[1] The animation film Rhythm of a Flower by Amit Dutta won the Golden Gateway Award at the festival, while the documentary Nocturnes by Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan won the Silver Gateway Award.
Furthermore, the number of festival venues was reduced to three - Soho House Mumbai and PVR Dynamix Mall in Juhu, and Regal Cinema in Colaba.
The letter also clarified that the number of registrations had been capped in order to give every delegate 'a fair chance' to watch the films at the festival.
[11] The shortlist of nominees for this award included non-fiction books by Amitava Nag, Sanjoy Patnaik, Mukesh Manjunath, and Shoma A. Chatterji.
[12] As part of celebrating the career of Shabana Azmi alongside granting her the Excellence in Cinema award, the festival hosted a masterclass in conversation with Indian actor Vidya Balan, with the intention of offering insight into Azmi's 50 year long career.