GOLDEN ELEPHANT AWARDS FOR 8th SSDFF 2021
| a) Best Short Film: FALTU LOK (DUFFER)
Produced & Directed By- Antara Banerjee |
A cash prize of Rs. 20,000/- to be shared equally between the Director and Producer. Director is to be given the GOLDEN ELEPHANT trophy and a certificate in addition to the cash component. Producer will get a certificate in addition to the cash component. |
| b) Special Jury Mention (Short Film): KHULA AASMAN
Directed By- Surbhi Dewan Produced by: Surbhi Dewan & Mithun Gomes |
A cash prize of Rs. 15,000/- to be shared equally between the Director and Producer. Director is to be given the GOLDEN ELEPHANT trophy and a certificate in addition to the cash component. Producer will get a certificate in addition to the cash component. |
| c) Best Direction (Short film): FALTU LOK (DUFFER) By Antara Banerjee | GOLDEN ELEPHANT trophy and a certificate will be presented to the best director (short films). |
| d) Best Cinematography (Short Film): Prashna (Question) By- Arjun Balkrishnan | GOLDEN ELEPHANT trophy and a certificate will be presented to the best cinematographer (short films). |
| e) Best Editing (Short film): Brouhaha By- Gaurav Madan | GOLDEN ELEPHANT trophy and a certificate will be presented to the best editor (short films). |
| f) Best Script (Short film): KHULA AASMAN By- Surbhi Dewan | GOLDEN ELEPHANT trophy and a certificate will be presented to the best script-writer (short films). |
| g) Best Documentary Film: PALACE OF COLOURS
Directed By- Prantik Basu Produced By- Rajiv Mehrotra |
A cash prize of Rs. 20,000/- to be shared equally between the Director and Producer. Director is to be given the GOLDEN ELEPHANT and a certificate in addition to the cash component. Producer will get a certificate in addition to the cash component. |
| h) Best Direction (Documentary film): The honourable Jury members did not consider this award to any director for the documentaries |