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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