IFFM 2024 full winners list: ’12th Fail’ wins Best Film, Kartik Aaryan Best Actor
The 15th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024 announced its winners, with ’12th Fail’ winning the Best Film and Kartik Aaryan winning the Best Actor award. The festival, which ran from August 15 to August 25, honoured several Indian films and talents.
The awards for the 15th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024 were announced on August 16. Vikrant Massey starrer ’12th Fail’ won the Best Film award, while Kartik Aaryan won the Best Actor award for ‘Chandu Champion’. Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapata Ladies’ was awarded the Best Film Critics Choice Award.
The 15th edition of IFFM officially began with much fanfare on August 15. The film festival honoured several Indian films, web shows, actors and directors. Ram Charan received the award as the ambassador of Indian arts and culture. Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dunky’ won the award for equality in cinema.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
Best Performance (Men): Kartik Aaryan for ‘Chandu Champion’
Best Performance (Female): Parvathy Thiruvothu for ‘Ullozhukku’
best movie: ‘12th fail’
Best Director: Kabir Khan for ‘Chandu Champion’ and Nithilan Swaminathan for ‘Maharaja’
Best Actor Critics’ Choice: Vikrant Massey wrote a song for ’12th Fail’…
Ambassadors of Indian Arts and Culture: Ram Charan
Critic’s Choice for Best Film: ‘The Missing Ladies’
Best Series: ‘Fog’
Equality in Cinema: ‘donkey’
Best Film from the Subcontinent: ‘‘Red Suitcase’
people’s Choice: ‘‘Rocky and Rani’s love story’
Excellence in Cinema: A.R. Rehman
Best Breakout Film of the Year: ‘Amar Singh is shining
Best Disruptor of the Year: Aadarsh Gaurav
Diversity Champion: Rasika Dugal
Best Performance Women’s Series: Nimisha Sajayan for ‘Poacher’
Best Performance Men’s Series: Arjun Mathur for ‘Made in Heaven Season 2’
Best Director Critics’ Choice: Dominic Sangma for ‘Rapture’
Short Film Competition: Robbie Fatt for ‘The Vegemite Sandwich’
Short Film Competition Special Mention: Sandeep Raj for ‘Echo’
IFFM 2024 was inaugurated with an official press conference attended by several stars like Kartik Aaryan, Imtiaz Ali, Karan Johar, Kabir Khan, Shoojit Sircar, Rima Das, Adarsh Gourav, Lakshya and Sona Mohapatra. The festival will celebrate Indian films from August 15 to August 25.