# All Lights India International Film Festival

All Lights India International Film festival (ALIIFF) is an annual film festival of India conducted in Hyderabad. It is usually conducted in December every year. The 4th edition was held from Dec 1-4, 2018 at PVR Inorbit Mall, Hyderabad. Popular Malayalam film actor and national award-winning director Balachandra Menon was the festival director of the 2018 edition.

## History

The first edition of ALIIFF was held in 2015 in Kochi, Kerala. The second and third editions were held at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. The film festival was founded by Sohan Roy, Hollywood director of Indian origin and a media entrepreneur.
ALIIFF is part of the Indywood Film Carnival and has introduced some notable films such as Theeb which later went on to win the Oscar in Foreign Films category in 2015. Popular regional superstars such as Mohanlal, Kamal Hassan and Venkatesh have been patrons of the event in the past. The event is managed by the All Lights Film Society. Nisha Joseph aka Nisha Jose is the Artistic Director of ALIIFF.
The 2017 edition saw films as part of 6 competitive and 9 non-competitive categories. Every year, the festival awards the Golden Frame Award to the best film.
Veteran Film director and winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award, Shyam Benegal was the festival director of the 2017 edition.

### Competition Categories

* International Competition for Student Short Films
* International Competition for Short Films
* International Competition for Documentary Films
* International Competition for Indian Movies
* International Competition for Debut Director's Films (Features)
* International Competition for Feature Films
* Short Film Corner

### Out of Competition Categories

* Children Films
* Environmental and Sustainability Films

### Award Categories

* Film Critics Circle of India Award for the Best Indian Movie
* NETPAC Award for The Best Asian Cinema
* Best Student Short Film
* Best Short Film
* Best Documentary Film
* Best Indywood Panorama Movie
* Best Debut Director's Film
* Best Feature Film

### ALIIFF 2015—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2015—Golden Frame Award Winners :
| Category | Name | Director | Country |
| Golden Frame Award for Best Short Film | I Exist | Radhika Prasadhi & Vivek Raju | India |
| Honorable Mention Award (Short Film) | Till Jail Do Us Apart | Mariana & Joserro Emmanuelli | Puerto |
| Honorable Mention Award (Short Film) | Symmetry | Ruben Van Leer | Netherlands |
| 1968 | You're Human Like the Rest of Them | B. S. Johnson | UK |
| Best Documentary and Documentary Feature Film | 100 Mules Walking the Los | Bruce Dickson | USA |
| 1970 | Calcutta | Louis Malle | France |
| Honorable Mention Award (Documentary and Documentary Feature Film) | The Garden of Hope | Laurence Guenoun | Brazil |
| Golden Frame Award for Best Indywood Panorama | Scarabus | Gérald Frydman | Belgium |
| 1973 | Nirbashito | Churni Ganguly | India |
| Golden Frame Award for Best Debut Feature Film | My Life with A King | Carlo Enciso Catu | Philippines |
| Honorable Mention Award (Debut Feature Film) | Nekro | Pinar Sinan | Turkey |
| Golden Frame Award for Best Feature Film | Masaan | Neeraj Ghaywan | India |
| Honorable Mention Award (Feature Film) | Ben & Ara | Nnegest Likke | United States |
| Golden Frame People Choice Award | Seven Ravens | Alice Nellis | Czech Republic |
| NETPAC Award for The Best Asian Cinema at ALIIFF | Mina Walking | Yosef Baraki | Afghanistan |

### ALIIFF 2016—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2016—Golden Frame Award Winners :
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
| Film Critics Circle of India Award For The Best Indian Movie | Violin Player | Bauddhayan Mukherji | India |
| NETPAC Award for the Best Asian Cinema | Houra | Gholamreza Sagharchiyan | Iran |
| Best Student Short Film | Chaver | Abhilash Vijayan | India |
| Best Student Short Film—Honorable Mention | Valentina | Max Kidd | Germany |
| Best Documentary Film—Winner | The Great Transmission | Pema Gellek | United States |
| Best Documentary Film—Honorable Mention | Vanishing Island | D.Dhanasumod | India |
| Best Documentary Film—Winner | SMAJL | Philipp Majer | Germany |
| Special Mention—Best Educational Film | Take Over | Jennifer Alphonsse | India |
| Best Short Film | The School | Shiva Kumar | India |
| Best Short Film - Honorable Mention | Senior Teacher | Sha Mo | China |
| Best Short Film—Honorable Mention | Cancer 71 | Abhishek Talukder | India |
| Best Indywood Panorama Movie | Pathemari | Salim Ahmed | India |
| Best Debut Director's Film | 1st Sem | Dexter Paglinawan Hemedez & Allan Michael Ibanez | Philippines |
| Best Feature Film | Nise—The Heart of Madness | Roberto Berliner | Brazil |
| Best Feature Film—Honorable Mention | Laut | Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio | Philippines |
| Best Feature Film—Honorable Mention | Metamorphosis (Roopatharam) | M.B. Padmakumar | India |
| People Choice Award | Shankachil | Goutam Gose | India |

### ALIIFF 2017—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2017—Golden Frame Award Winners :
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
| Best Student Short Film | The Loudest Silence | Marccela Moreno | Brazil |
| Best Short Film | Take the Reins | Emma Barrett | USA |
| Short Film (Honorable Mention) | Chudala | Maaria Sayed | India |
| Best Documentary | In Return: Just A Book | Shiny Jacob Benjamin | India |
| Best Indywood Panorama Film | Railway Children | Prithvi Konanur | India |
| NETPAC Award | Hidden Corner | Jaicheng Jai Dohutia | India |
| Best Debut Director | Apricot Groves | Pouria Heidary Oureh | Armenia |
| Debut Director Film (Honorable Mention) | 2001: While Kubrick Was in Space | Gabriel Nicoli- Daniel Ortega (cinematography mention) | Argentina |
| Best Feature Film | Saawan | Farhan Alam | USA |
| Feature Film (Honorable Mention) | Minnaminungu (Surabhi Lakshmi) | Anil Thomas | India |
| I.V. Sasi Memorial Golden Frame Award for the Best Indian Debut Director | The Forsaken | Jiju Antony | India |

### ALIIFF 2018—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2018—Golden Frame Award Winners :
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
| Best Indywood Panorama Film | To Let | Chezhiyan Ra | India |
| NETPAC Award for the Best Asian Film | Runaway | Abhishek Saha | India |
| Best Debut Director | Amir | Nima Eghlime | Iran |
| Debut Director—Honorable Mention (Best Actress) | Runaway | Actrees: Sudipta Chakraborty | India |
| Debut Director—Honorable Mention (Best Actor) | Kupal | Actor: Levon Haftvan | Iran |
| Best Feature Film | Octav | Serge Loan Celebidachi | Romania |
| Best Feature Film | Pupa | Indrasis Acharya | India |