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Award for director

LONDON, NOV. 23. The U.K.-born Indian director, Mr. Asif Kapadia, has won the British Film Institute (BFI) award for his debut feature film ``The warrior'', a timeless story of a journey from the deserts of Rajasthan to the snow-capped peaks of Himalayas.

Mr. Kapadia was awarded the Sutherland Trophy for the most original and imaginative first feature film screened during the London film festival.

The jury member, Mr. Wolfgangh Tillmans, presented the trophy at an awards ceremony before the closing of 45th Regus London Film Festival here yesterday.

Nominations for the trophy also included another Indian, Mr. Subrahmanian Santakumar's ``Guardian of the earth.''

- PTI

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