The IFFI Best Film Award (officially known as the Golden Peacock for the Best Feature Film) is the main prize of the International Film Festival of India presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India.[3][4] It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the Golden Peacock a representation of the Peacock, India’s national bird, with a permanent motto of the festival Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The whole world is a family).[5] The award is announced for films produced in a year across the world. The award was instituted in 1965 from the 3rd IFFI competitive edition.[5][6]
| IFFI Best Film Award | |
|---|---|
| Golden Peacock | |
| Awarded for | "Outstanding film of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value"[1] |
| Sponsored by | International Film Festival of India |
| First awarded | 1965[2] |
| Last awarded | 2024 |
| Most recent winner | Toxic |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 37 |
| First winner | Gamperaliya |
List of recipients
editThe award carries a cash prize of ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) shared equally between the director and producer. The director will receive the Golden Peacock and a certificate in addition to the cash prize. The producer will receive a certificate in addition to the cash.[7]
Discontinued awards
editSilver Peacock Award winners (Best Feature Film)
edit| Edition | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Nirjan Saikate | Tapan Sinha |  India
|
| 4th | Man and the Crow (Short Film) |  Sri Lanka
| |
| 29th | Paper Airplanes | Farhad Mehhranfar |  Iran
|
| 45th | Ek Hazarachi Note | Shrihari Sathe | India
|
| Edition | Film | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Cyclone |  Cuba
|
| 4th | Taking off at 1800 Hours | Cuba
|
| 5th | Automatic |  Czechoslovakia
|
| 6th | After the Silence | India
|
| 7th | An Encounter with Faces Olympic Games |
India Poland
|
| 8th | A Period of Transition |  Denmark
|
| 9th | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 10th | Narcissus |  Canada
|
| 11th | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
References
edit- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "International Film Festival in India". rrtd.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "One of Asia's First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years". 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Key highlights of the 46th International Film Festival of India". PIB. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b Saverio Giovacchini; Robert Sklar (1 December 2011). Global Neorealism: The Transnational History of a Film Style. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-1-61703-122-9. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Naman Ramachandran, Patrick Frater (28 November 2024). "Lithuanian Drama 'Toxic' Wins Top Prize at 55th International Film Festival of India". Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2024.