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The '''Alpavirama Asian Short and Documentary Film Festival'''<ref>http://www.nid.edu/alpavirama/index.html</ref> is a five-day film festival organised by the [[National Institute of Design]], Ahmedabad. ‘Alpavirama’ is comma in [[Sanskrit]] - a precious pause - a brief stretch of time reclaimed for reflection and repose. The first edition of the festival was held in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]], in the year 2011.<ref>http://www.nid.edu/alpavirama2011/index.html</ref> The second edition was held in 2014.<ref>http://nid.edu/alpavirama2014/index.html</ref> The third edition will take place between 4–8 October 2016.<ref>http://www.nid.edu/alpavirama/index.html</ref>

==Awards==
The Competition is open to short fiction and documentary films, between 5–30 minutes; produced after 1 August 2014; directed by a young person (under 30 years) who is a citizen of & ordinarily resident in any South Asian country, including [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Maldives]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka]].

The Focus on Asia Section is open to short fiction and documentary films, between 5–30 minutes; produced after 1 August 2014; directed by a young person (under 30 years) who is a [[Citizenship|citizen]] of and ordinarily resident in any Asian country, other than in South Asia.

From the 2014 edition onwards Alpavirama instituted an award in Late Prof. Satish Bahadur's (long-time Professor of Film Appreciation at FTII, Pune) name, for Lifetime Achievement in [[Film]] Teaching in South Asia.

=== Awards 2014 ===

====Documentary====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award !! Film title  !! Director
|-
| Golden Comma  || Maneesha 1941 || Makarand Dambhare
|-
| Silver Comma  || FEICA – A Life With Cartoons || Waseem Abbas
|-
| Special Mention of the Jury  || Babai || Kavita Datir, Amit Sonawane
|}

====Fiction====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award !! Film title  !! Director
|-
| Golden Comma  || The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite || Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
|-
| Silver Comma  || Life || Srinjay Thakur
|-
| Special Mention of the Jury  || Little Hands || Rohin Raveendran
|}

'''Prof. Satish Bahadur Lifetime Achievement Award for a Film Teacher from South Asia : Ms. Jeroo Mulla'''

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File:Alpavirama 2014 03.jpg|Screening (Alpavirama 2014)
File:Alpavirama 2014 04.jpg|Tea Break (Alpavirama 2014)
</gallery>

=== Awards 2011 ===

====Documentary====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award !! Film title  !! Director
|-
| Golden Comma  || Missing Vultures || Muhammad Ali Ijaz
|-
| Silver Comma  || The Boxing Ladies || Anusha Nandakumar
|-
| Special Mention of the Jury  || Burning Paradise || Nisar Ahmed
|}

====Fiction====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award !! Film title  !! Director
|-
| Golden Comma  || Kalu || Naveed Anjum
|-
| Silver Comma  || Kusum || Shumona Banerjee
|-
| Special Mention of the Jury  || Paci || J.D. Imaya Varman
|-
| Special Mention of the Jury  || Shyam Raat Seher || Arunima Sharma
|}
[http://www.nid.edu/alpavirama2011/index.html]

== See also ==
* [[List of film festivals in India]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Culture of Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Short film festivals in India]]
[[Category:Film festivals established in 2011]]


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