Dr Piyush Roy
TIFA 2023 - OFFICIAL TRAILER
A kaleidoscopic collage review of the biggest film festival for teenage student filmmakers in India and the world. Conceived and curated by Author-Critic-Curator-Filmmaker, Dr Piyush Roy, the Teen Indie Film Awards (TIFA), hosted by RV University, Bengaluru is a unique film festival initiative, ‘of the students, by the students and for student filmmakers’, to recognise and celebrate excellence and creativity in film productions by school and university students from across the world.
Submission entries are now open for TIFA 2024, which will happen in Bangalore from 14-17 March, 2024.
The second TIFA 2023 Awards Ceremony was conducted on 30 May 2023, celebrating over 10 student winners from five continents, and 15 nations. The four-day film festival featured experimental cinema workshops, masterclasses by filmmakers and eminent film journalists, film book launches and cinema themed panel discussions.
List of Award Winners – TIFA 2023
• Best Film – Meiyu Song, Huzi, China
• Best Director – Konstantin Reber, Take Five, Switzerland
• Best Actor – Yashas Banakar, Teenage Short Film, India
• Best Story – Adya Reddy Yedulla, Kanasu, India
• Best Technical Achievement – Sumedh K., Anatma, India
• Special Mention (Technical Achievement) - Andrew Tan, Banana Regeneration, Australia
• Best Film Essay and Documentary – KK Rath: Celebration Of Life, India
• Best Ensemble – Yoel Rodríguez, Far From Home, Spain
• Best Experimental Film – Kamya Sandeep Subramanya, The Carousel, India
• ‘Emerging Young Filmmaker in World Cinema’ – Bhumika Bansal, Fantastic Death, UK