New Delhi: The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) has announced its nominations for its 13th award ceremony and films like 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', 'Badhaai Do', 'Jai Bhim' 'Minnal Murali' and others have been nominated in the Best Film category. 


The festival, which is presented by the Victorian Government, is an annual festival that takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and showcases the best films from India and the subcontinent. This year the festival starts August 12-20. The Awards night is all set to take place on August 14. There are over 100 films across 23 languages being screened at the festival. 
 
This year's big nominees include 'Jai Bhim', 'The Rapist', 'Gangubai Kathiwadi', '83', 'Badhaai Do', 'Sardar Udham', among others. 
 
Indie film nominations have acclaimed films including 'Pedro', 'Once Upon a Time in Calcutta', 'Fair Folk' amongst others, while 'Urf', 'Ayena', 'Ladies Only' are some of the Best Docu nominees. 


The IFFM’s this year festival jury boasts of jury members like global award-winning film editor Jill Bilcock, one of Australia’s renowned actors Vince Colosimo, multi-award-winning director Geoffrey Wright and multi-award-winning filmmaker Nadia Tass. 
 
The Best Film winner automatically gets a nomination nod under the Best Asian Film category at the annual prestigious AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards). 
 
This year too those awards will be included with Best Series, Best Actor in a Series, and Best Actress in a Series. In these categories, 'Mumbai Diaries', 'Aranyak', 'Mai' and 'Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein' are leading the nominations. 
 
Actors Gopal Hegde for 'Pedro', Rajkummar Rao for 'Badhaai Do', Ranveer Singh '83', Suriya, Tovino Thomas, Vicky Kaushal and Abhishek have been named in the Best Actor category. 
 
While in the Best Actor (Female) section, names like Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Bhumi Pedenkar, Kokona Sen Sharma, Lijomol Jose, Shefali Shah, Sreelekha Mitra and Vidya Balan are nominated. 
 
Pakistani film 'Joyland', 'Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom' from Bhutan, Bangladesh movies such 'No Man's Land' and Rehana Maryam Noor; and Sri Lankan film 'The Newspaper' have made it to the Best Film From Subcontinent. 


Here is the complete list of nominations: 


BEST FILM 


83 / Hindi 


Badhaai Do / Hindi 


Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi 


Jai Bhim / Tamil 


Minnal Murali / Malayalam 


Paka (River of Blood) / Malayalam 


Sardar Udham / Hindi 


The Rapist / English, Hindi 


BEST INDIE FILM 


Boomba Ride / Mishing 


Dug Dug / Hindi 


Jaggi / Punjabi 


Once Upon a Time in Calcutta / Bengali 


Pedro / Kannada 


Shankar’s Fairies / Hindi 


Shoebox / Hindi 


Fairy Folk / Hindi, English 


BEST ACTOR (MALE) 


Gopal Hegde, Pedro / Kannada 


Rajkummar Rao, Badhaai Do / Hindi 


Ramnish Chaudhary, Jaggi / Punjabi 


Ranveer Singh, 83 / Hindi 


Suriya, Jai Bhim / Tamil 


Tovino Thomas, Minnal Murali / Malayalam 


Vicky Kaushal, Sardar Udham / Hindi 


Abhishek Bachchan - Dasvi / Hindi 


BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) 


Alia Bhatt, Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi 


Bhumi Pednekar, Badhaai Do / Hindi 


Deepika Padukone, Gehraiyaan / Hindi 


Konkona Sen Sharma, The Rapist / English, Hindi, 


Lijomol Jose, Jai Bhim / Tamil 


Shefali Shah, Jalsa / Hindi 


Sreelekha Mitra, Once Upon A Time In Calcutta / Bengali 


Vidya Balan, Jalsa / Hindi 


BEST DIRECTOR 


Anmol Sidhu, Jaggi / Punjabi 


Aparna Sen, The Rapist / Hindi 


Kabir Khan, 83 / Hindi 


Pan Nalin, Chhello Show (Last Film Show) / Gujarati 


Sanjay Leela Bhansali Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi 


Shoojit Sircar, Sardar Udham / Hindi 


Suresh Triveni, Jalsa / Hindi 


T.J. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim / Tamil 


BEST DOCUMENTARY 


A Night of Knowing Nothing 


Ayena (Mirror) 


Kicking Balls 


Ladies Only 


Urf (A.K.A) 


BEST FILM FROM SUBCONTINENT 


Joyland / Pakistan 


Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom / Bhutan 


No Land’s Man / Bangladesh 


Rehana Maryam Noor / Bangladesh 


The Newspaper / Sri Lanka 


BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES 


Mohit Raina - Mumbai Diaries 26/11 


Parambrata Chatterjee - Aranyak 


Varun Mitra - Guilty Minds 


Tahir Raj Bhasin, Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein 


Dhruv Sehgal - Little Things Final Season 


BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES 


Konkona Sensharma - Mumbai Diaries 26/11 


Sakshi Tanwar - Mai 


Madhuri Dixit - Fame Game 


Mithila Palkar - Little Things Final Season 


Raveena Tandon - Aranyak 


Shriya Pilgaonkar / Guilty Minds 


BEST SERIES 


Aranyak 


Mumbai Diaries 26/11 


Fame Game 


Mai 


Little Things Final Season 


Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein 


(With inputs from IANS)