Introduced in 2013 and set up in memory of Dr Sanat Kumar Ghosh, the Short Film awards are supported by O2 Financials. The awards can be won by the directors of animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, or mixed genre films of 30 minutes or less. Eminent filmmakers, editors, and film critics and journalists have formed part of the jury over the years.
2024 Longlist – Short Film
TFA is pleased to announce the longlist for the twelfth edition of the Toto Awards for Short Film. From a total of 120 applications that we received this year, 25 young filmmakers have been longlisted for the two awards. Given below, in no particular order, are their names and the film for which they have been longlisted:
Suchana Saha (Priyo Ami), Mumbai
Yash Ajay Sawant (Mirage), Goa
M K Abhilash (Kuuk Aah?), Bengaluru
Jatin Kumar (Jugnoo), Ghaziabad
Diya Gambhir (Never Say Die), Gurugram
Aditya Sadavarte (Madhavrao Bapat Kuthe Gele?), Pune
Ayon Pratim Saikia (Lullaby of Waves), Ahmedabad
Vasu Bhatia (Tale of a Longing Vampire), Junagadh
Divya Kharnare (Letters to My Grandma), Mumbai
Akshay Varshney (Jag Puran), Haridwar
Alvina Abhijeet Joshi (Azobancha Ghar), Mumbai
Maharshi Kashyap (Flowers in a Hailstorm), Guwahati
Nebu George (Thuravu), Mumbai
Payal Chauhan (Kesi Bauraanee [Such Madwomen!]), Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh
Adhiraj Buragohain (In My Golden Paddy Field), Sivasagar, Assam
Adheep Das (Chandraheen [Moonless]), New Delhi
Shijin V (Song of Roland), Malappuram, Kerala
Khushi (खुशी क ोशनी [Khushi’s Roshni]), Lucknow
Jithindas K (What can’t a Mother who is limitless see?), Illathumadu, Kerala
Pranami Rajbangshi (Boi Thaka [The Flow of Resilience]), Guwahati
Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar (Flowering Man), Durgapur, West Bengal
Chidananda S Naik (Sunflowers were the first ones to know …), Mysuru
Visalakshi Mantha (My favourite colour has changed), Kolkata
Vilasini Kailasam (Nigazh Unarvu [Of Presence]), Chennai
Ankur Yadav (पहाड़ी से अनजान पहाड़ी [A Hill Without Being Aware of Hill]), Behror, Rajasthan
These awards are supported by O2 Financials.
Past Winners
Pratik Girish Bhoyar, Nikhil Vinay (2023)
Megha J Shetty, Shubham Dilip Ghatge (2022)
Megha Acharya, Ashmita Guha Neogi (2021)
Vamsi Telugu, Jai Shankar (2020)
Abhinava Bhattacharyya, Eshwarya Grover (2019)
Shreyas Dashrathe, Kunjila Mascillamani (2018)
Archana Chandrashekar, Medini Kelamane (2017)
Prantik Basu & Payal Kapadia (2016)
Yugandhara Muthukrishnan, Rohin Raveendran Nair (2015)
Kislay, Priyanka Chhabra (2014)
Anoop Sathyan, Raam Reddy (2013)