The Chinese film " Orphan of Anyang " directed by Wang Chao selected the Suvarna Chakoram award for the best feature film in the Seventh International Film Festival of Kerala.

The Tunisian director Khaled Ghorbal bagged the Rajatha Chakoram award for the best director for his film titled " Fatma " . Young Argentinian director Gabriea David won the jury's special Rajatha Chakoram award for her film " Taxi - An Encounter ". The Audience award for the director of the best entry in the competition went to T.V.Chandran for his film " Danny ". While the Suvarna Chakoram carries a purse of Rs.10 lakhs, the Rajatha Chakoram has a cash prize of Rs.3 lakhs and the special jury award Rs. 2 lakhs.The audience award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh.

At the Valedictory function held at the Nisaghandi auditorium, Reinhard Hauff, jury member announced the Suvarna Chakoram and Rajatha Chakoram awards. The special jury award was declared by Derek Malcom, chairman of the FIPRESCI jury.

Announcing the audience awards, the Chalachitra Akademi chairman Adoor Gopalakrishnan said the winners were selected by the delegates using a unique polling software. Chandran's Danny secured 31.61 per cent of total votes. Of the 5,060 delegates attending the festival, 895 exercised their votes. As many as 889 votes were counted valid.

The Chief Minister A.K.Antony gave away the Suvarna Chakoram and Rajatha Chakoram awards. The audience award was presented by the minister of Information M.M. Hassan.

Wang Chao's film " The orphan of Anyang " focused on marginal urban characters left behind by China's rapid urbanization and decollectivisation of the 80s and 90s . " Fatma " deals with the trails and tribulations of a 17 - year - old girl and her desparate search for real love.

The Gabriela David film " Taxi - An Encounter " is an intimate tale of the conflict between individual survival and solidarity with others, expressed through the bond that develops between two human beings.

Ms. David is the producer as well as script writer for the movie. T.V.Chandran's Danny documents the life of an ordinary man who, throughout his long existence, is denied a meaningful relationship with fellow beings, barring a chance encounter with an old women at the very end.