MUMBAI: The Sundance Institute – Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award 2012 was presented to Indian director Shonali Bose for her film Margarita. With A Straw. With this, Bose stands among the four filmmakers who won the award announced at the Sundance Film Festival.

The other winning directors and projects are Ariel Kleiman for Partisan (Australia), Etienne Kallos for Vrystaat (South Africa) and Dominga Sotomayor for Late To Die (Chile).

Each of the four winning filmmakers will receive a cash award of $10,000, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival for targeted industry and creative meetings, year-round mentoring from Institute staff and creative advisors, participation in a Feature Film Program Lab, and ongoing creative and strategic support.

Commenting on Sundance Institute’s association with the Mahindra Group, its president Robert Redford said, “We are grateful to the Mahindra Group for building with us, this multifaceted program, which embraces our joint global commitment to nurturing new storytellers and getting their voices out to the widest possible audiences.”

The Global Filmmaking Award Nomination Committee in India include Shabana Azmi, Shyam Benegal, Ira Bhaskar (film professor), Anupama Chopra (film critic), director Gautam Ghose, K. Hariharan (Film Academy director), Shekhar Kapur, Anjum Rajabali and Ramesh Sippy.

The Global Filmmaking award was instituted in 2011 in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world.