The film festival presented a series of awards called the Sparrow Awards. The awards were decided by three international juries and one national jury in different competitive categories of world and Indian cinemas.
Diorama presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui and Indian filmmaker Subhash Ghai. While Andhadhun (2018) took the Golden Sparrow Award for Best Feature (Indian), the Brazilian film Blessed Is The Fruit bagged the Golden Sparrow Award for Best Feature (International).
Mehrjui congratulated the festival while talking about his collaborations with Satyajit Ray and the longstanding instances of productive relations he has had with Indian cinema. Ghai expressed his gratitude for the award, and highlighted his origins in Delhi and expressed his belief that Diorama would be a great success for Delhi in the years to come owing to the tenacity and experience of its founder Manoj Srivastava.
The complete list of awards is produced below:
Silver Sparrow for Best Short Film: As The First Time/Director: Emanuela Mascherini
Golden Sparrow for Best Short Film: Storyteller/Director: Anıl Güldoğan
Silver Sparrow for the Best Documentary Film: Marco Vourinen for the film Vianey
Golden Sparrow for the Best Documentary Film: Sudipta Kundu for the film Ladli
Golden Sparrow for Best Cinematography, India: KU Mohanan for the film Andhadhun
Golden Sparrow for Best Sound, India: SIinoy Joseph for the film October
Golden Sparrow for Best Editing, India: Sreejith Karanavar for the film Mehsampur
Golden Sparrow for Best Male Playback, India: Sukhwinder Singh for the song ‘Kar Har Maidan Fateh’ from the film Sanju
Golden Sparrow for Best Female Playback, India: Sunidhi Chauhan for the song ‘Manwa’ from the film October
Golden Sparrow for Best Music: Faisal Razi for the film Poomaram (Malayalam)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dariush Mehrjui
Golden Sparrow to Best Actor Male: Mohsen Tanabandeh for the film Mader E Azim
Golden Sparrow to Best Actor Female: Ingrid Triguerio for the film Blessed Is The Fruit
Silver Sparrow for Best International Film: Rona, Mader E Azim/Director: Jamshid Mehmoudi
Silver Sparrow for Best International Film: Red Flower And Green Leaves/Director: Miaomiao Liu
Golden Sparrow for Best International Feature Film: Blessed Is the Fruit/Director: Andre Morais
Special Mention: Bobby Sarma Baruah for the film Mishing
Golden Sparrow to Best Indian Actor Male: Ayushmann Khurrana for the film Andhadhun
Golden Sparrow to Best Indian Actor Female: Taapsee Pannu for the film Mulk
Golden Sparrow for Best Indian Feature Film: Andhadhun/Director: Sriram Raghavan
Silver Sparrow for Best Indian Film: Sudani From Nigeria/Director: Zakaria Mohammed
Best Spiritual Film of the Century: Aushim Khetrapal for the film Sai Baba
Lifetime Achievement Award: Subhash Ghai