Indian Drama ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Wins Transylvania Film Festival

Indian cinema triumphs on the twenty third Transylvania Worldwide Movie Competition, which passed off June 14-24 within the Romanian metropolis of Cluj-Napoca.

First-time director Shuchi Talati gained the Transylvania Trophy, the highest prize of the Worldwide competitors, together with its $11,7000 (10,000 euro) bursary for her function Ladies Will Be Ladies, a mother-daughter drama that premiered at Sundance earlier this yr. The drama follows a younger, academically gifted teenager at a strict boarding faculty within the Himalayas who will get caught up in an emotional love triangle along with her mom, as they each compete for the love of the identical boy.

“The story of this movie may be very rooted in India, however I at all times hoped that individuals exterior this very particular house and time the place the story takes place would resonate with it,” stated Talati in a video introduced on the Gala ceremony on the Cluj-Napoca’s historic Nationwide Theater on Saturday night. “I really feel like this award says that.” 

The Particular Jury Award, with its $1,600 (1,500 euro) prize went to Vinothraj Palani’s The Adamant Woman, a feminist social drama specializing in gendered expectations in rural India. The Tamil filmmaker gained the identical award on the 2021 Transilvania Worldwide Movie Competition for his debut movie Pebbles. The Adamant Woman premiered in Berlin.

The very best director honor, which comes with a $3,750 (3,500 euro) money bursary, went to Colombian filmmaker Sebastián Quebrada for his emotional drama The Different Son concerning the technique of mourning the loss of life of a youngster by his household and shut associates.  

Iranian actor Hassan Pourshirazi gained the most effective efficiency award for his function in The Outdated Bachelor whereas the Dutch-Belgian manufacturing Summer season Brother picked up three awards: A particular point out for younger actors Jarne Heylen and Joël in ‘t Veld, the viewers award voted on by the pageant public, and the Ecumenical jury award.

Alice On/Off, a Romanian documentary filmed over 10 years by director Isabela Von Tent picked up three prizes: the Romanian days award for greatest debut, a particular point out of the jury of the documentary competitors sidebar part “What’s Up, Doc?” and the worldwide movie critics’ FIPRESCI award.  

Beneath is the complete listing of winners of the 2024 Transylvanian Movie Competition. 

Transylvania Trophy 
Ladies Will Be Ladies, Shuchi Talati 

Greatest Director Award 
Sebastián Quebrada, The Different Son 

Particular Jury Award 
The Adamant Woman, Vinothraj Palani 

Greatest Efficiency Award 
Hassan Pourshirazi, The Outdated Bachelor  

Particular Point out of the Jury 
Jarne Heylen and Joël in ‘t Veld, Summer season Brother 

Viewers Award 
Summer season Brother, Joren Molter 

Romanian Days Award for Function Movie 
Dismissed, Horia Cucută, George ve Ganæaard 

Particular Point out of the Jury for Romanian Days Function Movie 
Household Weekend, Mihnea Toma 

Romanian Days Award for Debut 
Alice On & Off, Isabela Tent 

Romanian Days Award for Brief Movie 
Reality or Dare, Simona Borcea 

“What’s Up, Doc?” Award 
Kix, Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész 

Particular Point out of the Jury “What’s Up, Doc?” 
Alice On & Off, Isabela Tent 
La Reine, Nikola Klinger 

Most Fashionable Romanian Movie within the Competition 
Moromeții 3, Stere Gulea 

Ecumenical Jury Award 
Summer season Brother, Joren Molter 

Particular Point out of the Ecumenical Jury 
The place Elephants Go, Cătălin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Șarga