21^st Chennai International Film Festival -2023 (14-21 December 2023) Tamil Feature Film awards 

1. Best Tamil Feature Film: The Director gets Rs.1.0 Lakhs and the Producer gets Rs.1.0 Lakhs

Ayothi : Director: R.Manthira moorthy; Prod:R.Ravindran of Trident Arts 

2. Second Best Tamil Feature Film: The Director gets Rs. 50,000/-  and the Producer gets Rs. 50,000/-  

      UDANPAAL : Dir.: Karthik Seenivasan  Prod:  K Vellaidurai 

3. Special Jury award to an individual not covered in the above two awards: the awardee gets Rs.50,000/-

Vetri Maaran, the Director  of the film Viduthalai Part 1

4. Best Actor: awardee gets Rs.50,000/-

       Vadivelu for the film   Maamannan 

5. Best Actress: awardee gets Rs.50,000/-

Preethi Asrani for the film Ayothi 

6. Best Cinematographer: awardee gets Rs.50,000/-

       Kalaiselvan Sivaji for the film Por Thozhil 

7. Best Editor : awardee gets Rs.50,000/-

Sreejith Sarang for the film Por Thozhil 

8. Best Sound Recordist : awardee gets Rs.50,000/-

Suren G for the film Maamannan 

9. Special Mention Certificate to the child artist NILA of the film Sembi 

10. TNGMGR FTI Student Award

Best Short Film

The Lost Herd

Director :  Bhagavath

Producer: TNGMGR FTI Management 

World Cinema Feature film awards

11.Best Feature Film

Freedom(Libertate) : Dir.:Tudor Giurgiu Producer: Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu

Romania |2023

12.Second Best Feature Film

Wilding Country(Agreste) : Dir.: Sergio Roizenblit; Producers: Gustavo Maximiliano, Viviane Rodrigues,Sergio Roizenblit |Brazil|2023

13.Special Jury Award:

Act Natural(Seid einfach wie ihr seid)

Dir.: Alice Gruia : Producers: Corinna C. Poetter, Marco Gilles,Lutz Heineking,Alice Gruia | Germany|2023

14.Special Mention Certificate:

Nathalia Syam, the director of Footprints on Water |UK|2023