The Rajatha Chakoram award for best director was bagged by Iranian film-maker Hamid Reza Aligholian for his film Flamingo No. 13. The award carries a price of Rs. 4 lakh, memento and citation. Sebastian Hiriat, director of the Mexican film A Stone’s Throw Away received the Rajatha Chakoram award for best debut director. He received a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh, memento and citation.
The Audience Award for the best competition section film at the 16th IFFK was bagged by Chilean film A Painting Lesson directed by Pablo Perelman. Mr. Perelman said that this was the best award he received for his film so far. Apart from the main festival awards, awards instituted by Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) and Hassankutty Award for best debut director instituted by film-maker Mira Nair were also given away at the function.
The NETPAC award for the best Asian film was given to the Bengali film At the end of it all directed by Aditi Roy. Director Salim Ahmed’s Abu, Son of Adam bagged the NETPAC award for best Malayalam film. Turkish film Future Lasts Forever directed by Ozcan Alper received the FIPRESCI award for best competition section film, while Abu, Son of Adam bagged the best Malayalm film award instituted by the organization. The film also won the Hassankutty award, which carries a purse of Rs. 50, 000.