SHORT FILM AWARDS 2023
  • Best Actor Male
  • Best Actor Female
  • Best Movie Fiction
  • Best Director
  • Peoples Chioce

Winners for the Filmfare Short Film Awards 2023

Best Short Film in Fiction - Jahaan
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Directed By: Celina John

The film encapsulates the journey of a young and madly in love couple, living in a house that they feel emotionally attached to. The estate broker is trying to find a new tenant while they have no intention to let go of the house. Who wins?

People's Choice Award for Best Film - Soul-Kadhi
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Directed By: Sameeha Sabnis

Soul-Kadhi is a magic-hour to magic-hour story of just one night in deep Konkan, where an uncanny bond is forged between a young orphan Radha and her new mother-in-law Uma. The two rebellious women share each other's anxieties and apprehensions for their future, the night before the old Wada where they stay, is turned into a home-stay.

Best Actor Female - Mrunal Thakur
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Directed By: Celina John

The film encapsulates the journey of a young and madly in love couple, living in a house that they feel emotionally attached to. The estate broker is trying to find a new tenant while they have no intention to let go of the house. Who wins?

Best Actor Male - Manav Kaul
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Directed By: Nihit Bhave

A husband recounts the days of being in school, being different from other boys,
realising that his body reacts to men, the way other boys’ bodies react to women. He is trapped between his desires and his duties. A wife realises that she has always let other people dictate what she eats, what she wears, what she studies, who she marries, and how she has sex. She wants to take back control.

Best Director - Sakshi Gurnani
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Directed By: Sakshi Gurnani

Gray’ is a story about Naina, a 20-something girl whose best friend violates the boundaries of her consent. Except that, in a world where everything is defined as ‘black’ and ‘white’, she’s left to grapple with whether or not what happened was in the ‘gray’ areas. With the help of her therapist, Dr Noorani, Naina takes a journey between past and present, to learn how to deal with her feelings and her trauma, and clearly define for herself the meaning of ‘consent’.