Films and Frames Digital Film Awards
{{short description|Annual film awards in India}}
{{Undisclosed paid|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2013}}
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Films and Frames Digital Film Awards, popularly known as FAFDA are awards to reward artistic and technical merit in the Bengali Film Industry. The concept of a regional digital awards was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic which began during the summer of 2020, forcing both artists and audiences into isolation, hence the entire award show was shot indoors by either the artists themselves or by the FAFDA crew.{{Cite web |url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/olive/apa/timesofindia/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TOIKM%2F2020%2F07%2F10&id=Ar01405&sk=4BAF188D&viewMode=text |title=Tollywood gets a new digital award show to celebrate Bangla cinema |website=The Times of India |language=en-IN |access-date=10 July 2020}}
History
Films and Frames Digital Film Awards started off with the Chinese social media platform Helo from the house of ByteDance Ltd as its title partner and the award show was subsequently re-branded to Helo Films and Frames Digital Film Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2020/jun/15/26038 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717101442/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2020/jun/15/26038 |url-status=live |archive-date=17 July 2020 |title=Helo Films And Frames Digital Film Awards show to stream from 5 July |website=Cinestaan |language=en-IN |access-date=15 June 2020}} Since the mid of June 2020 however, tensions started escalating between India and China at the border between the two nations. Under section 69A of the information technology act, the Indian Ministry of Information Technology identified 54 Chinese apps, Helo being one of them which threatened the ‘sovereignty’ of India.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india-bans-59-mobile-apps-with-chinese-links-including-tik-tok |title=India Bans 59 Chinese Apps, Including TikTok, UC Browser, SHAREit |website=The Quint |language=en-IN |access-date=30 June 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/centre-announces-ban-chinese-apps-privacy-issues-1695265-2020-06-29 |title=TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser among 59 Chinese apps banned by India as border tensions simmer in Ladakh |website=The India Today |language=en-IN |access-date=30 June 2020}} Following this development, Films and Frames with immediate effect terminated its partnership with Helo. On 12 June 2020, actress Srabanti Chatterjee{{Cite web |url=https://ddhindusthan.com/?p=15151 |title=Films And Frames Unveiled The Logo Of 'Digital Film Awards' In Association With Helo |website=DD Hindusthan |language=en-IN |access-date=24 June 2020}} launched the logo of FAFDA 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tollykata.com/articles/movie-news/films-and-frames-is-all-set-to-organise-first-ever-home-award-function-exclusively-designed-for-digital-platform |title=Films and Frames Is All Set To Organise First Ever 'Home Award function' Exclusively Designed For Digital Platform |website=Tollykata |language=en-IN |access-date=15 June 2020}} To make the content social media appropriate and viewable on a smartphone, for the first time an entire award show was shot in a vertical 9:16 format and aired as episodic content, over a period of 10 days. The first episode premiered on 10 July 2020 on Facebook Watch.
Awards
Viewer's choice
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- Best Film{{Cite web |url=https://www.opiniontimes.in/shubhashree-ganguly-raj-chakrabarty-ritwik-chakrabarty-parineeta-films-and-frames-digital-awards/ |title=Parineeta gets awarded |website=Opinion Times |language=en-IN |access-date=5 July 2020}}
- Best Actor{{Cite web |url=https://jugasankha.in/digital-film-awards-bangla-award-ceremony-completed/ |title=A Complete Digital Film Award |website=Jugsankha |language=en-IN |access-date=17 July 2020}}
- Best Actress{{Cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/entertainment/raj-chakraborty-subhashree-ganguly-got-digital-award-for-film-parineeta_324407.html |title=Parineeta wins 7 Awards and Subhashree for Best Actress |website=Zee News |language=en-IN |access-date=5 July 2020}}
- Best Playback Male
- Best Playback Female
- Best Music Director
- Best Director
- Best Song
- Best Actor in a Negative Role
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Critics choice
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- Best Film{{Cite web |url=https://newsfront.co/top-best-of-films-and-famous-digital-film-awards/ |title=Films and Frames Digital Film Awards Winners Announced |website=News Front |language=en-IN |access-date=5 July 2020}}
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Director
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Jury's choice
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- Best Actor{{Cite web |url=http://www.uniindia.com/entertainment/news/2073415.html |title=Films and Frames Digital Film Awards streaming on Social Media |website=United News of India |language=en-IN |access-date=10 July 2020}}
- Best Actress
- Trendsetting Performance of the Year - Male
- Trendsetting Performance of the Year - Female{{Cite web |url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/234399/jaya-ahsan-sets-trend?fbclid=IwAR2n2SO3cbgI3azL1Y8KyqTGaeXvnumKyVAzHy9dbr-iAIsBwvinqwttwC4 |title=Jaya Ahsan sets trend |website=Asian Age |language=en-IN |access-date=5 July 2020}}
- Best Film{{Cite web |url=http://www.thetimesofbengal.com/films-and-frames-digital-film-awards-streaming-on-social-media/ |title=F&F streams now |website=Times of Bengal |language=en-IN |access-date=10 July 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.odishanewstimes.com/2020/07/08/bengali-film-gotra-adjudged-best-film-in-helo-films-and-frames-digital-film-awards/ |title=Bengali Film 'Gotra' adjudged as Best film in Helo Films and Frames Digital Film Awards |website=Odisha News Times |language=en-IN |access-date=8 July 2020}}
- Best Director
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Actor in a Negative Role
- Most Promising Talent (Tapash Pal Memorial Award)
- New Age Woman of The Year
- Best Music Director
- Song of the Year
- Diva of the Decade – (Supriya Devi Memorial Award)
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematographer
- Best Playback
- Best Actor in a Comic Role
- Best Lyrics
- Best Production Designer
- Best Make Up
- Best Sound Designer
- Best Editor
- OTT Promising Face
- Hotshot Director of the Year
- Most Distinguished Performance in a Character Role
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References
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External links
- [http://www.filmsandframes.in/ Official website]