The thirteenth IFFM edition got underway on August 12 and will end on August 30. By August 20, the physical event will be over, but the festival will continue virtually for an extra 10 days.
The awards ceremony is one of the festival’s notable highlights as it is now taking place during the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The IFFM is an annual celebration of Indian cinema in Australia that features a wide variety of shows, movies, and television programmes.
Recently, the IFFM Awards were revealed. 83, a sports drama starring Ranveer Singh, and the famed Amazon Prime series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 were among the top winners of the Sunday night award show, which was hosted by well-known TV actor Rithvik Dhanjiani.
Here is a list of all the prizewinners:
Best Movie: 83
Shoojit Sircar (Sardar Udham) and Aparna Sen, best directors (The Rapist)
Ranveer Singh is the best actor (83)
Shefali Shah won for best actress (Jalsa)
Best Series: 26/11 Mumbai Diaries
Mohit Raina (Mumbai Diaries, 26/11), Best Actor in a Series
Sakshi Tanwar, “Best Actress in a Series” (Mai)
Best independent movie: Jaggi
Joyland, the best movie from the subcontinent
Vaani Kapoor received the Kapil Dev Disruptor in Cinema Award for lifetime achievement (Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui)
Jalsa wins the Equality in Film Award
Abhishek Bachchan won the award for leadership in film.