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Question 51.

Which Indian Short film won 2019 Oscar Award in the category 'Best Short Documentary'?

  1.    Jai Mata Di
  2.    Period. End of Sentence.
  3.    Half Ticket 2
  4.    Juice
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Period. End of Sentence.
India-based 'Period. End of Sentence.' has won the Oscar 2019 for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 91st Academy Awards.
Question 52.

NFAI and __________ sign MoU to Transfer the land for the construction of storage facility for films and film material.

  1.    IIMC
  2.    NSD
  3.    FTII
  4.    NIFT
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> FTII
National Film Archive of India (NFAI) and Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for transfer of three acres of land for the construction of storage facility for films and film material. The land belonging to FTII at their Kothrud campus in Pune will be transferred to NFAI for this purpose.
Question 53.

Name the Indian film which is shortlisted for Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category.

  1.    Manmarziyaan
  2.    Raazi
  3.    Period. End Of Sentence
  4.    Hichki
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Period. End Of Sentence
'Period. End of Sentence' has made it to the Oscar shortlist in the Documentary Short Subject category. This is a film about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real-life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganantham. A total of 104 films had originally qualified in the category. India's entry for the Foreign Language Film Category, Village Rockstars is out of the Oscar race.
Question 54.

What is the theme of the Challachitram National Film Festival that is to be held Guwahati on March 1,2019?

  1.    Our Pride, Our Film
  2.    Our Heritage, Our Pride
  3.    Our Film, Our Pride
  4.    Our Nation, Our Pride
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Our Heritage, Our Pride
Challachitram National Film Festival with the theme 'Our Heritage, Our Pride' will be held here in March, with a special award for entries from the northeastern region. Entries for short films, documentaries and animation films have been invited for both the competitive and non-competitive sections, a press release of 'Challachitram' said on Monday. The deadline for submitting entries is February 15. The three-day film festival will be held here from March 1. Chalachitram is a Guwahati-based organisation working for showcasing the heritage and culture of the northeast to national and international audience through films.
Question 55.

Which of the following short film won the best short documentary award at Asia South East Short Film Festival?

  1.    Sprout
  2.    Suddenly Last Summer
  3.    Night Fishing
  4.    Finding Beauty in Garbage
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Finding Beauty in Garbage
The short film Finding Beauty in Garbage won the best short documentary award at Asia South East Short Film Festival recently held at Phnom Penh in Cambodia. The short documentary is based on issues surrounding mountains of garbage in Dibrugarh town of Assam. The film has also been selected for a screening at the Short and Sweet Film Festival to be held in Utah, U.S.
Question 56.

Which Indian Film opens the 2018 London Indian Film Festival?

  1.    Sanju
  2.    Race 3
  3.    Raazi
  4.    Love Sonia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Love Sonia
The annual London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) opens today with the red-carpet world premiere of Hollywood-cum-Bollywood starrer "Love Sonia", a film by the Oscar-nominated producer of "Life Of Pi", David Womark. This year, there is also a special cinematic tribute to Bollywood star Sridevi, who died suddenly in February, with a screening of her 1987 box-office hit "Mr India". Another tribute screening is UK-based filmmaker Sangeeta Dutta's docu-feature "Bird of Dusk", in memory of the late Rituparno Ghosh.
Question 57.

This movie has been choosen for the best film award "Palme d'Or" at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

  1.    Anone
  2.    Warotenka
  3.    Half Blue
  4.    Shoplifters
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Shoplifters
The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. The Japanese family drama Shoplifters has received the coveted award for best film, the 'Palme d'Or', at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. 'Shoplifters' has been hailed as a modest masterpiece from a veteran filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda that centres on a small-time thief who takes a young girl home to his family.
Question 58.

Who received the Pride of Indian cinema award in the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018?

  1.    Sanjay Dutt
  2.    Sri Devi
  3.    Shah Rukh Khan
  4.    Amitabh Bachchan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt was conferred as the Pride of Indian cinema award in the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018. The Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 was held in Mumbai on Friday night. The award is conferred to the individuals who have contributed outstandingly towards entertainment industry and the growth and development of Indian cinema or television.
Question 59.

Which Assamese Film bagged the best film award at the 65th National Film Awards for 2017?

  1.    Newton
  2.    Village Rockstar
  3.    Nagarkirtan
  4.    Water Baby
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Village Rockstar
The 65th National Film Awards for 2017 were announced at PIB Conference Room, Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on April 13, 2018. In it, Assamese Film 'Village Rockstar' bagged the best film award, while 'Newton' has been selected as the Best Hindi Film. The National award for Best Actress is given to Sri Devi posthumously for her role in the film 'Mom' and the Best Actor (Male) award goes to Riddhi Sen for his role in Bengali film 'Nagarkirtan'. 'Water Baby' directed by Pia Shah, won the Best Debut Film of a Director in the Non Feature Film category. The award ceremony for the 65th National Film Awards will be held on May 3, 2018. The National Film Awards will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Question 60.

This movie bagged the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration at the 65th National Film Awards 2017.

  1.    Aalorukkam
  2.    Ladhakh
  3.    Murakhiya
  4.    Dhappa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Dhappa
Marathi movie 'Dhappa' bagged the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration, while 'Ladhakh' was declared the Best Regional Film at the 65th National Film Awards. Apart from this, Malayalam Movie 'Aaalorukkam', directed by V.C.Abhilash, was awarded the Best Film on Social Issues. Jayaraj was awarded the Best Direction in the Feature Film category for the movie 'Bhayanakam' and Nagraj Manjule won the award for the Best Direction in the Non Feature Film Category.

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