Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards

Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards

Location	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Founded	2017
Language	International
Website	https://liaff.com

The Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards (LBMA) formerly known as L’Age D’Or International Art-house Film Festival (LIAFF) is a monthly live screening film festival held in Kolkata, India. The Film Festival started in 2017.[1][2]

The festival bears the name of one of cinema's most influential directors of all time, the Spanish director Luis Buñuel Portolés.[3]

An audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans, and filmmakers can view features and shorts made by artists from around the world.[3][4]

Awards

The monthly winners compete for the yearly PIGEON D'OR AWARDS (Best of the best). The champions of each year receive a trophy, certificate, and honours. In addition to this, the winners are highlighted in the CULT CRITIC REVIEW AGGREGATOR.[5]

2023

The 6th LBMA annual live screening and award event was held at Rotary Sadan, Kolkata on February 17, 2023.[1]

2022

• The Pit and the Pendulum - a musicabre[6]
• Fella Cederbaum[7]
• Di qua trung bong chet[8]
• Hormigas Caminando Sobre una Axila^[citation needed]
• Devansh Saraf for his film "X or Y"[9]
• Bad Love Tigers by "Kevin L. Schewe MD"^[citation needed]
• JajangMyeon Thank You[10]
• Walking through the valley of death[11]

2021

• V & F by Michelle Arthur
• Ruuposh[12]
• One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy[13]
• The Message of the Lyrebird by Lyrebird Doc[14]
• Piano Under the Stars[15]
• Amaru[16]

2020

• Seven Thousand Souls[17]
• Piano Under the Stars[18]
• Fatal Ambition

References

1. "Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards celebrates the passion for independent filmmaking". The Times of India.
2. "LUIS BUÑUEL AWARD". huesca-filmfestival.com.
3. "CultCritic | Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards Honours Independent Films". Cult Critic. 9 March 2023.
4. Jawed, Sundas. "Tagore International Film Festival celebrates poetry in cinema at Santiniketan". The Times of India.
5. "Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards (2023)". IMDb.
6. "Indie: T". LA Film Festivals.
7. "Filmmaker, Poet, Musician Fella Cederbaum Receives IndieFEST Humanitarian Award". JazzEd Magazine. 3 June 2022.
8. "VNA's documentary wins numerous int'l awards - VNA Photos - Vietnam News Agency (VNA)". vnanet.vn.
9. "Filmmaker Devansh Saraf on his gender equality film X or Y". Firstpost. 29 July 2022.
10. "Actor's late-blooming mother sweeps awards at overseas film festivals". koreatimes. 6 November 2022.
11. "VNA's documentary wins numerous int'l awards | Society | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus. 31 October 2022.
12. Sarwar, Nadeem (13 January 2023). "Here's Why OpenAI's ChatGPT Still Has A Long Way To Go". SlashGear.
13. "Documentary on Essex lorry tragedy to be screened at US film festival | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus. 7 December 2021.
14. "Lyrebird Doc wins at legendary Luis Buñuel Awards". The Message of the Lyrebird.
15. "Piano Under the Stars – Fulldome Show". FDDB.
16. "Awards & Nominations". amaru.
17. "AWARDS / Screenings". Seven Thousand Souls.
18. "Piano Under the Stars – Fulldome Show". FDDB.