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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jan 14: ‘Mukti’ (redemption), a movie that features challenges faced by members of the LGBTQ community, won the best film prize at ‘Spectrum 2018’, a national level short film-making competition on social change organised by St Agnes College (Autonomous), department of Journalism and Mass Communication and Agnesian Alumni.
The award presentation ceremony was held on Sunday, January 13 at the college conference hall and inaugurated by cine actor Arjun Kapikad by splashing colours of the rainbow on a white sheet after which the word ‘Spectrum’ magically appears.
Kapikad in his address spoke on how lively ‘college phase’ influences one’s life as well as how short film-making brings out one's point of view creatively.
Presiding over the programme, St Agnes College principal Sr Dr Jeswina AC explained the meaning of ‘Spectrum’. “Just as Mahatma Gandhi spoke on being the change you want to see, ‘Spectrum’ aims to portray positive change through thought provoking cinema,” she said.
Spectrum 2018 received 22 movie submissions from different parts of India. Two time national award winning film director Abhay Simha, author and filmmaker Samvartha ‘Sahil’, Chris Lewis, vice president of Merrill Lynch Bank, Current Bank of America, USA were the eminent jury for the competition.
Vice-president Agnesian Alumni Geanette D’Souza, Syndicate Bank Agnes branch manager Anuradha, Pia Artistry proprietor Priya, and Mahesh Acharya from MotoWorld were the guests of honour on the occasion who presented awards to winners along with Arjun Kapikad.
Daijiworld.com was the online partners for the event.
Award Winners
Geanette D’Souza Best Film Prize – ‘Mukti,’ Techno International New Town College, Kolkata
Geanette D’Souza Runner-Up Prize – ‘Appa,’ Nitte Institute of Communication
MotoWorld Best Actor – Harsha Raj Gatty, ‘Appa,’ Nitte Institute of Communication
Pia Artistry Best Actress – Chithra, ‘Rule 129’, SDM College, Mangaluru
Syndicate Bank Best Screenplay – Vijay Nambiar, ‘Pointless’, St Aloysius College
Oswald Lawrence Pinto Best Director – Amal Babu, ‘Can We Talk’, Nitte Institute of Communication