26 contestants, 47 short films, 5 finalists
Grand Finale
De Anza VPAC, Cupertino, Calif.
Oct 1, 2017
Judges
Golden Ladder Winners
- Seshank Kalvala – Best Film, Best Director for Agam
- Harish Jayakumar – Best Actor, Agam
- Ramya Vijayan – Best Actress, Madhumita Sila Kurippugal
- Eswaran Baskaran – Best Cinematographer, Agam
- Ben Thomas – Best Music Director, Paati Sonna Kadhai
- Michael Huang – Best Sound Designer, Agam
- Kumar Gunasekaran – Best Editor, Agam
- Rahul Sasidharan & Praveen Kanniah – Best Writer, Va Va Vi Vi
- Sridhar. S, Sudarshan. K & Sathish. S – Best Art Director, Agam
- Silvester Divas – BAFA Panel Award
Finalists
Best Film
Best Director – Seshank Kalvala
Best Actor – Harish Jayakumar
Best Cinematographer – Eswaran Baskaran
Best Sound Designer – Michael Huang
Best Editor – Kumar Gunasekaran
Best Art Director – Sridhar. S, Sudharshan. K, Sathish. S
Ben Thomas won Best Music Director for Paati Sonne Kadhai
Iravu Snehidhi – Madhanraj Meignanam
3D Vittai – Mohan Subramanian
Ulle Veliye – Vignesh Selvarajan
Semi Finalists
Ramya Vijayan won Best Actress for Madhumita – Sila Kurippugal
Rahul Sasidharan & Praveen Kanniah won Best Writer for Va. Va. Vi. Vi.