Asifa India’s IAD Mumbai Edition saw a packed audience of 600+ Professionals and Student attendees. The fest ended on a great note when creative minds from the Animation Fraternity were honored with ASIFA INDIA Awards of Excellence.
Here’s presenting the list of winners who made it to the win!
| BEST STUDENT – 2D ANIMATED FILM | THE MAILBOX | 6 MINS 3 SECS | NIKHITA PRABHUDESAI | MIT INSTITUTE OF DESIGN |
| BEST STUDENT – 3D ANIMATED FILM | CLOUDS | 4 MINS.48 SECS | STEPHANIE BIRAT & NIKITA DESHPANDE | DSK SUPINFOCOM |
| SPECIAL JURY MENTION [STUDENT] | MASQUE | 6 MINS.22 SECS | SIDDHARTHA BASU, ALEXANDRE TESSIER, SHASHANK DHONGDE | DSK SUPINFOCOM |
| BEST PROFESSIONAL – ANIMATED SHORT FILM | SHOOTER | 7 MINS.7 SECS | SAGAR FUNDE | – |
| SPECIAL JURY MENTION [PROFESSIONAL] – ANIMATED SHORT FILM | ALCHEMY | 4 MINS.36 SECS | PRANAY PATWARDHAN, JANMEET SINGH, SHIVANGI RANAWAT | EKABHUYA TEAM |
| SPECIAL JURY MENTION [PROFESSIONAL] – ANIMATED SHORT FILM | THE INDIAN WANDERER | 4 MINS.54 SECS | ANUJ KUMAR | GIRGIT STUDIOS |
| BEST PROFESSIONAL – ANIMATED COMMERCIAL | CADBURY GEMS JINGLE | 29 SECS | SURESH ERIYAT | STUDIO EEKSAURAS |
| SPECIAL JURY MENTION [PROFESSIONAL] – ANIMATED COMMERCIAL | ZUMI ANTHEM | 31 SECS | VAIBHAV KUMARESH | VAIBHAV STUDIOS |
| BEST PROFESSIONAL – ANIMATED FEATURE FILM | GOOPI GAWAIYA BAGHA BAJAIYA | 78 MINS | SHILPA RANADE | PAPERBOAT ANIMATION STUDIOS |
| BEST STUDENT – INTERNATIONAL FILM | BAOBAB | 6 MINS 54 SECS | NICOLAS, ANAELLE, MARINA, SIMON, BENJAMIN | SUPINFOCOM |
Commenting on the Win, Shilpa Ranade, Director of Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya, says,”This win adds to our enthusiasm for animation and validates our efforts taken to bring out this movie. We want this movie to reach mass audiences and see it being lauded by general public. The film will travel to several film festivals with its screening on 14th of this month at The International Children’s Film Festival (ICFFI) also popularly known as ‘The Golden Elephant’ and also at Dubai Film Festival and New York Film Festival.”
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