Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi won the Transilvania Trophy for Best Film and a cash prize of 15,000 Euro at the 12th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival.The Best Cinematography Award went to Pankaj Kumar for Ship of Theseus. The award comprises of 3,500 euro (in post-production services) offered by Cinelabs.
Ship of Theseus competed with 11 other films such as Wadjda from Saudi Arabia and The Deflowering of Eva van End from The Netherlands.
The closing ceremony of the festival was held on June 8 at the National theatre in Cluj-Napoca.
Ship of Theseus features three different stories-of an experimental photographer, intellectual monk and a young stockbroker- exploring their own ethical, moral and aesthetic dilemmas.
The film has screened at Toronto, Tokyo, Dubai, BFI London Film Festival, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and International Film Festival Rotterdam among others.
The multi-award winning film Ship of Theseus is scheduled to release in India on July 19.
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