Kolkata, Nov. 13 -- Cuban offering To The West in Zapata by filmmaker David Bim won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for the best movie as the curtains came down on the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival on Thursday.
Bim's film, competing in the international competition category, won a cash prize of Rs 51 Lakh.
Bim also won the FIPRESCI Award from the critics. Croatian film Beautiful Evening and Beautiful Day, directed by Ivona Juka. received the Special Jury award.
The team of eminent filmmakers from various corners of the world as jurists chose Lalith Ratnayake from Sri Lanka as 'The Best Director' for the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award' under the category of 'Innovation in Moving Images' in international competition.
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