Virgin Spring Cinefest

Virgin Spring Cinefest (VSC) is an IMDb Award listing International Film Festival. It is an annual major award screening event that takes place in Kolkata and features art-house films from across the world. The event was started in 2017.[1] The festival has been named in honour of Ingmar Bergman’s classic film "Virgin Spring".

Virgin Spring Cinefest
LocationKolkata, West Bengal, India
Founded2017
LanguageInternational
Websitehttps://vscinefest.com

Each month, the most representatives of monthly award winners are screened in Kolkata, and reviewed by CULT CRITIC film magazine. All the monthly winners compete for the GOLDEN GALAXY AWARD (Best film of the year). The annual winners are accredited with trophy, certificate and laurel.[2]

Notable Awardees

The award is given out each year for significant movies and people in a variety of categories[3]

2022
  • Omar Cook best actor for "Deadly Thoughts"
  • Bai Ling for "Jack Be Nimble"
  • Dennaa, The Wings 2022[4]
  • Kunal Sanjay Mehra for his song "Lambi Si Sadak" 2022[5]
  • Tentacle Head 2022[6]
  • Ankuran 2022[7]
  • Suujoy J. Mukerji's "Ab Mujhe Udnaa Hai" 2022[8]

2021

2020

2019
  • James P Mahon for best Mobile Film, "A Global Mobile Journalism Journey"
  • Simonna Silver Award for Best Short Film "Robot Romance"
  • Kara Petersen Gold Award for Mobile Film "Donna On the Go"
  • "Aaradi" 2019[15]
  • ‘Paintings in the Dark’ 2019[16]
  • "One year on – The Essex lorry tragedy" 2019[17]
  • David Cebulla "Hidden Beauty - The Orchids of the Saale Valley" Winner (Gold) for film on nature / environment / wildlife[18]

2018
  • "From a Barren State" 2018[19]
  • ‘Main Kaun Hoon’ (Who Am I) 2018, Golden Galaxy Award[20]
  • ‘Faagun’ 2018, Silver Award[21]

2017
  • Adhura 2017 Bronze Award[22]
  • "Far but near", a film by Massimiliano Tedeschi[23]

References
  1. "CultCritic | Virgin Spring Cinefest: Golden Galaxy Award". Cult Critic. 11 August 2018.
  2. "Raja Ram Mukherji's latest short film inspires women to rediscover their true selves - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Virgin Spring Cinefest (2022)". IMDb.
  4. "Odia film 'Dennaa- The Wings' has bagged 30 International awards: Watch full movie here". KalingaTV. 23 March 2022.
  5. "Kunal Sanjay Mehra, A Music Producer And Singer, Won 10 International Awards In Less Than A Year". outlookindia.com. 3 October 2022.
  6. Bell, Jonathan (23 May 2022). "Young Bermudian's film wins festival awards". www.royalgazette.com.
  7. Service, Tribune News. "Mukul Kapoor's documentary Ankuran: The Art Of Idol Making is making the right noise at the festival circuit". Tribuneindia News Service.
  8. CHHABRA, RAHUL (10 December 2018). "A film on molestation wins 12 awards". The Asian Age.
  9. "Pune International Film Festival". piffindia.com.
  10. "An effort to save the dying art of idol-making". Hindustan Times. 31 August 2020.
  11. Taneja, Parina (3 April 2020). "Stree actress Flora Saiini's patriotic short film Motherland set for release". indiatvnews.com.
  12. "Shailendra Singh's critically acclaimed short, Kacche Din, to premiere on YouTube on May 22". indulgexpress.com.
  13. Cinefest, V. S. "Monthly Selection :JULY 2020 – VS CInefest". Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  14. "MOVIE OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2020". Virgin Spring Cinefest. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  15. Subramanian, Anupama (3 October 2019). "Deepika Rangaraju gets international recognition". Deccan Chronicle.
  16. "Film on a blind painter set for its Kolkata premiere - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. "Vietnam News documentary wins further international acclaim". vietnam.vnanet.vn (in Vietnamese). 17 September 2021.
  18. "MOVIE OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2019". Virgin Spring Cinefest. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  19. Ghosh, Sankha. "A Belgian actress in US relishes her Kolkata connection - Times of India". The Times of India.
  20. "Raja Ram Mukherji's latest short film inspires women to rediscover their true selves - Times of India". The Times of India.
  21. "Musical short film 'Faagun' creating waves at the international arena - Times of India". The Times of India.
  22. "Meet multi-award winning film writer from Kolkata". Get Bengal.
  23. "Il "Virgin Spring Cinefest" premia "Lontane ma vicine", il cortometraggio di Massimiliano Tedeschi - CoratoLive.it". coratolive.it (in Italian). 1 February 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.