The winners of the inaugural edition of Manifest's annual property 'India's Next Top 10 Directors' have been announced. 

For the first edition, a total of 108 entries were received. 

Here are the winners:

• Aakash Bhatia, LoudMouth Film
• Gaurav Gupta, freelance
• Mahesh Gharat, Hungry Films
• Pranav Bhasin, freelance
• Reema Maya, Catnip.Studio
• Ryan Mendonca, Bang Bang Mediacorp
• Shaanan Pereira, freelance
• Sonal Batra, freelance
• Venky Puthran, freelance
• Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, Corcoise Films

The jurors for the awards were:

• Amit Sharma, co-founder and director, Chrome Pictures
• Amy Dick, chief operating officer, Cult (United Kingdom)
• Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, founder, Earth Sky Pictures
• Ayappa K M, partner, Early Man Films
• Eduardo Caras, partner and music director, Canja Audio (Brazil)
• Rachael Ford Davies, managing partner and executive producer, Collider Films (Australia)
• Shashanka Chaturvedi (Bob), co-founder and director, Good Morning Films