International Film Festival of India

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International Film Festival of India
File:International Film Festival of India Official Logo.png
LocationGoa, India
Founded24 January 1952; 72 years ago (1952-01-24)
Awards
  • Golden Peacock
  • Best Film
  • Silver Peacock
  • Best Director
  • Best Actor (Male)
  • Best Actor (Female)
  • Special Jury Award
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Indian Personality of the Year
Hosted byGovernment of Goa
Directorate of Film Festivals
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The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952,[1][2] is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the film art; contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos; and promoting friendship and cooperation among people of the world. The festival is conducted jointly by the Directorate of Film Festivals (under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa.[3]

Vision[edit]

Ayam nijam paroveti gananā laghuchetasām, Udāracharitānām tu vasudhaiva kutumbakam[4]

(Extract from the Vedic scripture Maha Upanishad, meaning "This is for me and that is for other – is the thinking of a narrow-minded person. For those who are broad-minded, liberals, or noble people, the entire world is a one big family.")[4]

History[edit]

The 1st edition of IFFI was organised by the Films Division, Government of India, with the patronage of the first Prime Minister of India. Held in Mumbai[2] from 24 January to 1 February 1952, the Festival was subsequently taken to Madras, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum.[5] In all it had about 40 features and 100 short films. In Delhi, the IFFI was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 21 February 1952.[6]

The first edition was non-competitive, had 23 countries including the United States participating with 40 feature films and about a hundred short films. The Indian entries for the festival were Awara (Hindi), Patala Bhairavi (Telugu), Amar Bhoopali (Marathi) and Babla (Bengali). This was the first International Film Festival held anywhere in Asia. The notable films shown during the festival were Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan, Rome, Open City from Italy. Yukiwarisoo (Japan), The Dancing Fleese (UK), The River (USA) and The Fall of Berlin (USSR).

It was for the first time that the Indian Film Industry was exposed to a vast range of outstanding post-war era films. From the 3rd edition in January 1965, IFFI became competitive. It has since then moved to Trivandrum, capital of Kerala. In 1975 the Filmotsav, non-competitive and to be held in other film-making cities in alternate years, was introduced. Later, Filmotsavs were merged in IFFI. In 2004 the IFFI was moved to Goa from Trivandrum. Since then IFFI has been an annual event and competitive.[7] The venue for the second festival held in 1961 which was also non-competitive was New Delhi. The third edition of the festival was chaired by Satyajit Ray. For the first time the festival became competitive, and was graded ‘A’ category by the Paris – based Federation International de Producers de Films.[8] With this recognition the festival in India came on par with Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary and Moscow International film festivals.[9]

Following this recognition, India adopted, at its fifth festival in 1975, a permanent insignia. This comprises a representation of the peacock, India’s national bird, with a permanent motto of the festival ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (The whole world is a family). The same year it was decided to hold a non-competitive festival of festival films (Filmotsav) alternating with IFFI. While the Filmotsavs were organized at major film – producing centres of India, IFFI was held in New Delhi only.[9]

The venue being the same for all festivals, the fourth and fifth festivals were held from 5–18 December 1969 and 30 December 1974-12 January 1975 respectively. From the sixth festival onwards the period as well as the dates for the festival were fixed as 3–17 January every alternate year. The sixth festival was held in 1977 and silver peacock for best actor, actress and director was awarded for the first time. A film market was also set up for the first time by the IMPEC. The Indian Panorama section was instituted from this edition.[9]

Chronology of IFFI and Filmotsav[edit]

Edition Year Venue Competitive [8][10][11]
1st 24 January 1952 Mumbai No
2nd 27 October – 2 November 1961 New Delhi No
3rd 8–21 January 1965 New Delhi Yes
4th 5 – 18 December 1969 New Delhi Yes
5th 30 December 1974 – 12 January 1975 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 14 November 1975 Kolkata No
Filmotsav 2 – 15 January 1976 Mumbai No
6th 3–16 January 1977 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 3 -16 January 1978 Chennai No
7th 3–16 January 1979 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 3 -16 January 1980 Bengaluru No
8th 3–16 January 1981 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 3 -16 January 1982 Kolkata No
9th 3–16 January 1983 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 3 -16 January 1984 Mumbai No
10th 3–16 January 1985 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 10–24 January 1986 Hyderabad No
11th 10–24 January 1987 New Delhi Yes
Filmotsav 10–24 January 1988 Thiruvananthapuram No
12th 10–24 January 1989 New Delhi No
IFFI '90 10–20 January 1990 Kolkata No
IFFI '91 10–20 January 1991 Chennai No
IFFI '92 10–20 January 1992 Bengaluru No
24th 10–20 January 1993 New Delhi No
25th 10–20 January 1994 Kolkata No
26th 10–20 January 1995 Mumbai No
27th 10–20 January 1996 New Delhi Yes – Asian Women Directors
28th 10–20 January 1997 Thiruvananthapuram No
29th 10–20 January 1998 New Delhi Yes – Asian Directors
30th 10–20 January 1999 Hyderabad No
31st 10–20 January 2000 New Delhi Yes – Asian Directors
32nd 2001 – Cancelled Cancelled No
33rd 1–10 October 2002 New Delhi Yes – Asian Competition
34th 9 – 19 October 2003 New Delhi Yes – Asian Competition

Permanent Venue[edit]

Since 2004, starting from the 35th edition, the International Film Festival of India, became globally competitive, and moved to its permanent venue Goa, and is being held during the months of November and December of each year.[12][13] The dates for the festival vary each year and there are no fixed dates.

Golden Peacock Award winners (Feature Films)[edit]

Year Film Original Title Director Country [8]
1990 Gamperaliya Lester James Peries  Sri Lanka
1991 The Damned Luchino Visconti  Italy
1992 Dreaming Youth János Rózsás  Hungary
1993 Brother and Sister Ani Imōto Tadashi Imai  Japan
1994 Hungarian Rhapsody Miklós Jancsó  Hungary
1995 The Unknown Soldier’s Patent Leather Shoes
Aakrosh
Rangel Valchanov
Govind Nihalani
 Bulgaria
 India
1996 Not Awarded Not Awarded Not Awarded Not Awarded
1997 The Bostonians
Ruthless Romance
James Ivory
Eldar Ryazanov
 United Kingdom
 Russia
1998 Farewell Green Summer Proshal Zelen Leta Elyer Ishmukhamedov  Russia
1999 Blush Li Shaohong  China
2000 The King of Masks Wu Tianming  China
2001 Karunam
Railroad Man
Karunam
Poppoya
Jayaraj
Yasuo Furuhata
 India
 Japan
2002 Letters to Elza Igor Maslennikov  Russia
2003 At Five in the Afternoon Panj é asr Samira Makhmalbaf  Iran /  France
2004 The Beautiful City Shah-re ziba Asghar Farhadi  Iran
2005 Iron Island Jazireh ahani Mohammad Rasoulof  Iran
2006 The Old Barber Hasi Chaolu  China
2007 The Wall Lin Chih Ju  Taiwan
2008 Tulpan Sergei Dvortsevoy  Kazakhstan /  Russia
2009 Cannot Live Without You Leon Dai  Taiwan
2010 Moner Manush Gautam Ghose  India
2011 Porfirio Alejandro Landes  Colombia /  Argentina
2012 Anhe Ghore Da Daan Gurvinder Singh  India
2013 Beatriz's War A Guerra da Beatriz Luigi Acquisto / Bety Reis  Timor-Leste
2014 Leviathan Leviafan Andrey Zvyagintsev  Russia
2015 Embrace of the Serpent El abrazo de la serpiente Ciro Guerra  Colombia
2016 Daughter Dokhtar Reza Mirkarimi  Iran
2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) Robin Campillo  France
2018 Donbass Sergei Loznitsa  Ukraine
2019 Particles Les particules Blaise Harrison  France /   Switzerland
2020 Into the Darkness De forbandede år Anders Refn  Denmark

Golden Peacock Award winners (Short Films)[edit]

Edition Film Country [8]
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

Silver Peacock Awards[edit]

Indian Film Personality of the Year[edit]

  • Since 2013, on the occasion of 100 years of Cinema of India, the "Centenary Award" for the "Indian Film Personality of the Year" was instituted. The annual award is presented to an Indian film personality for their outstanding contribution to the Indian Film Industry through their craft. This Award consists of a Silver Peacock Medal, a certificate and a cash prize of 10,00,000.[14][15]
Edition Image Awardee Craft
44th Waheeda Rehman (cropped).jpg Waheeda Rahman Actress
45th Rajinikanth during audio release of robot.jpg Rajinikanth Actor
46th Ilaiyaraaja BHung.jpg Ilaiyaraaja Composer
47th S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in 2013.JPG S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Playback singer and composer
48th Amitabh.Bachchan.jpg Amitabh Bachchan Actor
49th SalimKhan.jpg Salim Khan Screenwriter
51st Biswajit Deb Chatterjee - Kolkata 2014-02-09 8717.JPG Biswajit Chatterjee Actor

Miscellany[edit]

  • The first IFFI was held in 1952, and American director Frank Capra attended as a part of the US delegation.[16]
  • On the eve of IFFI 2006, journalist and author Mario Cabral e Sa's book Location Goa, highlighting Goa's contribution to the Hindi film world, was released on 21 November 2006.
  • Since 2004, Goa has hosted IFFI every year. This brings in more visitors to the State, and also coincides with the novenas and feast of the 16th-century Basque missionary-saint Francis Xavier.
  • In 2017 edition, IFFI recognized the innovative works of 15 people and companies that had made significant contribution in developing technologies related to media. A special exhibition was held to showcase their work throughout the course of the festival. The recognized personalities included Mithaq Kazimi, Greg Acuna among others.[17]
  • In January 2021, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the 51st edition of IFFI for year 2020 was held as hybrid event, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. In addition many online events were organised.[18] Two Goan films were selected for screening in premium and non-premium sections.[19]

References[edit]

  1. M. Mohan Mathews (2001). India, Facts & Figures. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-81-207-2285-9. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. "Key highlights of the 46th International Film Festival of India". PIB. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "A Festival Showcasing Talent of Lights, Camera and Action! – International Film Festival of India – 2011". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. 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.
  6. Jawaharlal Nehru (1972). Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru. Orient Longman. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-19-563745-8. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. "International Film Festival Of India 2017 | Goa Film festival | IFFI Awards | Onmanorama". OnManorama. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 http://rrtd.nic.in/iffi-2002.htm
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "One of Asia's First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years". 3 October 2017.
  10. ":: Welcome To IFFI ::". www.iffi.nic.in.
  11. "INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA – A CHRONOLOGY". inbministry.blogspot.in.
  12. "rediff.com, Movies: 32nd International Film Festival of India cancelled". www.rediff.com.
  13. "New MoU needed for Goa as permanent venue – Times of India".
  14. "Who will be the Indian Film Personality of the Year at IFFI 2017?". 8 November 2017.
  15. "Waheeda receives Indian Film Personality of the Year award at IFFI".
  16. Capra, Frank. The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography Vintage Bools, New York, 1985, p. 43
  17. https://iffigoa.org/tech-media-startup-participants-2017/
  18. Swati Mathur (15 January 2021). "First hybrid edition of IFFI to go live from January 16; of 224 films, nearly 50 to be available online". Times of India. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  19. Kimberly Colaco (14 January 2021). "Meet these Goan directors whose films have made it to IFFI 2021". Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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