An international jury comprised of filmmakers Barry Jenkins, Anthony Shim and Nadine Labaki declared Tarsem Singh Dhandwar’s Dear Jassi, a real-life “Romeo and Juliet” tale, to be the best film in the Platform program.
It was a unanimous choice and the award comes with a $20,000 prize.
“The film has the perfect blend of craft, purpose, and faith in its audience, creating a world that is both richly cinematic and steadfastly realistic,” the jury said in a statement.
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