[6] Marouda, a film lover of Greek descent established the festival to garner greater appreciation amongst Western audiences to all forms of Cinema in India.
Whilst enjoying the "ride from laughter to crying" that Hindi films can take audiences on, the festival was not looking to promote Bollywood cinema as much for there were already outlets for this.
Audience Award for Best Picture - Kannathil Muthamittal (Mani Ratnam) April 17–22, 2007 at ArcLight Hollywood.
Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature: VALLEY OF FLOWERS (Pan Nalin) Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary: Q2P (Paromita Vohra) Grand Jury Prize for Best Short: TEA BREAK (Srinivas Sunderrajan) Audience Award for Best Feature: Outsourced Directed by John Jeffcoat Audience Award for Best Documentary: DIVIDED WE FALL directed by Sharat Raju Audience Award for Best Short: MONSOON directed by Shyam Balsé 22–27 April 2008 [7] at ArcLight Hollywood.
Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature: Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley) Audience Award for Best Picture - Take Off (Mahesh Narayanan) April 11–14, 2019 at Regal L.A.