Season 1

22 contestants, 48 short films, 6 finalists

Grand Finale
De Anza VPAC, Cupertino, Calif.
Feb 6, 2016

Judges

Karthik Subbaraj

Bharat Bala

Napoleon

Golden Ladder Winners

  • Anjali Padmarajan – Best Director, Iruthi Varai
  • Vivek Elangovan – Best Film, Navam
  • Seshank Kalvala – Best Actor & Supporting Actor, Iruthi Varai, Velai Evanidam
  • Ramya Vijayan – Best Actress, Iruthi Varai
  • Eswaran Baskaran & Ashwin Radhakrishnan – Best Cinematographer, Iruthi Varai
  • Vidyashankar K R – Best Music Director, Nizhal
  • K R Srini & Mohan Subramanian – Best Editor, Suzharchi
  • Diya Modi – Best Supporting Actress, Navam
  • Rajasekaran & Kamal Premdass – Best Writer, Vidhi
  • Arin Crumley – Best Technician, Subadan
  • Guhan Vaithialingam – BAFA Panel Award

Finalists

Vivek Elangovan won Best Film for Navam
Diya Modi won Best Supporting Actress for Navam
Arin Crumley won Best Technician for Subadan
Guhan Vaithialingam won the BAFA Panel Award for Subadan and his other films

K R Srini & Mohan Subramanian won Best Editor for Suzharchi

Ilanchivappu – Vivek Krishnan
Rajasekaran & Kamal Premdass won Best Writer for Vidhi

Semi Finalists


Vivek Elangovan – Odam

Seshank Kalvala won Best Supporting Actor for Velai Evanidam

More Films…