Sri Lankan movie 'Riverstone', directed by Lalith Rathnayake, won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director in the International Competition at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), which concluded on Thursday.
Cuban film 'To the West in Zapata' by David Bim won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film in the same section, while Croatian film *Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day* by Ivona Juka received the Special Jury Award for Best Director. The Golden Royal Bengal Award for Best Indian Documentary went to *Bijoyee Japoner Patkatha* (The Saga of a Glorious Life: Bijoylaxmi Barman) by Joydeep Banerjee.
Renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghosh, known internationally for films including Paar, Padmanadir Majhi, Kalbela*, Moner Manush, Raaghir, and Antarjali Yatra, was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award in celebration of the 100th anniversary of FIPRESCI.
