Film Making is connecting with creativity, humanity and Nature by the help of God.
Akhilesh Mandal post graduated on History with a degree in Islamic History and Culture. Though he has a diploma in graphics and animation but he has started his carrier as a professional editor in the medium of audio-visuals since 2007. He is a very serious student of film-making. He devoted his valuable time for watching world and Indian Films, learning basic of film making through Films and books of film making. He is an Ex student of the Chitrabani Filmmaking batch 2015 have directed and executed few short films till date.
“Job Vacancy” (17 min) is his first serious short film after passing out from Chitrabani, got selected in the Kolkata Short Film Festival 2015 and won the award for the ‘Best Film Direction’ at the 3rd Kolkata International Short Film Festival 2016 organized by Kolkata Cine Docu Short Foundation. “Family” (6 min) is his second short length film and has participated in couple of film festivals, viz., KSFF 2015 and KISFF 2016. "Asomprikto" (29 min) is his third short length fiction film. It got selected in 9th International Short and Documentary Film festival of Kerala 2016, 2nd ICS International Film Festival of Kerala 2016, Kolkata Short Film Festival 2016 and SSF Film Festival of Kolkata 2017. It awarded with "Best Film" in SSF Film Festival in 2017, Selected Indo Bangla International Short Film Festival 2020, Selected Model And Movie International Short Film Festival and Awarded "Best Cinematography and Golden Model For Good Work" in 2020, Sehecte and Award as "Best Short Film by Critic Choice" in Howrah Short Film Festival 2020. and "Kagojer Thonga" (34 min) is his forth short fiction film. Awarded in SSS Film Festival Kolkata as "Best Script" in 2020, Selected Best Latin American Short Film Festival 2020, and Reel Time Interntional Short Film Festival as semifinalist.
Best Script
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SSF Short Film Festival
Kolkata
2019
Official Selection
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Spin Content Film Festival
Best Experimental Film
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Behala International Film Fest
Kolkata
Best Bengali Film
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Roots International Film Festival
Kolkata
Best Cinematographer
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Diamond Cut International Film Festival
Best Promising Film Maker
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Diamond Cut International Film Festival
Finalist
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Independent Cinema Film Festival "Art Club Pavlos Paraschakis"
Pavlos Paraschakis
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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One Earth Award
Bangalore
Best Film "Jury'sChoice"
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Golden Lion International Film Festival
Kolkata
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Lift off Global Network First Time Session Film Makers
Iver
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Independent Cinema Film Festival "Art Club Pavlos Paraschakis"
Pavlos Paraschakis
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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ShortsTV Worldwide Film Festival
official Selection
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Best of Latin America Short Film Festival
Semi Finalist
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RTF Realtime International Film Festival
Birth Date
January 14, 1981
Nickname
Apu
Gender
Male
Film Making is connecting with creativity, humanity and Nature by the help of God.
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