Chalachithra Acadami

The jury consisting of Elia Suleiman (filmmaker), Darrell James Roodt (filmmaker), Julie Christie (actress), Revathy (actress) awarded:
<International Jury Citations>

The Suvarna Chakoram
The Suvarna Chakoram and Cash prize of Rs. 1,000,000/- (about US$20,000) to the best feature film to be shared equally by the director and the producer goes to two films:

Angel's Fall / Melegin Dususu
(Turkey/Greece | 35mm | Colour| 90min |Turkish/2005)
Dir: Semih Kaplanoglu
&
Forever Flows / Nirontor
(Bangladesh | 35mm | Colour | 112min | Bengali/2006)
Dir: Abu Sayeed

The Rajata Chakoram
Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 300,000/- (about US$6,000) to the best director goes to:

Fireworks Wednesday / Chahar Shanbeh Souri
(Iran | 35mm | Colour | 104min | Persian/2006)
Dir: Asghar Farhadi (Debut)

Best Debut Director
Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs. 200,000/- (about US$ 4,000) to the best debut director goes to:

Sankara
(Sri Lanka | 35mm | Colour | 85min | Sinhala/2006)
Dir: Prasanna Jayakody

Special Jury Mention
for
Whispering of the Gods /Gerumaniumu no yoru
(Japan | 35mm | Colour | 107mins | Japanese/2005)
Dir: Tatsushi Omori

FIPRESCI
Jury consisted of Hubert Niogret (France), Ranjanee Ratnavibhooshana (Sri Lanka), Sudhir Nandgaonkar(India)
Award for the best film chosen by the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique:

Forever Flows / Nirontor
(Bangladesh | 35mm | Colour | 112min | Bengali/2006)
Dir: Abu Sayeed

NETPAC
<NETPAC Jury Citation>
Jury consisted of Tikoy Aguiluz (Philippines)& Girish Kasaravalli (India)
Award for the Best film in Competition from Asia:

Sankara
(Sri Lanka | 35mm | Colour | 85min | Sinhala/2006)
Dir: Prasanna Jayakody