Jyothi Venkatesh
One of the biggest Indian Film Festivals outside of India, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has just announced its nominations for its annual awards ceremony. The festival is presented by the Victorian Government, is an annual festival that takes place in the cultural melting pot, Melbourne. This year's theme of the festival is Courage with over 58 films selected and to be screened in 21 languages. Annual award night will be held on 8th August the Palais Theatre, which is an iconic landmark of the city. 2019 will see an impressive drag of new jury members added to the festival with returning name including Jill Bilcock who is an Academy Award Winning ditto of films like Moulin Rogue, Romeo and Juliet and Elizabeth. Legendary filmmaker and screen writer, Fred Schepisi who's work includes the cult classic Will Smith starrer, Six Degrees of Separation. Other noteworthy jury members are actress Victoria Hill known for her work in films like Macbeth, First Reformed and The Chaperone and Vince Colosimo who is an AFI award winning actor.
The nominations for 2019 are as follows
BEST INDIE FILM :
Widow of Silence
Bulbul Can Sing
The Gold-Laden Sheep and the Sacred Mountain
Namdev Bhau
Bhonsle
Chuskit
Bhoga Khirkee
BEST DIRECTOR
Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun
Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy
Thiagarajan Kumararaja for Super Deluxe
Rima Das for Bulbul Can Singh
Praveen Morchhale for Widow of Silence
Jhanu Barua for Bhoga Khirkee
Abhishek Chaubey for Sonchirya
BEST ACTRESS
Tabu for Andhadhun
Neena Gupta for Badhaai Ho
Alia Bhatt for Gully Boy
Rituparna Sengupta for Ahaa Re
Jigmeet Dewa Lhamo for Chuskit
Zerifa Wahid for Bhoga Khirkee
BEST ACTOR
Ayushmann Khurrana for Andhadhun
Ranveer Singh for Gully Boy
Vijay Sethupathi for Super Deluxe
Manoj Bajpai for Bhonsle
Amitabh Bachchan for Badla
Vicky Kaushal for Uri The Surgical Strike
Namdev Gurav for Namdev Bhau
BEST FILM
Andhadhun
Gully Boy
Badhai Ho
Sui Dhaaga
Super Deluxe
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