Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film.
This award is presented to the directors of the film.
Lootera
Lootera, is a 2013 Indian historical romance film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and partly based on author O. Henry's 1907 short story" The Last Leaf".
It is the second film directed by Motwane after his critically acclaimed film Udaan.
Set in the era of the 1950s, against the backdrop of the Zamindari Abolition
Act by the newly independent India, it tells the story of a young conman posing as an archaeologist and the daughter of a Bengali zamindar.
The film stars Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles.
The film's producers are Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl, the film features music and background score by Amit Trivedi with all song lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya and cinematography by Mahendra J. Shetty.
" Lootera" released to worldwide critical acclaim on 5 July 2013 and was counted as one of the best movies of the year 2013.
Vikramaditya Motwane
Vikramaditya Motwane( born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter for films like" Dev.D"( 2009) and" Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal"( 2007).
His directorial debut" Udaan"( 2010) was selected to compete in the' Un Certain Regard ’ category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and also won seven Filmfare awards.
His second film was" Lootera", a big- budget Bollywood period romance, released on 5 July 2013.
His third film was" Trapped", a survival drama starring Rajkummar Rao, released theatrically on 17 March 2017.
His fourth film was Bhavesh Joshi, released theatrically on 1 June 2018.
Motwane is the creator of Netflix's first Indian series Sacred Games.
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano( born 6 January 1938) is an Italian vocalist, musician, producer, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.
He is dubbed il Molleggiato( the flexible one) because of his dancing.
Celentano has released many record albums which have enjoyed enormous commercial and critical success.
He is often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, although, according to his wife Claudia Mori, sometimes they were written in collaboration with others.
Due to his prolific career and great success, both in Italy and the rest of the world, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music.
Celentano is also recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business.
He is credited for having introduced Rock'n' Roll to Italy – a genre that had great appeal on young people of that time.
As an actor, Celentano has appeared in about 40 films, mostly comedies.
Tonga at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Tonga participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, which were held from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
The country's participation in London marked its eighth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The delegation included three competitors: two in athletics, Joseph Andy Lui and ʻ Ana Poʻuhila, along with one short distance swimmer Amini Fonua.
The latter entry was Tonga's first appearance in Olympic swimming competition.
Lui and Fonua qualified through wildcard places while Po'uhila made the games by meeting qualification standards.
Fonua was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Lui held it at the closing ceremony.
Lui and Fonua failed to progress farther than the preliminary round of their respective events while Po'uhila finished 29th in the heat stage of the women's shot put contest.
Joan Lui
Joan Lui( also known as" Joan Lui- Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì") is a 1985 Italian musical- comedy film written, directed and starred by Adriano Celentano.
It is the last of the four films written and directed by Celentano.
List of Turkmenistan films
A list of films produced in Turkmenistan.
List of Japanese films of the 1970s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1970s.
For an A – Z of films see.
List of Uruguayan films
A list of films produced in Uruguay.
List of Japanese films of the 1980s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1980s.
For an A- Z of films see.

Question: Are the directors of films Lootera and Joan Lui both from the same country?
Answer: no