Editor

The Red Carpet Award Ceremony of the 4th Airtel Jaipur International Film Festival 2012 was conducted in the evening at The City Palace. During the formal Closing Ceremony, musical concert and cultural dance programs were organized.
During the award ceremony, the film actor Om Puri, Princess Diya Kumari, all the members of jury, Hollywood producer Leslee Udwin, festival director Hanu Roj, as well as cinema dignitaries from around the world was present. In total 24 awards were presented in the Red Carpet Award Ceremony of 4th JIFF. They are as follows-
S. No. Award Film Winner Country
01 Golden Camel Award for best director A Separation Asghar Farhadi France/Iran
02 Red Rose Award for best film released during Oct 2010-11 Golchehreh Vahid Mousaian Iran
03 Green Rose Award for the film which gives Global Message The Pipe Risteard O Dohmnaill Austria
04 Yellow Rose Award for the upcoming film with world premiere Pink Saris Kim Longinotto UK/India
05 Best Debutante Director Top Floor Left Wing Angelo Cianci France/Luxembourg
06 Special Jury Mention-
Best Actress-feature film The Desire-A women of Journey Shilpa Shetty India
07 Special Jury Mention-
Best Actress-Feature Film West is West Ila Arun India
08 Best Critic Award Meherjaan Rubaiyat Hossain Bangladesh
09 Special Jury Mention-Feature Film Handover Saurabh Kumar India
10 Best Actress Award in National Category-Feature Film Handover Nutan Sinha India
11 Best Actress Award in International Category A Separation Sareh Bayat Iran
12 Best Short Film Khule Darwaje (Open Doors) Ashish Pandey India
13 Best Documentary Dilli Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas India
14 Best Short Film Director Banwara Mann Mitu Kumar India
15 Best Cinematography Award for Short film Miyuki's Wind Bell Chris Freilich Japan/ USA
16 Best Editing Award for Short Film Protect the Nation C.R Reisser & Olivia Retzer Germany
17 Best Script-short film A Wonderful Day Joseph Fackenheim & Ariel Weisbrod Israel
18 Best Sound-short film Khule Darwaje (Open Doors) Tapas Nayak India
19 Special Jury Mention-short film Dulce (Sweet) Ivan Ruiz Flores Spain
20 Best Film (Upcoming Stars) The Tigers, they are all dead Reema Sengupta India
21 Special Jury Mention-upcoming star The Robbery Johnny Ma Australia
22 Best Animation Film The Jar Ali Ahmadi Iran
23 Special Jury Mention Bat Wahi Hai Nina Sabnani India
24 Best Short Film (Rajasthan) Facepack Gaurav Panjwani India
25 Best Documentary (Rajasthan) Jungal mein Jallianwala Anurag Sharma India
26 Best Animation (Rajasthan) LOC Kuldeep Saini India
27 Special Jury Mention- Documentary Memories of Old Awake Patrick Chadwick UK
28 Special Jury Mention- Rajasthan The End Rakesh Gogna India

It is noteworthy that both domestic and foreign filmmakers highly appreciated the Closing Ceremony and the festival in whole. Mitu Kumar, the director of Banwara Mann said that she is truly honoured and winning an award in prestigious Jaipur International Film Festival is nothing less than winning an Oscar!
During the 5 days of the festival, the screening of all the 178 nominated films was done on a successful basis. The successful organization of ‘The Merchant’ was sufficient enough to render a new energy to all the filmmakers and the members of organizing committee. During the 5 days of the festival, 2 workshops and 3 seminars were also conducted. These workshops and seminars helped an immense numbers of participants with valuable lessons and knowledge.
Next year, the festival will be organized on a very grand scale as JIFF will celebrate the 100 successful years of Indian cinema.