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51st International Film Festival of India Concludes

The 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held from 16 January to 24 January 2021 at Shyamaprasad Stadium near Panaji in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held in hybrid mode, there was the physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. Bangladesh was a country of focus at the festival. Four films of Bangladesh was included in ‘country of focus’ section.

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The winners of the IFFI awards are listed below:

  • Golden Peacock Award for Best Film: Into the Darkness
  • Silver Peacock Award for Best Actor (Male): Tzu-Chuan Liu, The Silent Forest
  • Silver Peacock Award for Best Actor (Female):  Zofia Stafiej, I Never Cry
  • Silver Peacock Award for Best Director: Chen-Nien Ko, The Silent Forest
  • Best Debut Director Award: Cássio Pereira dos Santos, Valentina
  • Special Mention Award: Kripal Kalita, Bridge
  • Special Jury Award: Kamin Kalev, February
  • ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award: Ameen Nayfeh’s 200 Meters
  • Indian Personality of the Year Award: Biswajit Chatterjee
  • Lifetime Achievement: Vittorio Storaro (Italian cinematographer).

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Sumit Arora

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