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Winners Fourth Tamil International Short Film Festival
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Best film
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Kumar Moorthy Memorial Award |
The White Cat |
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India |
| People Choice Award |
Thampipillai Memorial Award |
Adapaavi |
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Canada |
| Jury Award |
| Best Performance |
P.E. Stanislous (Maravan) Memorial Award |
Pirayalam |
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Sri Lanka |
| Best Director |
Na . Sundaralingam Memorial Award |
The White Cat |
P.Sivakumar |
India |
| Best Editing |
S. Sivasothy Memorial Award |
Red Winter |
Sutha Shan |
Canada |
| Best Camera |
Nila Kugathasan Memorial Award |
Birthday |
Chezian |
India |
| Best Scriptwriting |
Daniel Memorial Award |
You too |
Suamthy Rupan |
Canada |
| Best Actor |
A.P.Jeyaratnam Memorial Award |
Kithchan |
Dilukasanth Mohan |
Sri Lanka |
| Best Actress |
K. Manimaran Memorial Award |
I Oh |
Sathya |
Canada |
| Regional Awards |
| Best Film India |
Vipulanantha Adakial Memorial Award |
Thenthu Poienthra Kathal |
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| Best Film Exile |
Kalaichelvan memorial award |
Aantha Oru Naal |
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| Sri Lanka |
| Best Film |
K.A. Jawahar Memorial Award |
Kitchan |
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Sri Lanka |
Directors
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Partick Pathmanathan
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Patrick has learned story telling techniques from directors like Sergio Leone, Brian de Palma, Guy Ritchie and of course Quentin Tarantino. Patrick mentors taught him “a movie lies 24 times per second”. |
| Leena Manimekalai |
Leena is one of the few female directors in India. Leena directed more than 10 short films and documentaries. She also acted on some movies.
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| Rupan |
Rupan is a very talented director and cameraman. Rupan’s “manushi” was screened at our last year’s festival and well received. |
| Mulaiyoor Baski |
Baski is a regular contributor to our festivals. Baski’s first short film “Blink of an eye” was well received at various festivals. |
| A.C. Karunamoorthy |
A.C. Karunamoorthy is one of the well-known short film directors in India. Karunamorthy’s movies are well received in India and outside India. |
| G.N. Saravanan |
G.N.Saravanan is a computer engineer. His previous works are Kongu Arts Video Profile, Sculpture, After 1960. |
| P.Sivakumar |
Sivakumar is one of the well-known short film directors in India. His first movie Aaesha won several awards. |
| Arun Vaidyanathan |
Arun directed more than 10 short films. Arun’s movies were screened at various film festivals. |
| K.B. Nath |
K.B.Nath has been using new techniques in his films. He is also the President of Tollywod Canada Inc. |
| Mithran |
Mithran AKA "Karthik Maharajan" hails from a small village named "Gandhigramam" located in Tamilnadu. Graduating as an Electrnics and Telecommunication engineer, he still had the undying passion to do movies. His first short film Chimera was screened at Youth Festival. |
Jury Members
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Chandra Siddan
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Chandra Siddan was born and brought up in Bangalore, India where she studied English Literature in Bangalore University (MA and MPhil) before moving to New York, USA where she made her first short film 'Moving' (1994 16mm experimental 5 minutes) towards completing her MA in Media Studies in the New School for Social Research. She later moved to Germany where she wrote screenplays and made 'The Gift' (super 16, fiction 10 minutes) and 'Williamsburg Experiment' (DV documentary 44 minutes) in the Staatlisches Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Karlsruhe. She lives in Toronto since 2000 and is currently working on a personal documentary 'Remembrance of Things Present' which won the Tony Stoltz Completion Award at the Reel World Film Festival 2005. She initiated and runs the Regent Park Film Festival in down town Toronto since 2003.
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Sharada K Eswar
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Sharada K Eswar is the Editor and one of the publishers of Kala - a South Asian Art & Culture Quarterly. A published author, Sharada's passion for words, both spoken and written, began at an early age. Since then this love for words has found expression in diverse ways. A trained Carnatic Music singer, she was part of the team representing India at the India Abroad show in Paris and New York. She was also one of the three chosen by the Centres Culturels des Lions Clubs de Paris to present Indian culture in Normandy, France.
She currently teaches Narrative Writing for the Toronto District School Board's International Languages Program and is working on her first libretto (through a commission by the opera company).
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P.A Jeyakaran
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P.A Jeyakaran is one of the few play writers in Tamil. He is the editor of two Playbooks. He has been producing, directing and acting plays last fifteen years. He is also a very popular poet. He was the Editor of Thedal a Tamil art and culture monthly.
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| Ganam Lambert |
Ganam Lambert has been directing plays for the last thirty years. Lambert is one of the few directors, who introduced various language plays in Tamil. He was introduced Jean Genet, Anton Chekov, Smauel Beckett, Aalexiarbuso, Albert Camus, Jean Paul Santra, Edward Albee, Wolesoyinka to Tamil Drama World. |
| K.Krishnarajah |
K.Krishanarajah has been acting, directing plays for the last twenty years. He was one the founder member of “Aavaikaatu Drama Group” and “ Vimbam Art Group”. He also acted in short films. He initiated and runs the London Film Festival in down town London since 2004. Krishnarajah is also very talented Modern Artist. |
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Movies |
Director |
Duration |
Country |
| 1 |
Thatha Pathy |
A .Ragunathan |
20 M |
France |
| 2 |
Kitchan |
Viamal Raj |
20 M |
SriLanka |
| 3 |
Parai |
Leena Manimekalai |
30M |
India |
| 4 |
Kaneer |
Vetty Veeran |
7 M |
India |
| 5 |
Vithi(Fate) |
Ram Nadaraj |
1 M |
SriLanka |
| 6 |
The Power Cut |
Arun Vaidyanathan |
2 M |
U.S.A |
| 7 |
Manudam |
Srikantha Luxmy |
20 M |
SriLanka |
| 8 |
Birth Day |
K. Muthukumar |
15 M |
India |
| 9 |
Brirliant |
Arun Vaidyanathan |
7 M |
U.S.A |
| 10 |
You To |
Rupan |
17 M |
Canada |
| 11 |
As you wish.. |
Arun Vaidyanathan |
7M |
U.S.A |
| 12 |
Upheaval |
S.Sumathy |
20 M |
SriLanka |
| 13 |
Vilasam |
I.Vathanan |
20 M |
France |
| 14 |
26-Dec |
G.N.Saravanan |
20 M |
India |
| 15 |
Vengeance |
Patrick Pathmanathan |
5 M |
Canada |
| 16 |
Thani Oru Manithanuku |
Arun Vaidyanathan |
3 M |
U.S.A |
| 17 |
Tale of A Shadow |
Mithran |
4 M |
Canada |
| 18 |
The White Cat |
P.Sivakumar |
10 M |
India |
| 19 |
The Power |
A.C Karunamoorthy |
3 M |
India |
| 20 |
Theenthu Poienthra Kathal |
Leena Manimekalai |
3 M |
India |
| 21 |
I Oh |
Rupan |
5 M |
Canada |
| 22 |
Aantha Oru Naal |
Patrick Pathmanathan |
17 M |
Canada |
| 23 |
Rape |
Srikantha Luxmy |
25 M |
SriLanka |
| 24 |
Illamai |
A.C Karunamoorthy |
20 M |
India |
| 25 |
Red Witner |
K.B.Nath |
30 M |
Canada |
| 26 |
Alphs Koothadigal |
Annamalai |
38 M |
Swiss |
| 27 |
MookuPeni |
A.Ragavan |
20 M |
SriLanka |
IAFS
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Administration (Fourth International Tamil Short Film/Documentry Festival)
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Arun Sivakumaran, Kuamanan, Myil, Kiruba, and Malini Pararajasingham |
| Executive Advisors |
Arun Sivakuamran, K.Krishnarajah, Ashok Yogan(France) |
| Screening Director |
Arun Sivakumaran |
| Media Director |
Kaushi.R |
| Communication Director |
Dilip Kuamr |
| Executive Director |
T.Sivathasn |
| Program Director |
Rathan |
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