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FIPRESCI Award for Gondhal at the Bengaluru International Film Festival

The FIPRESCI jury at the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival gave its award to Gondhal.

Men in white kurtas and Gandhi caps sit in rows on the ground, eating from leaf plates by the light of green lanterns, while food is served under a large tree.
The village shares a meal by lantern light before the night-long ritual. · © Davakhar Films

The international critics’ jury (FIPRESCI) at the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival, held from 29 January to 6 February 2026, gave its award to Gondhal.

In its motivation, the jury wrote: “Gondhal is an immersive film where content and form merge through a traditional ritual song-dance performance of Maharashtra.”

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