Aattam, the Malayalam film directed by debutant Anand Ekarshi, has bagged the Grand Jury Award for Best Film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA). The film, which is a chamber drama, gained recognition by being selected among the prestigious list of 20 films recommended to international delegates for film festivals by the Film Bazaar Jury, a division of NFDC, India.
Aattam stars Zarin Shihab, Vinay Forrt, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Nandan Unni and a bunch of newcomers. The film has cinematography by Anurudh Aneesh and editing by Mahesh Bhuvanend. Renganaath Ravee and Basil CJ handle the sound design and background score, respectively.