Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards Explained

Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards
Founded:	2017
Location:	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Language:	International
Website:	https://liaff.com

The Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards (LBMA) formerly known as L’Age D’Or International Art-house Film Festival (LIAFF) is a monthly live screening film festival held in Kolkata, India. The Film Festival started in 2017.^{[1] [2]}

The festival bears the name of one of cinema's most influential directors of all time, the Spanish director Luis Buñuel Portolés.^[3]

The festival boasts of showing a varied range of national and international feature films as well as short films from all over the world. "Inspire filmmakers and audiences via the transformative power of film," is the festival's stated mission. An audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans, and filmmakers can view features and shorts made by artists from around the world.^{[3] [4]}

Awards

The monthly winners compete for the yearly PIGEON D'OR AWARDS (Best of the best). The champions of each year receive a trophy, certificate, and honours.In addition to this, the winners are highlighted in the CULT CRITIC REVIEW AGGREGATOR.^[5]

2023

The 6th LBMA annual live screening and award event was held at Rotary Sadan, Kolkata on February 17, 2023.^[1]

2022

• The Pit and the Pendulum - a musicabre^[6]
• Fella Cederbaum^[7]
• Di qua trung bong chet^[8]
• Hormigas Caminando Sobre una Axila
• Devansh Saraf for his film "X or Y"^[9]
• Bad Love Tigers by "Kevin L. Schewe MD"
• JajangMyeon Thank You^[10]
• Walking through the valley of death^[11]

2021

• V & F by Michelle Arthur
• Ruuposh^[12]
• One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy^[13]
• The Message of the Lyrebird by Lyrebird Doc^[14]
• Piano Under the Stars^[15]
• Amaru^[16]

2020

• Seven Thousand Souls^[17]
• Piano Under the Stars^[18]
• Fatal Ambition

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards celebrates the passion for independent filmmaking . The Times of India.
2. Web site: LUIS BUÑUEL AWARD . huesca-filmfestival.com.
3. Web site: CultCritic Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards Honours Independent Films . Cult Critic . en . 9 March 2023.
4. Web site: Jawed . Sundas . Tagore International Film Festival celebrates poetry in cinema at Santiniketan . The Times of India.
5. Web site: Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards (2023) . IMDb.
6. Web site: Indie: T . LA Film Festivals.
7. Web site: Filmmaker, Poet, Musician Fella Cederbaum Receives IndieFEST Humanitarian Award . JazzEd Magazine . 3 June 2022.
8. Web site: VNA’s documentary wins numerous int’l awards - VNA Photos - Vietnam News Agency (VNA) . vnanet.vn.
9. Web site: Filmmaker Devansh Saraf on his gender equality film X or Y . Firstpost . en . 29 July 2022.
10. Web site: Actor's late-blooming mother sweeps awards at overseas film festivals . koreatimes . en . 6 November 2022.
11. Web site: VNA’s documentary wins numerous int’l awards Society Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) . VietnamPlus . en . 31 October 2022.
12. Web site: Sarwar . Nadeem . Here's Why OpenAI's ChatGPT Still Has A Long Way To Go . SlashGear . 13 January 2023.
13. Web site: Documentary on Essex lorry tragedy to be screened at US film festival Culture - Sports Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) . VietnamPlus . en . 7 December 2021.
14. Web site: Lyrebird Doc wins at legendary Luis Buñuel Awards . The Message of the Lyrebird.
15. Web site: Piano Under the Stars – Fulldome Show . FDDB . en.
16. Web site: Awards & Nominations . amaru . en.
17. Web site: AWARDS / Screenings . Seven Thousand Souls . en.
18. Web site: Piano Under the Stars – Fulldome Show . FDDB . en.