Special Jury Mention
Do Flowers Fly directed by Prosenjit Ganguly
For its skill and imagination in encapsulating in a very short film the negative consequences of forms of education that are tiresome rather than helpful for the student.

Third Prize
The Buddha Weeps in Jadugoda directed by Shriprakash
For a bold and unrelenting treatment of an alarming subject of contemporary times; for a good example of the genre of investigative documentary; for telling the twin stories, one, of the nuclear menace, the other, of its dire effects on a vulnerable minority fringe people, the Adavasis .

Second Prize
i) Pure Chutney directed by Sanjeev Chatterjee
For exploring a complex theme of identity within the Indian diaspora in the Americas, the intertwining of colonialism and its legacies of racism and communalism in their contemporary articulation; for creating interest in the larger and pertinent issues of collective identities.

ii) Three Women and a Camera directed by Sabeena Godihoke
For portraying through the lives and work of three women photographers a social history that spans generations and different political eras; for being a well structured film; for asking important questions for the feminist movement.

First Prize
i) Thin Air directed by Ashim Ahluwalia
For documenting, through the lives of three magicians, a changing world, from a generation that has an uncompromising faith in their art to a present day commodification of entertainment and pleasure, the pride of the artists in their respective positions; for its treatment of the subject which was subtle, often providing the viewer with a "truth" unknown to the subjects themselves.

ii) No One Believes the Professor directed by Farjad Nabi
For finding a metaphor in the person of the Professor that was both eccentrically imagined and real; For showing the life of a deeply individualistic man refusing the collectivity of his changing society; for a dramatic and poignant treatment of the real, unreal and surreal in a style.

Grand Jury Award
The Forgotten Army directed by Kabir Khan
For recapturing an important moment in the struggle for Indian independence from the English colonial yoke. For bringing to light heretofore unknown archival material of the war waged by the Indian National Army on the Eastern Front, humanely portrayed through the reminiscences of certain INA veterans.