Bayaan and Saints and Warriors among this year's Sundar Prize Film Festival winners

Recipients were unveiled during a ceremony at Landmark Cinemas Guildford

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Sundar Prize Film Festival has just announced this year’s award recipients. Winners were revealed April 26 at Landmark Cinemas Guildford, during a ceremony co-hosted by Sidartha Murjani, festival executive director and senior programmer, and Joshna Hirani, Sher Pride manager of community engagement.

Best Feature Film (Narrative Live Action) was awarded to Bayaan, directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra; the prize amount was $2,000. Best Short Film (Narrative Live Action) and $1,000 went to Alexander Farah’s “One Day This Kid”. Patrick Shannon’s Saints and Warriors won Best Feature Documentary and a $2,000 prize, while Alireza Kazemipour’s “Light Through the Blindfold” won Best Short Documentary, earning $1,000 and a TELUS Originals swag box.

The winner of Best BC Feature Film was A Cree Approach by Tristin Greyeyes, which earned a $2,000 prize and a $10,000 equipment-rental gift certificate from Keslow Camera. Best BC Short Film went to “Red Light Rebel” by Hannah Yang, which got $1,000 and a $400 gear credit from Rainscope Filmworks.

Josias Tschanz’s The Fire in Our Hearts took home Best Environmental Film, Yaffa Aboudib Husseini’s “Sing to the Wind” won Best Short Animation, and Et Maintenant? (What Now?) by Jocelyn Forgues earned top prize for Best Spiritual, Health, and Wellness Film. All three received $1,000. “If” by Tathagata Ghosh won Best 2SLGBTQ+ Film, earning $2,000.

Best Student Film went to Sofia Tonin’s “Praying for Love”, and Best Youth Film (19 and under) went to “Fallen” by Angela Ruohan Yan. Both received $500. Ryah SM King’s “Home Is a Feeling” secured the BC Student Film Showcase Award, earning $1,000 and a $3,000 equipment-rental gift certificate from Sparky’s Film Rentals.

The KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Award was given to Özgün Gündüz, who received $1,000 and a four-month filmmaker residency at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. The Performer’s Mastery Award for Outstanding BC Performance went to Medha Gautham; on top of a $500 prize, ACTg Vancouver offered tuition to a three-day Performer’s Mastery Workshop, valued at $750.

Each winner also received a Vancouver Film School course, Museum of Vancouver tickets, and eco-friendly Forest Bean Coffee. Learn more about the prestigious trophy that was presented here.

Post sponsored by Sundar Prize Film Festival.

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