Panaji, Nov 28 (UNI) Canadian multi-lingual entry ‘The Apology’ by Toronto-based Tiffany Hsiung won the Special Mention under the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal competition at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which concluded here today. In all seven films were in the fray competing for the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal. The other films in the fray were Allama (Kannada), Beluga (Iran), Exiled (Latvia), The Family (Dementia) (France), Harmonia (Isreal), A Real Vermeer (Netherlands) and Cold of Kalandhar, which won ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal. The 104-minute-long film 'The Apology' has been made in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English. The Apology follows the personal journeys of three former 'comfort women' who were among the two-lakh girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Grandma Gil, Grandma Cao, and Grandma Adela face their twilight years in fading health. The film has been directed by award winning filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung who is based in Toronto. His approach to story-telling is driven by the relationships she builds with people. UNI AKM SS NP SNU 0019