Toulouse Indian Film Festival

The Festival des cinémas indiens de Toulouse/Toulouse Indian Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Toulouse, France since 2013. As its name indicates it is dedicated to introducing the public to Indian cinema.[1]

History

The idea was floated in 2012 by a group of non-profit organisations and the first edition was held in early 2013 under the name ‘Indian Season’. It was rechristened to its present name in 2015.[2][3][4][5][6]

The first edition of the Festival was held in 2013. An Audience Choice Award was instituted in the fourth edition, in 2016. A jury award was added for the sixth edition, in 2018.[7] Starting from the seventh edition, in 2019, the critics choice award would be set up the Film Critics Circle of India.

The festival was founded by Frédérique Lien Vanessa Bianchi.

Awards

2016

• Audience Choice Award – Parched[8]

2017

• Audience Choice Award – Vaagai Sooda Vaa[9] and Onaatah[10]

2018

• Audience Choice Award – Western Ghats /Merku Thodarchi Malai and Newton[11]
• Jury Award – Newton

2019

The members of the 2019 critics jury are Baradwaj Rangan (chair), Dalton L, Deepa Gahlot, Gautam Kaul, Johnson Thomas, Ratnottama Sengupta, and Utpal Datta.[12] The palmares is:

• Jury prize for feature film: Ee.Ma.Yau by Lijo Jose Pellissery
• Jury prize for short film: Unlock by Niru Nadarajah
• Jury special mention: Doitto by Tathagata Gosh
• Jury special mention: Pariyerum Perumal by Mari Selvaraj[13][14][15][16][17]
• Audience award: Pariyerum Perumal by Mari Selvaraj
• FCCI Award for Best Debut Film: Pariyerum Perumal by Mari Selvaraj

2020

• Jury Prize for feature film: Trees under the sun/Veyilmarangal by Dr Biju
• Jury Special mention ex aequo: Axone A Recipe for Disaster by Nicholas Kharkongor by and Zollywood by Trushant Ingle
• Jury prize for short film: Nooreh by Ashish Pandey
• Jury Special mention ex aequo: Beebak by Shazia Iqbal and Miss Man by Tathagata Ghosh

2024

• Audience Choice Award for feature film: 12th Fail by Vinu Vinod Chopra
• Audience Choice Award for short film: If by Tathagata Ghosh

References

1. "Festival des cinémas indiens de Toulouse". Site officiel de la mairie de Toulouse. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
2. "13 Indian films to be screened from April 11 in Toulouse fest in France". The Times of India. March 30, 2018.
3. "Festival des Cinemas Indiens de Toulouse" [Toulouse Indian Film Festival]. Occitanie Sortir. March 13, 2018.
4. "Another honour for Merku Thodarchi Malai". The New Indian Express. March 14, 2018.
5. "CFSI Films participation in various festivals". Children's Film Society, India. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
6. "Adil Hussain's film to have its world premiere at Toulouse film fest". NE Now News. March 8, 2019.
7. "6e édition du Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse du 11 au 15 avril 2018" [6th edition of the Toulouse Indian Film Festival]. Culturo News. March 24, 2018.
8. "Parched (India)". www.goldenglobes.com.
9. Sundaram, Arvind (May 2, 2017). "Vaagai Sooda Vaa wins the Best Feature Film Award at Toulouse Indian Film Festival". Behind Woods.
10. "Onaatah wins Audience Award at Toulouse Film Festival". The Shillong Times. May 8, 2017.
11. "Vijay Sethupathi's film wins double at International Film Festival". India Glitz. April 16, 2018.
12. "Film Critics Circle Of India". filmcriticscircle.com.
13. "'Pariyerum Perumal' wins 3 awards at Toulouse Indian Film Fest in France". The News Minute. April 16, 2019.
14. "'பரியேறும் பெருமாள்' படத்துக்கு மேலும் ஒரு கௌரவம்" [Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj's Pariyerum Perumal gets 3 awards from Toulouse Indian Film Festival in France]. Behind Woods. April 16, 2019.
15. "പരിയറും പെരുമാളി'ന് മൂന്ന് അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്‌ക്കാരങ്ങൾ" [Pariyerum Perumal wins three international awards]. Samayam. April 17, 2019.
16. "പുരസ്‌ക്കാര പെരുമയില്‍ വീണ്ടും 'പരിയറും പെരുമാള്‍'" [Pariyerum Perumal wins 3 awards at Toulouse Indian Film Fest in France]. Thejas News. April 20, 2019.
17. "മൂന്ന് അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്‌ക്കാരങ്ങൾ സ്വന്തമാക്കി 'പരിയേറും പെരുമാള്‍'" [Three awards for the film Pariyerum Perumal at Toulouse Indian Film Festival in France]. Azhimukham. April 17, 2019.

External links

• Official website