goal' and ‘Dev D'.
His debut feature, ‘Udaan', was an Un Certain Regard Selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 and is the winner of 7 Filmfare and 4 Star Screen Awards.
RENUKA SHAHANE
Popular Marathi film and Indian television actress, Renuka Shahane is best known for her role in the 1994 blockbuster, ‘Hum Apke Hai Kaun’ and as the presenter of the popular Doordarshan Television show, ‘Surabhi’.
Her roles in initial Indian television series like ‘Circus’, ‘Sailaab’, ‘Imtihaan’ and 'Ek Alag Mausam' have been widely appreciated.In 1994 she received the Best Actress Filmfare Award for her role in the Marathi feature, ‘Aboli’.
She also received the V.Shantaram Award for the Best Supporting Actress for her 2009 directorial debut, ‘Rita’. Shahane is also a theatre enthusiast and was awarded the Best Actress Award for the play ‘Yelcoat’
ONIR
Critically acclaimed director, 42-year-old Onir in addition to wielding the power as a feature film director has donned many caps, including, producer, screenwriter and editor. Having edited numerous films and assisting Kalpana Lajmi on ‘Daman’, he went on to directing his first feature film ‘My brother Nikhil’ which won him praise and accolades world over.
His other works including ‘Bas Ek Pal’, Sorry Bhai’ and the recent ‘I Am’ has also been well received by critics internationally. His latest release ‘I Am’ is credited as being one of the first Indian films to employ crowd-funding.
He was awarded with the Karmaveer Puruskaar, the Best Film Award at the London Asian Film Festival and River to River Florence Indian Film Festival amongst numerous other awards.
NISHIKANT KAMAT
Nishikant Kamat is a young Indian Actor-Director who received the National Award for the Best Feature Film in Marathi for his directorial debut, ‘Dombivali Fast’ (2006). He went on to win the Swarovski Trophy for the Best Director at the Asian First Film Festival and the Jury Award for the Best Film at the Los Angeles Indian Film festival for the same.
Following its success, he remade the film in Tamil as ‘Evano Oruvan’(2007) featuring R. Madhavan in the lead role. His Hindi film debut, ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ (2008), based on aftermath of the 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings was very well received and won three Filmfare Awards including the Best Film awarded by Critics. As an Actor he has worked in critically acclaimed films like, ‘Saatchya Aat Gharat’, ‘404 Error Not Found’ and ‘Hava Aaney dey’.
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Basu Chatterjee (Jury President)
Born on January 10, 1930, Basu Chatterjee is undoubtedly one of the most renowned names in Indian Cinema. A prominent director, his films are considered as gems of Indian Cinema.
During the film society movement, Chatterjee joined the Indian film industry in the capacity of a Producer and later on moving to become one of the most renowned Directors. Some of his most renowned works include ‘Gudgudee’, 'Khatta Meetha’, 'Chhoti Si Baat' and 'Chitchor' amongst numerous others. In addition to being associated with the Silver Screen, his involvement with Indian television is exemplary, with shows like ’Byomkesh Bakshi’, 'Darpan' and 'Kakkaji Kahin' amongst others.
In addition to being a winner of numerous accolades, he has been awarded with the Filmfare Award for Best Director and the prestigious Indian National Film Award.
Avantika Akerkar
Avantika Akerkar is currently the Chief Executive of Prana Worldwide, a global consulting and training communications consultancy, specializing in transforming human potential. She is also an actor with many plays and international films to her credit (The Vagina Monologues, The Loins of Punjab, The World Unseen and Rockstar to name a few).
Her theatrical credits include having worked with American and Israeli directors, the Royal Court Theatre Festival of Plays and BBC radio plays. She has had the distinct pleasure of performing with Oscar winners Jane Fonda and Marissa Tomei, as well as the talented author Eve Ensler (Vagina Monologues).
Avantika has also produced a play with noted Israeli director, Gil Alon. Her Indian accomplishments include working with Shabana Azmi, Konkana Sen, Imraan Khan and Farhan Akhtar.
Avantika has lived in America for over 15 years and returned to India several years ago.
Mukesh Bhatt
One of the Indian Film Industry's most noted Producers, Mukesh Bhatt has been associated with both critically acclaimed as well as commercially successful films.
As a Producer he has been responsible for of acclaimed films like ‘Jurm’,‘Aashiqui’, ‘ Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi’, ‘Sadak’,’Junoon’, ’Ghulam’ and ‘Sangharsh’. In 2002 his production 'Raaz' went on to become one of the most commercially successful films of the year and was followed by a sequel in 2009, which was also well received.
He re-created the box-office success of 'Raaz' with his film 'Murder' and its sequel
Suhasini Mulay
Suhasini Mulay has been making documentary films for the past 35 years. She started her career working as an Assistant director to Satyajit Ray for the film, ‘Jan Aranya’ (1976) and also assisted Mrinal Sen for the film,’Mrigaya’(1977).
She then started work as an independent film maker. She has more than 60 documentaries to her credit, some of which have been screened in national and international film festivals. Significant of these are: “An Indian Story” on the first Bhagalpur blindings in 1977, ‘Chitthi’ a motivational film on adult education, ‘Bhopal: Beyond Genocide’ on the Bhopal gas tragedy and ‘An Official Art Form’ produced for the National Gallery of Modern Art.
These films also bagged her 4 National Awards. She also won the National Award as Best Supporting Actress for the film, ‘Hu Tu Tu’ directed by Gulzar. Suhasini Mulay is at present, better known as an actress.
Starting her acting career with,’Bhuvan Shome’ in 1967, she has gone on to act in many films and television shows. ‘Lagaan’, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Hamraaz’ and ‘Ya Life Ho To Aisi’ are some of the films that she has acted in. Today she works as an actress, but her first love is still film direction.