(Study Material) AWARDS: Aspirants Times Vol - 3 (June 2009)
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The 62nd edition of Cannes Film Festival held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France from May 13 to May24,2009. The main prize of Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or went to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his austere but powerful The White Ribbon. The film is set among a small Protestant community in northern Germany in the year before the outbreak of First World War. For the first time in Cannes history, in 2009, jury had a majority of women, five out of the nine members.
WINNERS
» Palme d'Or: Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) directed
by Michael HANEKE
» Grand Prix: Un Prophète (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
» Best Director: Brilliante Mendoza of the Philippines for Kinatay.
» Best Screenplay: Lou Ye for Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever)
» Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist directed by Danish
film-maker's Lars Von Trier
» Best Actor: Austrian Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds directed by
Quentin Tarantino
» Jury Prize Ex-aequo: Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold and
» Bak-Jwi (Thirst) directed by Park Chan-Wook
» Lifetime achievement award for his work : Les Herbes Folles (Wild Grass)
directed by Alain Resnais
» Palme d'Or for Short Film: Portugal's Arena directed by João salaviza
» Short Film Special Distinction: The Six Dollar Fifty Man directed by Louis
Sutherland
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Wildlife biologist M.D. Madhusudan was awarded the Whitley Award in recognition
of his work to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the Western Ghats. M.D.
Madhusudhan is working as the Director of the Mysore-based Nature Conservation
Foundation (NCF). The award, reckoned to be one of the most important
international nature conservation awards, includes a 30000 ponds project grant
to carry forward outstanding science-based research and conservation efforts.
Two other Indian conservationists Sudipto Chatterjee and Supraja Dharini also
received Associate Awards. Sudipto Chatterjee was given 10000 ponds to develop
an action plan to conserve wild rhododendrons in the Eastern Himalayas while
Supraja Dharini was given similar support for a community based initiative to
protect sea turtles and dolphins in Kancheepuram.
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Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth was
conferred the Leontief Award 2009. The Award is given to recognise outstanding
contribution to economic theory that addresses contemporary realities and
supports just and sustainable societies. Leontief Award has been instituted in
the honor of Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief, given by the Global Development
and Environment Institute at Tufts University, US. John K. Galbraith, Amartya
Sen, Paul Streeten, Herman Daly, Dani Rodrik and Robert Wade are among the
distinguished winners of the Leontief Award in previous years.
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian
Biotechnology-major, Biocon was awarded ‘Nikkei Asia Prize’ 2009 for Regional
Growth on May 11,2009. Japan's business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)
awards Nikkei Asia Prizes annually to individuals or institutions from Asia
Pacific region recognizing outstanding achievements that improve the quality of
life in Asia. Established in 1996 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of
Nikkei's founding, the Prize is given to promote mutual understanding among
Asian nations and to help people around the world deepen their understanding of
Asia.
• Pro-democracy leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was chosen for Mahatma Gandhi
International Award for Peace and Justice 2009. Leader of National League for
Democracy (NLD) of Myanmar 63-year old Suu Kyi is a prisoner for the last two
decades in her own country, Myanmar. Mahatma Gandhi International Award for
Peace and Justice is awarded by the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation of South Africa.
Ela Gandhi is the chairman of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation.
• All India Radio has got three awards at the 10th International Radio Festival
of Iran organized by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), in Tehran.
‘Family No.1’ a programme on HIV/AIDS produced by All India Radio, Lucknow was
given the Best Programme Award in the category- ‘Radio Competition’. The
Presenter of the ‘Family No.1’ Vivek Srivastava was given the Best Presenter
Award in the competition. The script writer of the programme ‘Ripples in a Still
Pond’ Ms. Anubha Mukerji Sen bagged Second Prize in the category of ‘Script
Writers’ of the programme-entries.
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