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==Jury==
==Jury==
The FFTG Award panel comprises of [[filmmakers]], storytellers, [[Artist|artists]], professionals, students from diverse backgrounds based in various time zones from around the world. Each member of the Official Selection Committee is chosen from a wide range of personal and professional experiences and achievements
The FFTG Award panel comprises of [[filmmakers]], storytellers, [[Artist|artists]], professionals, students from diverse backgrounds based in various time zones from around the world. Each member of the Official Selection Committee is chosen from a wide range of personal and professional experiences and achievements.


==FFTG Awards Film Festival events==
==FFTG Awards Film Festival events==

Revision as of 02:55, 24 February 2021

FFTG Awards Film Festival
Locationworldwide digital
FoundedAugust 2020
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://www.fftgawards.com

The FFTG Awards Film Festival is an annual international digital film festival organized by Dot and Feather Entertainment. The event spans over two weeks in end of November and includes competitive categories like 'Film of the fest', 'FFTG Spirit award', 'People Choice award', 'Female filmmaker', 'Student filmmaker', 'Screenplay writer' as the top winners of the fest. The festival gives jury choice awards in various categories including feature films, documentaries, screenplay, shorts.[1]

FFTG Awards aims to present widest choice of content from around the world by providing storytellers a platform to showcase their creativity, connect with its audience, and establish their brand. The festival draws entries from around the world.[2]

History

FFTG stands for Film Festivals To Go, a marketing and consulting company for independent filmmakers.[3] Conceived by filmmaker Rohit Gupta and officially launched on August 16, 2020 by Dot and Feather Entertainment, FFTG Awards Film Fest is a digital event primarily intended to provide a platform of encouragement to new storytellers.

Official Program

The first edition took place on November 23-December 13, 2020. Of the 400 submissions received in 72 days from 48 countries, 129 projects made it to the Official Program 2020 and 51 projects nominated. Over 100 awards were announced including the coveted, Film of the Fest, People Choice, FFTG Spirit and Screenplay awards.[4][5][6][7][8]

We, The Chosen One's

Jury Members

We, The Chosen One's is an invitation-only program based on the philosophy all is destined. The FFTG Awards team hand picks storytellers from preceding year submissions to invite them to join Official Selection Committee 2021.[9][10]

Coffee Table Book

We, The Chosen One's, a Coffee table book include who have made the Official Program slate 2020.

Jury

The FFTG Award panel comprises of filmmakers, storytellers, artists, professionals, students from diverse backgrounds based in various time zones from around the world. Each member of the Official Selection Committee is chosen from a wide range of personal and professional experiences and achievements.

FFTG Awards Film Festival events

2020 FFTG Awards Film Festival

The 2020 FFTG Film Festival was held digitally from November 23rd to 12th December 2020. The first edition took place for three weeks which featured several activities including contests, People Choice award, FFTG Spirit award, Film of the fest award and various Jury choice awards in multiple categories.[11][12] All films from the Official Program qualify for the Film of the Fest, People Choice award through public vote. No committee has any say in the selection. The FFTG Spirit Award represents a theme. The theme for 2020 was "story that moved me" and the winner is dependent on the majority votes from the participating filmmakers, writers that make up the Official Program.[13]

Award Winners

Award Winner
Film of the Fest We by Mani Nasry Canada[14]
People Choice Award Dastoor by Niranj Menon India [15]
FFTG Spirit Award A Niggling Question by Danielle Arden Dubai, U.A.E.
Best Feature Film Hamlet/Horatio by Paul Warner (USA)[16]

References

  1. ^ MNA (December 22, 2021). "FFTG Awards Fest grants 5 prizes to Iran's A Trivial Thing". Mehr News Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ Culture (7 December 2021). "Four Iranian movies nominated for New York FFTG Awards". Tehran Times. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ Modha, Roopa (9 April 2018). "Award-Winning Filmmaker Rohit Gupta's Film Festivals To Go (FFTG) To Aid Independent Filmmakers!". Urban Asian. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ^ "FFTG Film Fest 2020". FFTG Awards.
  5. ^ Reporter, Gossipganj (2 February 2021). "Preeti Gupta Honored Internationally By FFTG, Receives The Best Actress Award For This Short Film". GossipGanj. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. ^ Spowart, Nan (27 December 2020). "Documentary brings global acclaim for Glasgow Tigers speedway team". The National. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  7. ^ Kazi, Farhan (3 February 2021). "Preeti Gupta honored internationally by FFTG". Nagpur Today. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ^ Editor (23 December 2020). "Iranian shorts win awards at FFTG fest". ifilm. Retrieved 22 February 2021. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ "Success Stories". Fédération des Associations des Anciens. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  10. ^ Yassine, Hussein (4 February 2021). "Lebanese Director Selected As Juror In New York-Based Film Festival". The961. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ^ Rasht (13 February 2021). "Iran's Bubble grabs award from Berlin Indie Film Festival". Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  12. ^ NH Web Desk (3 February 2021). "Preeti Gupta honored internationally by FFTG, receives best actress award for her role in a short film". The National Herald. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  13. ^ HORNICK, LEILA (22 December 2020). "FFTG Awards Fest grants 5 prizes to Iran's A Trivial Thing". muhabarishaji.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  14. ^ "2020 FFTG Film of the Fest winner". FFTG Awards.
  15. ^ "2020 FFTG People Choice winner". FFTG Awards. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Film Festivals Success of the New York Film Academy (NYFA) Community". NYFA. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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