Jay Weissberg of '' Variety '' wrote : " Managing to be both extremely rational and extremely humane , the film works so well thanks to an intelligent , superbly understated script and a feel for naturalism that extends beyond mere performance . " Neil Young of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' stated that the film was a " compellingly clear-eyed indictment of modern-day India 's institutional dysfunction " . Reviewing for '' Le Monde '' , Jacques Mandelbaum called it " a major movie on the worrying state of freedom of speech in the Indian democracy " and praised the " intelligence and sensitivity " of Tamhane . In his positive review of the film , Mike McCahill of '' The Guardian '' complimented Tamhane : " Here 's a film-maker training a sharp , prosecutorial eye on those harsh homefront realities Bollywood has traditionally permitted audiences to escape . " Stephen Holden , writing for '' The New York Times '' , gave a positive review to the film and wrote : " The wheels of justice grind slowly and mercilessly in '' Court '' , Chaitanya Tamhane 's quiet , devastating critique of the antiquated Indian legal system . " Laya Maheshwari of RogerEbert.com called it a " masterpiece " and " one of the best films of the year " . She also noted that it offered none of the tropes of a courtroom drama . Tara Brady of '' The Irish Times '' deemed the film to be a " magnificent , maddening drama " and said that the film reminded her of Satyajit Ray . Ken Guidry of '' IndieWire '' mentioned in his review that '' Court '' " borders on brilliance " at times , adding : " Often , it 's not about what 's happening in the scene , but the implications behind it . " '' Court '' won 18 awards in its screening at several film festivals . At the 62nd National Film Awards , the film won Best Feature Film Award . It received the Orizzonti Award and the Luigi De Laurentiis ( ) award at its premiere at the 71st Venice International Film Festival . At its Indian premiere at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival , '' Court '' was awarded the Golden Gateway of India for Best Film in the International Competition section and a Special Jury Mention for the cast . It won the Siyad International Feature Film Award at the 51st International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival , the FIPRESCI Award at the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival , the New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival , The Best Picture and Best Screenplay Award at the 2morrow Film Festival , Best Film at Listapad , and the FIPRESCI Prize and Best Actor for Gomber at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema . It also went on to win the Best Film Award and Best Director Award for Tamhane at the Singapore International Film Festival , the Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize at the Auteur Film Festival , and special mentions at the Kyiv Internatioanl Film Festival " Molodist " and FICUNAM International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
Court (film)