'' Soni '' premiered in the Orrizonti ( Horizons ) section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival receiving a standing ovation . The film won the Facebook Award for Best ' Work-In-Progress ' project . Ayr received a special mention for " Achievement In Directing " for the film at the 2018 Asia Pacific Screen Awards . It was screened at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival . It was followed by a screening at the 2018 MAMI Film Festival , where the film won the Oxfam Award on Gender Equality . It won the Best film award at the Pingyao International Film Festival that included a cash prize of $ 20,000 , with half going to development of the director 's next project , and half provided to the film 's distributor in China
75th Venice International Film Festival
75th Venice International Film Festival
Soni (film)