At the 2008 South Asian International Film Festival in New York (SAIFF),Little Box Of Sweets won the Grand Jury Prize Award for Best Music for Andrew T. Mackay's score and Best Emerging Talent for writer/director Meneka Das.
The film was also nominated for the Best Feature film.
The first annual awards ceremony was held on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 for filmmakers, producers and actors. Hosted by Rubina Shafi and held at the BLVD nightclub in NYC, the SAIFF Grand Jury presented 8 awards.
The Grand Jury, made up of 13 industry leaders screened over 50 films, documentaries and shorts to decide on the nominees and winners.
A full list of nominees and winners,
Best Feature Film Award: The Pool
Nominees:
Akasa Kusum (Flowers in the Sky)
Bioscope
Little Box of Sweets
The Pool
Ramchand Pakistani
Best Documentary Film: Doormat
Nominees:
The Third Wave
Going On 13
Doormat
Flying on One Engine
Tibet: Beyond Fear
Best Director: Chris Smith, The Pool
Best Cinematography: Bioscope
*Best Music: Little Box of Sweets
Best Acting Performance: Venkatesh Chavan, The Pool
*Best Emerging Talent: Meneka Das, Little Box of Sweets
Best Short Film: Narmeen
Nominees:
Eclipse
Clean Linen
Rewind
Tum Yeh Kehtay Ho Ab Koee Charah Nahin
Narmeen
The South Asian International Film Festival has an exceptional group of industry leaders who served on the Grand Jury, including: Simon Taufique (Grand Jury Foreman), Reyad Farraj, Jaydeep Sarkar, Waris Ahluwalia, Anadil Hossain, Aasif Mandvi, Ramin Bahrani, Amelia Hanibelsz, Maulik Pancholy, Sarah-Jane Dias, Alex Twersky, Mridu Chandra, and David Torn.
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