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| AAFT Film Awarded With Best Documentary |
Cannes: "A
Connaught Tail" directed by Salman Mozaffar from AAFT won
AFI World Peace Initiative Awards during the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival 2019. It was
adjudged as the best documentary filmed on Cellphone.
“I
had the honor to receive on behalf of the Asian Academy of Film And Television
the award for the best documentary announced for the film from AAFT. It was a great
moment; never any Mobile film has ever been honored in Cannes from India. I am
proud of my students,” said Sandeep Marwah President of AAFT.
Filmmaker Prof. Karl Bardosh of New York University
has designed the festival. Lawrence David Foldes member Executive Committee
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science is the President of Jury,
Petra Terzi President Cultural International Festivals, , Luba Balagova Kandour
Founder President of Sochi International Film Festival, Yuanyuan Chen from
China, Moradeum Adedoyin Solaris the authentic Princess Omoba and Peter Ferris
of Ferris Entertainment London were the other members of Jury.
