‘Crawling Crows—Aankha’ won the ‘Best National Feature Film’ award at the Eighth Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) closing ceremony in Kathmandu on Monday. The film was awarded a cash prize of Rs100,000 and a trophy.

Similarly, ‘Shambala’, directed by Min Bahadur Bham, won the Gautam Buddha Award for ‘Best Narrative Feature Film’.

Likewise, the ‘Best Actor’ in a leading role (female) was awarded to Anjana Baraili for ‘Pujar Sarki’.

The ‘Best Actor’ in a leading role (male) was awarded to RK Mehta for his role in ‘Crawling Crows—Aankha’.

‘Best Director’ in the feature film competition was presented to Dinesh Raut for ‘Pujar Sarki’, and ‘Best International Screenwriter’ was awarded to Zaun Yonzan for ‘Crawling Crows—Aankha’.

Rajesh Shrestha bagged the ‘Best Cinematographer’ under the national film category for ‘Pujar Sarki’.

Director Nishan Khatri bagged the ‘Best Director’ award for his movie ‘A Witness’.

Nirajan Raj Bhetwal’s ‘The Witness Tree’ grabbed the ‘Best Short Film’ award.

‘Devi’ by Subina Shrestha won the ‘Best Documentary Award’.

Among the audience’s choice award category, ‘Best Feature Film’ was awarded to ‘Satidevi’ by Laxman Subedi, and ‘Best Documentary Film’ was awarded to ‘Girls Rewriting Destiny’ by Lawa Pyakurel.

The Bagmati Award for the ‘Best International Short Film’ was presented to Spanish film director Lucía G Romero. The Bagmati Award is accompanied by a cash prize of $500 and a trophy.

Mt Everest Award for the ‘Best International Documentary Film’ was given to ‘Melting Snow’ directed by Mojtaba Bahadori. Bahadori received a cash prize of $1,000 and a trophy.

‘The Abyss’ from Argentina was honoured with the Manjushree Award for ‘Best AI film’, which included a cash prize of $500 and a trophy.

Indian movie ‘Rukmini’, directed by Nilay Prashant Raje, won the International Federation of Film Society—Don Quixote Award for ‘Best Feature Film’.

Organised by the Nepal Film and Cultural Academy, the Eighth NIFF featured 87 films from 40 countries.