Tuesday, December 5, 2023

TOTO Awards for Short Film 2024: Longlist

TFA is pleased to announce the longlist for the twelfth edition of the Toto Awards for Short Film. From a total of 120 applications that we received this year, 25 young filmmakers have been longlisted for the two awards. Given below, in no particular order, are their names and the film for which they have been longlisted:

Suchana Saha (Priyo Ami), Mumbai

Yash Ajay Sawant (Mirage), Goa

M K Abhilash (Kuuk Aah?), Bengaluru

Jatin Kumar (Jugnoo), Ghaziabad

Diya Gambhir (Never Say Die), Gurugram

Aditya Sadavarte (Madhavrao Bapat Kuthe Gele?), Pune

Ayon Pratim Saikia (Lullaby of Waves), Ahmedabad

Vasu Bhatia (Tale of a Longing Vampire), Junagadh

Divya Kharnare (Letters to My Grandma), Mumbai

Akshay Varshney (Jag Puran), Haridwar

Alvina Abhijeet Joshi (Azobancha Ghar), Mumbai

Maharshi Kashyap (Flowers in a Hailstorm), Guwahati

Nebu George (Thuravu), Mumbai

Payal Chauhan (Kesi Bauraanee [Such Madwomen!]), Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh

Adhiraj Buragohain (In My Golden Paddy Field), Sivasagar, Assam

Adheep Das (Chandraheen [Moonless]), New Delhi

Shijin V (Song of Roland), Malappuram, Kerala

Khushi (खुशी क ोशनी [Khushi’s Roshni]), Lucknow

Jithindas K (What can’t a Mother who is limitless see?), Illathumadu, Kerala

Pranami Rajbangshi (Boi Thaka [The Flow of Resilience]), Guwahati

Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar (Flowering Man), Durgapur, West Bengal

Chidananda S Naik (Sunflowers were the first ones to know …), Mysuru

Visalakshi Mantha (My favourite colour has changed), Kolkata

Vilasini Kailasam (Nigazh Unarvu [Of Presence]), Chennai

Ankur Yadav (पहाड़ी से अनजान पहाड़ी [A Hill Without Being Aware of Hill]), Behror, Rajasthan

These awards are supported by O2 Financials.

TOTO Award for Creative Writing in Kannada 2024: Longlist

TFA is pleased to announce the longlist for the fourteenth edition of the TOTO Award for Creative Writing in Kannada. From a total of 47 applications received, eight have been longlisted for the award. Their names, in no particular order, are:

Raghavendra Kuppelur, Rattihalli, Haveri District

Apoorva Jnaan, Bengaluru

Devraj Chikanalli, Belagavi

Suvarna Chellur, Koppal

Kapil Humanabade, Gulbarga

Munavar Jogibettu, Belthangady, Dakshina Kannada

Naveen Tejaswi, Hosabale, Shivamogga District

Zubair Parappu, Belthangady, Dakshina Kannada

This award is supported by Bhoomija Trust.

Monday, December 4, 2023

TOTO Awards for Creative Writing in English 2024: Longlist

TFA is pleased to announce the longlist for the nineteenth edition of the TOTO Awards for Creative Writing in English. From a total of 194 applications that we received, 26 young writers have been longlisted for the two awards. Their names, in no particular order, are:

Faiz Ahmad, Mumbai

Aditya Gautam, Bengaluru

Yamini Krishnan, New Delhi

Abhishek Basak, Delhi

Varsha Ananth Murthy, Bengaluru

Azhar Wani, Srinagar

Zainab Ummer Farook, Kozhikode

Tuhin Bhowal, Bengaluru

Sumedha Chakravarthy, New Delhi

Ajay Kumar, Hyderabad

Vismaya Vishwa, Bengaluru

Tanya Singh, Chandigarh

Shinjini Dey, Secunderabad

Michael Verghese, Bengaluru

Lonav Ojha, Tezpur, Assam

Rose Maria Alexis, Bengaluru

Tanvi Kulkarni, Pune

Kanika Ahuja, New Delhi

Kinshuk Gupta, Kaithal, Haryana

Navya Sah, Bengaluru

Prerna Kalbag, Delhi

Afreen Khan, Delhi

Nupur Saraswat, Bengaluru

Subhrojyoti Mukherjee, Kolkata

Ishani Pant, Kolkata

Denzel Joyson AJ, Bengaluru

These awards are supported by Mani Rao Foundation and Naboneeta Majumdar.

Sunday, December 3, 2023

TOTO Awards for Music 2024: Longlist

TFA is pleased to announce the longlist for the twentieth edition of the TOTO Awards for Music. Sixteen musicians/bands have been longlisted from among the 259 applications we received. Their names, in no particular order, are:

Amrit Ramnath, Chennai

BODMAS, Udaipur

Pritom Gohain, Mumbai

Karshni, Mumbai

Darzi, Delhi

Dreamhour, Siliguri

Saila, Kalimpong

Rohan Prasanna, Delhi

Kinari, Delhi

Kalpana, Hyderabad

Anohnymouss, Kottayam

Krantinaari, Mumbai

Roshni.S, Thane

Swati Bhatt, Delhi/Raipur

Imon, Delhi

Kali, Bengaluru

These awards are being supported by Badri Vishal.