by Amber Wilkinson
The film - which tells the life of an orphan in the Indian slums who wins Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - was voted for by festival-goers.
The 51-year-old director - whose film has recently been selected to close the London Film Festival - wins a prize pot of $15,000 (around £8,400).
Bait for the beast Simon Panay on challenging attitudes to albino people in The Boy With White Skin
Ice cool Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Songs and silence Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls
The beauty of doubt Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
Peter Hujar's Day leads Independent Spirit nominations Full list of film contenders revealed
One Battle After Another takes top Gotham prize It Was Just An Accident wins on the numbers
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