Awards & Recognitions
- Behind the Bazaar
Nikhil Ambekar, Nikhita Singh, Sankuraj Konwar, Satyam Sai and Shrishti Malhotra
Best Documentary Award, DMCS Film Festival, Pune, 2018 - Wo Dhuan
Akhil Vasudevan, Ambu G., Amlan J. Das and Tanya Mishraa
Award for Social relevance, Kolkata Human Rights Film Festival, 2018 - Many Months in Mirya
Renu Sawant
John Abraham Award for the Best Documentary, Signs Film Festival, 2017 - Tayiya Kanasu
Munmum Dhalaria
First prize, Aarogya Film Festival, Pune, 2017 - Kahan ka Rasta
Savyasachi Anju Prabir
Mountain Film Award, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2017 - A Fly in the Curry — Independent Documentary film in India’ (Sage 2016)
K.P. Jayasankar and Anjali Monteiro
Received a Special Mention in the President’s National Awards, 2017 best book on cinema category. The citation reads: “K.P.Jayasankar- Anjali Monteiro explore independent documentary films in India and revisit the relationship between filmmakers and their narratives. The book sets new standards for form and context in cinema studies.” - Mod (The Turn )
Pushpa Rawat
Silver, 12th IDPA Awards - Dar-B-Dar
Aditi Saraswat, Akshat Jain, Anand Gautam, Geetha K. Wilson, Nayantara Nayar, Rameshwar Jirwankar
Certificate of Merit, 12th IDPA Awards - Time Vampires
Akash Basumatari, Arpita Katiyar, Radhika Agarwal, Rajendra Jadhav, Saurabh Kumar, Sujata Sarkar
Special Jury Mention, 12th IDPA Awards - A Commons Story
Epti Pattnaik, Ananda Siddhartha, Piyush Garud and Pratik Bhakta
Best Documentary Award at the Film Award at the Film Festival of National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Ministry of Rual Development, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, 24th – 25th November, 2016 at NIRPR, Hyderabad.
Best Student Film at Woodpecker Film Festival 2013, Delhi. - Re-Imaging Dharavi
Directed by Ananyaa Gaur, Eleanor Almeida, Kshitij Katiyar, Priyanka Pal and Vaseem Chaudhary
Best Short Film at 2016 edition of U-Special International Campus Film Festival, March 14-18, 2016
Special Mention Award at Imagineindia International Film Festival 2016 – Madrid, Spain - Co-Exist PSA
Directed by Deepti Murali, Kritika Agarwal, Nevin Thomas, Robin Zutshi and Shuaib Shafi
Best PSA at 2016 edition of U-Special International Campus Film Festival, March 14-18, 2016 - Dreaming Free PSAs
Directed by Class of 2013-2015
Received Population First : Laadli Media & Advertisisng Award for Gender Sensitivity, 2014-15 in the Electronic – Documentary category, March, 2016
Special Mention Award at Imagineindia International Film Festival 2016 – Madrid, Spain - Caste on the Menu Card
Directed by Ananyaa Gaur, Anurup Khillare, Atul Anand, Reetika Revathy Subramanian & Vaseem Chaudhary
Special Mention Award at Imagineindia International Film Festival 2016 – Madrid, Spain
Best Student Documentary, Jeevika Film Festival, New Delhi, 2015
Jeevika Freedom Award, Jeevika Film Festival, New Delhi, 2015
Award for Social relevance, Kolkata Human Rights Film Festival, 2018 - Imaging Bombay
Aditi Maddali, Ashwin Nag, Faebitha Rahman, Keduokhrietuo Sachü and Reetika Revathy Subramanian
Special Mention Award at Imagineindia International Film Festival 2016 – Madrid, Spain - Not Caste in Stone
Firdaus Soni, Keduokhrietuo Sachu, Kritika Agarwal, Prateek Shekhar and Vaibhav B. Sorte
Special Mention Award at Imagineindia International Film Festival 2016 – Madrid, Spain - Daane Daane Pe
Directed by Nithila Mridula Chari, Nithila Kanagasabai, Nitya Menon and Krishna Panchal
Won Silver at Indian Documentary Producers’ Association Awards, March, 2015 - Badalte Nakshe
Directed by Nithila Kanagasabai, Nitya Menon, Archana Sadar and Likokba Sangtam
Won Gold at Indian Documentary Producers’ Association Awards, March, 2015 - Padmini My Love
Directed by Munmun Dhalaria, Ruchi Sawardekar, Silja Würgler and Sriram Mohan
Best Student Film, Jeevika Film Festival, New Delhi, 2014
Runner Up, Documentary Film category, Cinephiles Annual Film Festival, New Delhi, 2014 - HerStories
Directed by Fareeda Muhammed, Milanth Gautham, Ridhima Sharma, Shiva Thorat and Silja Wurgler
Special Mention, Jeevika Film Festival, New Delhi, 2014 - Kaaye Kaaye Sexual
Directed by Gitanjali S, Mukta Patil, Rajashree Gandhi and Ridhima Sharma
Best Student Film, Woodpecker Film Festival, New Delhi, 2014 - PSA: How Far Should a Woman Go?
Directed by Smita Vanniyar, Shubhra Dixit, Prateek Shekhar and Anurup Khillare
First Prize, US Consulate Women’s Safety and Empowerment Festival, Mumbai, 2014 - Tamasha – Ek Gavran Gammat
Directed by Devendra Ghorpade, Prakash Sao, Manoj Bhandare and Raju Hittalamani
Best Student Filmmakers Award, 4th International Folk Music Film Festival, Kathmandu, 2014 - City’s Edge
Directed by Sandeep Singh, Shweta Radhakrishnan, Sharib Ali, Gin Khan Siam and Abhishek Yadav
3rd Prize, 9th Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival, Pune, 2015
Best Short Ecodocumentary, tiNai Eco Film Festival, Goa, 2014 - Badalte Nakshe
Directed by Nithila Kanagasabai, Nitya Menon, Archana Sadar and Likokba Sangtam
IDPA Gold, Best Film in Students Documentary, 2015
Golden Halo Award, Best Student Film, Script International Film Festival, Kerala, 2014 - Daane Daane Pe
Directed by Nithila Kanagasabai, Nitya Menon, Mridula Chari and Krishna Panchal
IDPA Silver, Best Film in Students Documentary, 2015 - Ek Aakhri Panah
Directed by Juanita Mukhia, Krishna Panchal, Piyush Garud and Tanvi Barge
Best Non-Fiction Student Film, Seamedu Film Festival, Pune, 2013 - Breakin’ Mumbai
Directed by Aakriti Kohli, Sandeep K.R. Singh and Gin Khan Siam
Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA) Certificate of Merit, Best Film in Documentary (Upto 30 Minutes) & Best Film in Student Non-Fiction, 2012 - Bharatmata Ki Jai
Directed by Amol Ranjan, Anurag Mazumdar, Arpita Chakravarty, Avadhoot Khanolkar and Shweta Radhakrishnan
Best Script, 1st National Students’ Film Festival, 2013
IDPA Silver, Best Film in Student Non-Fiction, 2012 - Do Din Ka Mela
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
National Award (Rajat Kamal) for the Best Audiography, 2012
Commendation of the Jury, Royal Anthropological Association Film Festival, London, 2011
IDPA Gold, Best Script, 2009
IDPA Certificate of Merit, Best Documentary, 2009 - So Heddan So Hoddan
Directed by Prof. Anjali Monteiro and Prof. K.P. Jayasankar
Basil Wright Prize, Royal Anthropological Institute International Ethnographic Film Festival, Edinburgh, 2013
Best Film Award, International Folk Music Film Festival, Kathmandu, 2012
IDPA Silver, Sound Design, 2011
IDPA Silver, Cinematography, 2011
IDPA Silver, Script, 2011 - Videokaaran
Directed by Jagannathan Krishnan (Early Career Fellow)
IDPA Silver, Best Documentary, 2011 - Before Dark
Directed by Ajay T.G. (Early Career Fellow)
2nd Best Film, Jeevika Film Festival, 2011 - Inside Out
Directed by Shilpi Gulati and Divya Cowasji
Second Prize, Non Fiction category, I P College International Students Film Festival, New Delhi, 2011
IDPA Silver, Best Film in Student Non-Fiction, 2011 - Where’s Kishore
Directed by Nikhil Titus, Shaira Shetty and Sneha Anand
Golden Halo Award, Best Student Film, Script International Film Festival, Kerala, 2011
IDPA Gold, Best Film in Student Non-Fiction, 2008 - 352: Remembering Emergency
Directed by Nikhil Titus, Ashwini Falnikar, Sanjay Pratap Singh and Nandita Thomas
ACT-UCP Sarnet Award, Best Student Film under 20 Minutes on a Human Rights
Issue, Abhivyakti 2010 (9th Bihar Low Cost Video Festival)
IDPA Gold, Best Film in Student Non-Fiction, 2009 - There are No Borders Here
Directed by Shilpi Gulati, Parool Sharma, Ram Krishna Ranjan
First Prize, Non Fiction category, I P College International Students Film Festival, New Delhi, 2010 - XXWhy
Directed by Dr. Manjula Bharathy
Best Film Focusing on Sexual Minority Issues, SAATHI Rainbow Film Awards, 2010
Best Documentary Award, 3rd SOMS Film Festival, Kerala, 2009
Best Documentary Award, Kashish Film Festival, 2010 - Our Family
Directed by Prof. Anjali Monteiro and Prof. K.P. Jayasankar
Certificate of Merit (Special Mention), Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), 2008
IDPA Gold, Best Script, 2008
IDPA Gold, Best Sound Design, 2008
IDPA Silver, Best Editing, 2008
IDPA Certificate of Merit, Best Documentary, 2008
Special Jury Award, Documentary Section, Signs Film Festival, Kerala, 2007 - Memory.Space
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar
IDPA Gold, Best Cell Story, 2007 - Breasts
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Special Mention of the Jury, Sadho International Poetry Film Festival, New Delhi, 2007 - SheWrite
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Best Film, 2nd Sadho International Poetry Film Fest, New Delhi, 2010
Best Documentary Prize, IV Three Continents International Documentary Festival,
Venezuela 2005
IDPA Gold, Sound Design, 2005
IDPA Silver, Cinematography, 2005 - Saacha
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Second Prize, New Delhi Video Forum, 2001 - YCP 1997
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Certificate of Merit, Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), 1998
The Jury’s Award for Best Innovation, Astra Festival of Anthropological Documentary Film, Sibiu, Romania, 1998 - Kahankar:Ahankar
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Jury’s Special Mention, Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), 1996 - Odhni – A Collective Exploration of Our Selves, Our Bodies
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Second Prize, Health and Population category, International Video Festival on Science,
Society and Development, Thiruvanathapuram, 1995 - Identity – The Construction of Selfhood
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Asia Prize, Prix Futura, Berlin, 1995
Second Prize, Education and Literacy category, International Video Festival on Science, Society and Development, September, Thiruvanathapuram, 1995 - The Plot Thickens…
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
First Prize and Award for Individual Technical Excellence in Editing, Sixth UGC Country-wide Classroom Video Festival, Calcutta, 1993 - From the Diary of a Genetic Counsellor
Directed by Prof. K.P. Jayasankar and Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Best Programme Award, Open/General category, Fifth UGC Country-wide Classroom Video Festival, Hyderabad, 1992