21st Chennai International Film Festival -2023 (14-21 December 2023)
Tamil Feature Film awards
Best Tamil Feature Film: The Director gets Rs.1.0 Lakhs and the Producer gets Rs.1.0 Lakhs
Ayothi : Director: R.Manthira moorthy; Prod:R.Ravindran of Trident Arts
Second Best Tamil Feature Film: The Director gets Rs. 50,000/- and the Producer gets Rs. 50,000/-
UDANPAAL : Dir.: Karthik Seenivasan Prod: K Vellaidurai
Special Jury award to an individual not covered in the above two awards: the awardee gets Rs.50,000/-
Vetri Maaran, the Director of the film Viduthalai Part 1
Best Actor: awardee gets Rs.50,000/-
Vadivelu for the film Maamannan
Best Actress: awardee gets Rs.50,000/-
Preethi Asrani for the film Ayothi
Best Cinematographer: awardee gets Rs.50,000/-
Kalaiselvan Sivaji for the film Por Thozhil
Best Editor : awardee gets Rs.50,000/-
Sreejith Sarang for the film Por Thozhil
Best Sound Recordist : awardee gets Rs.50,000/-
Suren G for the film Maamannan
Special Mention Certificate to the child artist NILA of the film Sembi
TNGMGR FTI Student Award
Best Short Film
The Lost Herd
Director : Bhagavath
Producer: TNGMGR FTI Management
World Cinema Feature film awards
- Best Feature Film
Freedom(Libertate) : Dir.:Tudor Giurgiu Producer: Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu
Romania |2023
- Second Best Feature Film
Wilding Country(Agreste) : Dir.: Sergio Roizenblit; Producers: Gustavo Maximiliano, Viviane Rodrigues,Sergio Roizenblit |Brazil|2023
- Special Jury Award:
Act Natural(Seid einfach wie ihr seid)
Dir.: Alice Gruia : Producers: Corinna C. Poetter, Marco Gilles,Lutz Heineking,Alice Gruia | Germany|2023
- Special Mention Certificate:
Nathalia Syam, the director of Footprints on Water |UK|2023