FIPRESCI AWARD (International Federation of Film Critics)
THE BET COLLECTOR by JEFFREY JETURIAN (The Philippines)

NETPAC AWARD (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema)
MIDNIGHT MY LOVE by KHONGDEJ JATURANRASSAMEE (Thailand) for its warm and humorous approach to an interpersonal relationship as interpreted by two outstanding performers

INDIAN COMPETITION AWARDS
Special Jury Prize
IN THE SHADOW OF THE DOG (NAYI NERALU) by GIRISH KASARAVALLI was chosen for the special jury prize in the Indian Competition category for his beautiful and intense mise-en-scene that reveals a courageous and insightful understanding of faith and social issues.
Best Actor
SUBRAT DUTTA in CALCUTTA, UNABASHED (BIBAR) by SUBRATO SEN for his subtle performance in Calcutta, Unabashed (Bibar)
Best Actress
TANNISHTHA CHATTERJEE in CALCUTTA, UNABASHED (BIBAR) by SUBRATO SEN , for portraying her character with natural flair in Calcutta, unabashed (Bibar)
Best Film
THE CLEANSING RITES (SUDDHA) by RAMACHANDRA was chosen as the Best Film in the Indian Competition category, for its poetic, evocative and uncompromising style reflecting the moods of contemporary India

ASIAN COMPETITION AWARDS
The jury wishes to make a Special Mention of two films in competition
-   HOMELAND (ONTARJATRA) by TAREQUE & CATHERINE MASUD (Bangladesh). for its humane theme expressed with honesty and simplicity
-   LOVE’S LONE FLOWER (GU LIAN HUA) by TSAO JUI-YUAN (Taiwan) for its touching tale of subtle and fateful love between hapless people trapped in a tragic predicament.
Special Jury Prize
TWO GIRLS by KUTLUG ATAMAN (Turkey) The Special jury award goes to TWO GIRLS directed by Kutlug Ataman for the youthful energy and passion the film has been invested, with making inventive use of lively performances, skillful camera work and cutting.
Best Actress
GINA PARENO in THE BET COLLECTOR by JEFFREY JETURIAN (The Philippines) GINA PARENO the lead actress of THE BET COLLECTOR is given the award for the Best actress for her fully involved and empathetic portrayal of Mother Courage who braves adversities and setbacks with dignity and resolve.
Best Film
THE BET COLLECTOR by JEFFREY JETURIAN (The Philippines) THE BET COLLECTOR directed by Jeffrey Jeturian is chosen for the award of the Best film for its remarkable understanding and credible portrayal of life in a Manila slum and the totality of its accomplishment in terms of excellent teamwork and the mise-en-scene realized by the director.

Osian’s-Cinefan is proud to present eminent author, critic and producer Peggy Chiao Hsiung-ping with the Lifetime Achievement Award given to an Author / Critic / Scriptwriter for Distinguished Contribution to Cinema Click here to read more


ASIAN COMPETITION JURY

Ryuichi Hiroki - was born in Fukushima, Japan. His entry into film was as an assistant director with Genji Nakamura. A prolific filmmaker with nearly 40 films to his credit, Ryuichi Hiroki is one of the most significant voices in Japanese cinema today.
He made his directorial debut with Catch the Woman Out in 1982. With Sadistic City, he received the Grand Prix in the video section of the Yubaru Fantastic Film Festival, while 800 Two Lap Runners won the Minister of Education’s Arts Prize for Best New Director. His films, Vibrator and Silent Big Man were shown at Osian’s-Cinefan in 2004 and 2005 respectively.
Stanley Kwan – born in Hong Kong, studied Communications at Baptist College, then joined television as a trainee actor, before moving to the production training division. He worked as an assistant to several young directors who were to launch the Hong Kong New Wave. In 1985 he directed his first feature, Women. Rouge (1987) won him a substantial international audience, while Centre Stage received the Best Actress prize in Berlin for Maggie Cheung in 1991, and Hold You Tight the Alfred Bauer and Teddy awards in Berlin in 1998. In addition to feature films, that command a worldwide art-house following, Stanley Kwan has directed shorts, documentaries as well as a short play, which was staged in Hong Kong and London.
Xie Fei - a professor at Beijing Film Academy, is also a leading Fourth Generation director. Born in Shaanxi, he graduated in direction from the same Academy where he now teaches.
Xie Fei has held various positions in higher administration. He began directing in the mid-80s, moving from idealism to a more sober depiction of social reality.
Nearly all his films have all been award-winners. Black Snow took the Silver Bear in Berlin in 1990, Woman Sesame Oil Maker) the Golden Bear in 1993, and A Mongolian Tale received the Best Director award in Montreal in 1995. This film was shown at Cinefan in 1999.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan – a luminary of the New Indian Cinema, was born into a family that patronised Kathakali and the performing arts. He started acting when he was eight, and as a student, wrote and directed several stage plays. A graduate of the Film Institute of India, he pioneered the Film Society movement in Kerala, and helped set up India’s first film co-operative for production, distribution and exhibition of quality films. He has scripted and directed nine features and innumerable documentaries. All his films have won national and international awards. His collection of essays, Cinemayude Lokam (The World of Cinema), received the National Award for Best Book on Cinema in 1984. Adoor was awarded the Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, India’s highest recognition for Lifetime Achievement in Cinema.
Jajang C Noer – is a well-known and award-winning stage, television and film actress from Indonesia. She is also a television director, a human rights activist and a Member of Jakarta Arts Council's Film Committee. Jajang Noer has served on juries of films festivals as well as of stage and poetry festivals throughout Indonesia since 1987. Two films in which she acted – Eliana, Eliana and Arisan - were shown in Osian’s-Cinefan in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

INDIAN COMPETITION JURY

Italo Spinelli – has directed films and plays and made numerous television programmes. He is the Founder and Director of Asiaticafilmmediale Incontri con il cinema asiatico, a festival of Asian films held every year in Rome since 2000, and is currently the advisor on Asian cinema for the Rome Film Festival. Italo Spinelli teaches cinema and theatre at the University of Siena. In 2002 he edited a book entitled Indian Summer: Films, Filmmakers and Stars between Ray and Bollywood, for the Locarno Film Festival. He is also the author of several essays on Indian cinema and literature. In 2005 he programmed a retrospective of Indian films called ‘Indian Visions’ at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome.
Christian Jeune – is the Director of the Department of Films at the Cannes International Film Festival, responsible for the Festival's international relations with producers, directors, film festivals and film commissions. He recommends films for Competition, Un Certain Regard, Cinefondation and the Shorts Competition. He has also translated more than 100 English films into French.


Pan Nalin – a self-taught filmmaker, was born in a remote village in Gujarat. He made several shorts and documentaries before venturing into feature films. Trained as a graphic designer at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, he also worked as a producer, photographer, animator, cinematographer, scriptwriter and editor. His first feature, Samsara, was a huge commercial and critical success and won some 30 awards. His feature documentary, Ayurveda: Art of Being, has also won multiple awards. Nalin’s latest feature film, Valley of Flowers, was filmed in the Himalayas and in Japan. He has launched a film company, Monsoon Films, with production bases in India, Paris and Los Angeles.
Khairy Beshara - is an award-winning director of feature films, shorts, documentaries and television series. He graduated from the Egyptian Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967 and worked as an assistant director on two features before going to Poland on a one-year fellowship. Upon his return, he continued to work as assistant director in addition to acting, writing and teaching. In 1972, he worked on the famous Polish film, In Desert and in Wilderness, during its shooting in Egypt. Currently, he is teaching at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo.
Niki Karimi - born in Tehran, is an award-winning actress. She started acting in plays when she was in elementary school. Her career in cinema began in 1989, with a role in The Temptation by Jamshid Haidari. In 1991 she appeared in Dariush Mehrjui’s Sara, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's The Doll’s House, for which she won the Best Actress award at San Sebastian and Nantes. For a year she studied design in the US. Her role in Mehrjui’s Pari, an adaptation of Salinger's Franny and Zooey was a big success and brought her several awards. Niki Karimi’s first feature as director, One Night, was shown at Osian’s-Cinefan in 2005.

NETPAC Award

The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) was created in 1990 at an International Conference organised by Cinemaya with UNESCO support. It is registered as a non-governmental organisation and its secretariat is now moving from Pusan to Colombo. Its activities include promoting Asian cinema, and a NETPAC award for the Best Asian Film has been instituted in different film festivals around the world.

NETPAC JURY

Jeannette Paulson Hereniko – has been involved in film and television for 35 years. She was the Founding Director of two festivals - Hawaii International Film Festival which she headed from 1981 to 1996, and Palm Springs International Film Festival in 1990. She is the President of NETPAC/USA and was a member of the first NETPAC International Board. While a fellow at the University of Southern California she developed a website, www.asianfilms.org. She is the producer of an award-winning feature film from Fiji, The Land has Eyes, and is currently developing several other Pacific Island-based feature film projects in cooperation with her husband, Vilsoni Hereniko.
Ron Holloway – is a well-known critic and author of six books on cinema. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg and has written from Berlin for Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Moving Pictures, Financial Times, Herald Tribune, and Manchester Guardian. He also publishes KINO German Film and International Reports and has directed four documentaries together with his actress wife Dorothea Moritz. Among the awards he has received are the Rockefeller Fellowship, Bundesverdienstkreuz (German Cross of Merit), Polish Rings, Cannes Gold Medaille, and the American Cinema Foundation Award.
Ngo Phuong Lan – studied at VGIK, Moscow, and did a PhD in History of Culture and Art from Hanoi. She is the Head of the Art Management Section at the Vietnam Cinema Department, Member of the Central Committee of Motion Picture Approval, and Chairperson, Committee of Theory and Criticism of the Vietnam Cinema Association. She writes in newspapers and magazines (including Osian’s-Cinemaya), is the author of books on Vietnamese culture and mass media in Europe and Australia and the co-author of books on Vietnamese cinema. Her book of essays and reviews, Accompanying the Screen, translated by NETPAC in 2000, received the First Prize of the Vietnam Cinema Association for Film Criticism in 1998, and Modernity and Nationalism the Golden Kite Prize in 2005.

FIPRESCI Award

The Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (International Federation of Film Critics – FIPRESCI) established in different countries for the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests, was founded in 1930. Its principal objectives are to safeguard the freedom and ethics of film criticism and film journalism and to promote and expand the idea of the cinema as a means of artistic expression and of cultural education.

FIPRESCI JURY


Max Tessier - born in France, is a prominent film critic and historian who has been writing articles, reviews and books since 1965, both at home and abroad. A regular contributor to Osian’s-Cinemaya as well as to Ecran, La Revue du Cinema, Le Monde and Positif, Max Tessier is a specialist in Asian Cinema and the author of several books on Japanese cinema, including Yasujiro Ozu (Anthologie du Cinema) and Images du Cinema Japonais. Chairman of NETPAC France, Max Tessier has also been a member of many international juries.
Rwita Dutta - writes regularly on cinema for the print and electronic media both in India and abroad, and is the editor of an international film journal, Film Buff. A social activist, Rwita Dutta runs an organisation called ‘Forum for Women’. She is also a Lecturer in Political Science in a College near Kolkata and is currently working on a project on Cinema and Politics. Her debut documentary, 3rd World, which premiered in Italy in 2005, has been shown in several international film festivals.
Lucy Virgen - is an established film critic from Mexico. From 1990 to 2003 she wrote for a variety of newspapers (El Informador, Siglo 21 Mural, Reforma y El occidentali) and magazines (Cinemais and Luvina). Co-author of Cinema Mexicain published by Centre Georges Pompidou (French) and the British Film Institute (English), she is a member of the selection committee of the Guadalajara International Film Festival. Lucy Virgen is currently the chief editor of a virtual magazine, El ojo que piensa (English version, The Thinking Eye), and a film reviewer for Radio Universidad de Guadalajara.
CRITICS Award given by the Accredited Press Corps