The 6th Edition of Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival 2018 that got underway at Pragjyoti ITA Centre in Guwahati on 28th November ended on a high note. BVFF which is an initiative by Tattva Creations, concluded its 6th edition on 1st December. Many renowned film makers and film personalities from across India attended the festival. “BVFF has reached its 6th edition this year and it makes me extremely overwhelmed that we could reach till here. Now every year the responsibility as an organizing team has increased, as the festival has created a benchmark in itself. So we work hard to match the standards that we have set for ourselves”, said Tanushree Hazarika – Festival Director BVFF and Managing Director Tattva Creations.

The major attraction for the last day was the BVFF short film contest 2018 results – The first prize was bagged by “Survivors 3pm” by Sourav Das and Siddhant Ghosh, 2nd prize by “The Man who speaks Nature” by Dhritiman Kakati and the third prize by “Leikashi” by Irel Luwang. Prize money of Rs 1,00,000/-, Rs 70,000/- and Rs 50,000/- were awarded to the winners, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up respectively along with the trophy.

Winners of the Short Film Contest

The last day of the festival culminated with Anupam Kaushik Borah’s Assamese film Bornodi Bhotia. Other movies screened during the day are Endharor Bheta Bhangi (Breaking the Cocoon), Do Cup Chai, Adi- At The Confluence and The Lost Idea, IYE : The Others. Panel discussion was held with Bhaskar Hazarika, Debesh Chatterjee & Kenny Basumatary.

Assamese film
director Pulak Gogoi being conferred the Lifetime Achievement award

Assamese film director Pulak Gogoi was conferred the Lifetime Achievement award by Boman Irani this year in the festival. “I am very happy and overwhelmed that they have given me this recognition in the film fest. I am an 80 year old man and we as artists are and should forever be surrounded by creative environment. Getting this recognition at this age encourages me to do even more and not think the sky to be the limit. I aspire to do lot more in this field till my body and health supports me. Brahmaputra film festival is one such event that is helping to relive cinema in great performa”, said Pulak Gogoi.