from daijiworld's special correspondent
Pics Rajtilak Naik
Daijiworld News Network - Goa
Panaji, Dec 4: The Chinese film `The Old Barber' directed by Hasi Chaolu won the golden peacock award at the 37 th international film festival of India held in Goa.
The Old Barber, a 105- minute film, produced by Li Shuihe, is a story about the pure art of the barber in Beijing. It is a reflection of how the elderly carry out their lives in the most basic.
Actor, writer-director Aparna Sen is seen presenting the Golden Peacock award to Hasi Chaolu, director of the Chinese film 'The Old Barber' during the concluding ceremony of the 37th International Film Festival of India
Union information and broadcasting secretary presenting the best jury award to the Bangladeshi director Abu Sayeed for his film 'Forever Flows'
Golden Peacock winner Hasi Chowlu and Best Jury Award winner Abu Sayeed of Bangladesh
Aparna Sen having a word with Goa CM Pratapsingh Rane
The awards were presented in the concluding function held at Kala Academy in Panaji in presence of Goa chief minister Pratapsingh Rane, Information and broadcasting secretary S K Arora and film star Aparna Sen. The Chinese film outwitted ten other films in the competition section, which had films from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile-Germany, China, India, Iran, Israel, Korea and Taiwan.
The flick won the award which was accompanied by a citation and a cash prize of Rs ten lac.
The jury, headed by Australian director Rolf de Heer and comprising French director Olivier Assayas, Polish actress Grazyna Szapolowska, Argentinian actress Leticia Bredice and India's acclaimed director Jahnu Barua, awarded the Silver Peacock Award and a cash prize of Rs five lakh to An Kung-Lee of Korea as the Most Promising Director for her film "A Short Life (4302~)".
The Special Jury Award, comprising a Silver Peacock and Rs five lakh in cash, went to director Abu Sayeed's "Nirontor (Forever Flows)", which is Bangladesh's official entry to the Academy awards in the Best Foreign Language category, this year.
Young Sarod-playing pair Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan perfomring at the finale
Award-winner Hasi Chowlu with award, seen with Argentine artiste and jury member Letisha Bredais
Indian Film Festival director V B Pyarelal receiving the Silver Peacock for best director, on behalf of the Korean director of 'Short Life'
Jury members Raulf de Heer (Australia, chairman), Oliver Assahay (France), Letisha Bredais (Argentina) and Janu Barua (India)
The Competition section which was meant for films from Asia, Africa and Latin America, had no single entry from the African continent. Incidently, the whole festival too had no entries from African continent. The two Indian entries, "Sringaram" (Tamil) and "Sonam (The Fortunate One)," first film in Arunachali dilect Monpa failed to make it for awards.
This was festival's total 37th edition and third one in Goa Closing film "Babel ", directed by Mexico's Alejandro Gonjalez Inarittu and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, marked the concluding of this ten day long festival held at two venues – kala academy and INOX multiplex – on the banks of Mandovi river.
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