Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusali and Bengali film Cinemawala are among the twelve films shortlisted for prestigious 2015 UNESCO Fellini Medal. Katyar Kaljat Ghusali has been directed by actor-turn director Subodh Bhave, while Kaushik Gangualy has directed Cinemawala.The award will be bestowed upon film, which reflects the ideals promoted by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). For the first time, the event is being organized in India at the ongoing 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), being held in Goa in association with the International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication, Paris.

Other films competing for 2015 edition of Fellinin Medal:-

Mina Walking, Among the Believers, The Last Reel, Embrace of the Serpent, Land and Shade, The Pearl Button, Enclave, Wawa no Cidal, Ain and Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal.

About Fellini medal:-

• Every year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), gives the Fellini medal to a film that reflects the world agency’s ideals.
• UNESCO’s Member States had instituted this prize in 1995 after passing resolution on General Conference for the safeguarding of the cinematographic heritage.
• The first Fellini medal was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1995.
• It was instituted after death of Italian film director Federico Fellini in 1993 as an appeal to the international community to participate in a campaign to keep the seventh art alive.

These four films will compete alongside eight other films from across the globe including co-productions from Germany, the US, France, Canada, Pakistan, Serbia, Chile, Venezuela and Argentina. The winner will be chosen on the basis of artistic excellence, sensitivity to the human situation, promotion of dignity for all, and for cultivating a realistic hope of creative transformation.

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