OSIAN-CINEFAN Film Festival 2006 Awards
by Andre Soares
The OSIAN-CINEFAN Film Festival’s Best Asian Film Award went to Jeffrey Jeturian’s Kubrador / The Bet Collector, the story of a woman who makes a living collecting bets for an illegal game until her life takes a dramatic turn following the death of a neighbor. Kubrador also won the International Federation of Film Critics’ Best Film Award, and a Best Asian Actress nod for Gina Pareno.
The Best Indian Film was Ramachandra PN’s Suddha / The Cleansing Rites, which revolves around the preparations for the burial of an elderly woman, whose family belongs to South India’s now-impoverished feudal class.
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