54th International Film Festival of India

2023 Indian film festival

54th International Film Festival of India

Official poster

Opening film| Catching Dust by Stuart Gatt
Closing film| The Featherweight by Robert Kolodny
Location| Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium at Panaji, Goa, India
Founded| 1952
Awards|

* Golden Peacock:
* Endless Borders by Abbas Amini
* Silver Peacock:
* Best Director:
* Stephan Komandarev for Blaga's Lessons
* Best Actor:
* Pouria Rahimi Sam from Endless Borders
* Best Actress:
* Mélanie Thierry from Party of Fools
* ICFT INESCO Gandhi Medal:
* Drift by Anthony Chen
* Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award:
* Michael Douglas
* Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema Award:
* Madhuri Dixit
* Best Web Series:
* Panchayat Season 2

Hosted by| Government of Goa
Directorate of Film Festivals
No. of films|

* 270 films from 105 countries
* 198 in International section
* 19 award-winning films
* 13 world premieres

Festival date| Opening: 20 November 2023 (2023-11-20)
Closing: 28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)
Website| iffigoa.org
International Film Festival of India

55th

53rd

The 54th International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November 2023 with Catching Dust by Stuart Gatt in Goa. [1] Shekhar Kapur an Indian filmmaker served as chairperson of the international jury.[2] This year a new award category Best Web Series Award was introduced in the festival. 32 entries in 10 languages from 15 Over-the-top media service platforms were selected to compete for this award.[3]

The festival closed on 28 November with American biographical sports drama film The Featherweight by Robert Kolodny. In the ceremony Hollywood actor-producer Michael Douglas was honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Persian film Endless Borders by Abbas Amini, received the Golden Peacock award for the best film; whereas Stephan Komandarev won the Silver Peacock award for best director for the Bulgarian film Blaga's Lessons.[4]

## Opening and closing ceremonies

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### Opening ceremony

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Karishma Tanna, host opening ceremony Shreya Ghoshal, at the opening ceremony

The opening ceremony on 20 November 2023, hosted by Karishma Tanna and Aparshakti Khurana was aired live on Colors TV and JioCinema. In this edition over 270 films from 105 countries were screened. Madhuri Dixit was felicitated with the ‘Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema’ award at the festival.[5][6] It was also streamed live on YouTube.[7][8]

### Closing ceremony

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Mandira Bedi, host closing ceremony

The festival closed on 28 November with The Featherweight an American biographical sports drama film on professional boxer Willie Pep by Robert Kolodny.[9] Mandira Bedi hosted the closing ceremony, which was also streamed live on YouTube, in addition to broadcast on Colours TV channel.[10][11]

## Events

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* Master classes and in conversation: Masterclasses and In Conversation sessions with filmmakers, cinematographers, and actors were held at Kala Academy at Festival Mile, Panjim, during the festival. Michael Douglas American filmmaker, Brendan Galvin American poet, Brillante Mendoza Filipino independent filmmaker, Sunny Deol, Rani Mukerjee, Vidya Balan, John Goldwater, Vijay Sethupathi, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kay Kay Menon, Karan Johar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Kartiki Gonsalves, Boney Kapoor, Allu Aravind, Theodore Gluck and Gulshan Grover among others were the guest speakers.[12]
* Gala Premiers: Actors of the films having gala premiers at festival had talent walk on the red carpet to promote their films.
* Film Bazaar: It concluded on 24 November with around 1250 delegates attending the Bazaar.[13]

* 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow: In competition of creating a short film in 48 hours on the theme of 'The Mission Life', Odh, a short film about the receding beach lines of Goa, bagged the best film award in '75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow' initiative.[14]

## Jury

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### International Jury

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In addition to the Golden Peacock for best film, the Jury decides the winners in the Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female) and Special Jury Prize categories. The following are the members of the International Jury:[15]

* Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker, Chairperson
* José Luis Alcaine, Spanish cinematographer
* Jerome Paillard, French film producer of international films
* Catherine Dussart, French film producer of international films
* Helen Leake, Australian film producer

### Feature film jury

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The Feature Films Jury headed by T.S Nagabharana is as follows:[16]

* T. S. Nagabharana, chairperson, Indian film director
* Karthik Raja, Indian composer
* Anjan Bose, filmmaker, producer, distributor
* Iti Rani Samanta, Indian columnist, journalist and film producer
* K. P. Vyasan, Indian film director
* Kamlesh Mishra, film director
* Kiran Ganti, film editor
* Milind Lele, film director
* Pradip Kurbah, film director
* Rama Vij, Indian actress
* Romi Meitei, Indian film director and lyricist
* Sanjay Jadhav, Indian cinematographer
* Vijay Pande, film director and editor

### Non-feature film jury

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The Jury headed by Shri Arvind Sinha, has following seven member:[17]

* Arvind Sinha, chairperson, documentary filmmaker
* Arvind Pandey; film director and writer
* Bobby Wahengbam; Indian filmmaker, producer, writer and film critic
* Dip Bhuyan; film director
* Kamlesh Udasi; film director and producer
* Paushali Ganguli; animator, film director and screenwriter
* Varun Kurtkoti; film director

### Best web series (OTT) award jury

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Rajkumar Hirani is serving as the head of the jury for the 'best web series (OTT)' award.[3]

* Rajkumar Hirani, Indian filmmaker, director, producer, and editor
* Divya Dutta, Indian actress and model
* Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indian actor and producer
* Krishna DK Indian filmmaker
* Utpal Borpujari, filmmaker and film critic

### 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow

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#### Grand Jury

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Source:[18]

* Shreya Ghoshal, Playback Singer
* A. Sreekar Prasad, Editor
* Manoj Joshi, Actor
* Veera Kapur, Costume designer and make-up artist
* Priya Seth, Cinematographer
* Saraswathi Vani Balgam, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
* Saleel Kulkarni, Music composer
* Umesh Shukla, Filmmaker
* Sabu Cyril, Art director
* Aseem Arora, Screenwriter

#### Selection Jury

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Source:[18]

* Manoj Tiger, Actor
* Nidhi Hegde, Actress
* Abhishek Jain, Filmmaker
* Manish Sharma, Filmmaker
* Charudutt Acharya, Screenwriter
* Deepak Kingrani, Screenwriter
* Charuvi Agrawal, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
* Deepak Singh, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
* Naveen Nooli, Editor
* Suresh Pai, Editor
* Dharam Gulati, Cinematographer
* Subhransu Das, Cinematographer
* Nachiket Barve, Costume designer and make-up artist
* Bishakh Jyoti, Playback singer
* Anmol Bhave, Music composer
* Sabyasachi Bose, Art director

## Official selection

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Sections

* Gala Premiere
* Kaleidoscope section
* Golden Peacock Award
* Films for debut competition
* ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
* Docu-Montage
* Intergrade
* Animation
* Macabre Dreams
* Indian Panorama
* Feature films
* Mainstream Cinema Section
* Non-feature films
* Indian Cinema 2023
* Accessible India – Accessible Films
* Special screening
* Cinema of the World
* Restored Classics
* UNICEF @ IFFI

### Opening and closing films

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Source:[9]

Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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Opening films
2023  | Catching Dust | Stuart Gatt  | United Kingdom
Indian Panorama feature film
2023  | Aattam | Anand Ekarshi  | India
Indian Panorama non-feature film
2023  | Andro Dreams | Longjam Meena Devi  | India
Mid fest film
2023  | About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany
Closing film
2023  | The Featherweight | Robert Kolodny  | United States

### Gala Premiere

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Language

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Dear Jassi | Tarsem Singh | Punjabi, English
Dhootha |  | Vikram Kumar | Telugu
Dil Hai Gray |  | Susi Ganesan | Hindi
Farrey | Soumendra Padhi  | Hindi
Gandhi Talks | Kishor Pandurang Belekar | Silent
Grey Games | Gangadhar Salimath  | Kannada
Hurry Om Hurry | Nisarg Vaidya  | Gujrati
Kadak Singh | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Hindi
Rautu Ki Beli |  | Anand Surapur  | Hindi
The Village | Milind Rau  | Tamil

### Kaleidoscope section

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18 films were shortlisted for screening under Kaleidoscope section.[19]

Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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2023  | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France
2023  | Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina
2023  | Cobweb | 거미집 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea
2023  | Concrete Utopia | 콘크리트 유토피아 | Um Tae-hwa | South Korea
2023  | Elegies | 詩 | Ann Hui | Hong Kong
2023  | Essential Truths of the Lake |  | Lav Diaz | Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
2023  | Eureka | Lisandro Alonso | France, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Portugal
2023  | How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom
2023  | Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy, Belgium
2023  | Lost in the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Germany
2023  | Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States
2023  | MMXX | Cristi Puiu | Romania
2023  | Moro | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines
2023  | Scrapper | Charlotte Regan | United Kingdom
2023  | Snow Leopard | 雪豹 | Pema Tseden | China
2023  | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United States, United Kingdom, Poland
2023  | Upon Open Sky | A Cielo Abierto | Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga | Mexico, Spain
2023  | Yannick | Quentin Dupieux | France

### Golden Peacock Award

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15 international and Indian fiction feature films competed for the Golden Peacock Award[20]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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2023  | Andragogy | Budi Pekerti | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia
2023  | Blaga's Lessons | Уроците на Блага | Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Germany
2023  | Bosnian Pot |  | Pavo Marinković  | Croatia
2023  | Endless Borders |  | Abbas Amini  | Iran
2023  | Hoffman's Fairy Tales |  | Tina Barkalaya  | Russia
2023  | Lubo | Giorgio Diritti | Italy, Switzerland
2023  | Measures of Men | Der vermessene Mensch | Lars Kraume | Germany
2023  | Party of Fools |  | Arnaud des Pallières | France
2022  | The Other Widow | הפילגש | Ma'Ayan Rypp  | Israel
2023  | Woman Of... | Kobieta z... | Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert | Poland, Sweden
2023  | Asog |  | Seán Devlin | Canada, Philippines
2023  | Die Before Death | Umri prije smrti | Ahmed Imamovic  | Bosnia And Herzegovina
2022  | Kantara | ಕಾಂತಾರ | Rishab Shetty | India
2023  | Sanaa |  | Sudhanshu Saria | India
2022  | Mirbeen |  | Mridul Gupta  | India

### Films for debut competition

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This competition category is a platform for upcoming filmmakers from India and abroad. Seven debut films were nominated in this category.[21]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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2023  | Almost Entirely A Slight Disaster |  | Umut Subaşı  | Turkey
2023  | Let Me Go |  | Maxime Rappaz  | Switzerland
2023  | Ocarina |  | Alban Zogjani  | Albania
2023  | Sleep | 잠  | Jason Yu  | South Korea
2022  | When The Seedlings Grow |  | Rêger Azad Kaya  | Syrian Arab Republic
2023  | Dhai Aakhar |  | Parveen Arora  | India
2023  | Iratta |  | Rohit M.G. Krishnan  | India

### IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

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Highlighted title indicates award winner
Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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2022  | A House In Jerusalem |  | Muayad Alayan  | Palestine, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar
2023  | Citizen Saint |  | Tinatin Kajrishvili  | Georgia
2023  | Drift |  | Anthony Chen | UK, France, Greece
2023  | Sira | Apolline Traoré | Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
2022  | Kalev |  | Ove Musting | Estonian, Russian
2022  | The Prize! | Onde Mande! | Paul Fauzan Agusta | Indonesia
2022  | The Sugar Experiment |  | John Tornblad | Sweden
2023  | Mandali |  | Rakesh Chaturvadi Om | India
2022  | Malikappuram | Vishnu Sasi Shankar | India
2023  | Rabindra Kabya Rahasya |  | Sayantan Ghosal | India

### Docu-Montage

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This section comprises documentaries & docu-drama.

English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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AI:African Intelligence |  | Manthia Diawara  | Portugal
And The King Said, What A Fantastic Machine |  | Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck  | Sweden, Denmark
Casablanca |  | Adriano Valerio  | France, Italy
Luto |  | Andres Arochi Tinajero  | Mexico
Revenge: Our Dad The Nazi Killer |  | Danny Ben-Moshe | Australia
Room 999 | Chambre 999 | Lubna Playoust  | France
Samuel and the Light | Samuel ea luz | Vinícius Girnys  | France
The Last Days Of Humanity | Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell'Umanità | Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo  | Italy
The Trial | El Juico | Ulises de la Orden  | Argentina
Vista Mare |  | Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler | Austria

### Intergrade

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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Divinity | Eddie Alcazar | United States
He Thought He Died | Isiah Medina | Canada
Knit's Island | Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h  | France
Once Within a Time | Godfrey Reggio, Jon Kane | United States
Omen | Augure | Baloji | Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo

### Animation

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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3 Little Kungpoo Goats | The Gools | Kianoush Dalvand - Farzad Dalvand  | United Arab Emirates
Bim | Tom Van Gestel  | Belgium
Four Souls of Coyote | Kojot négy lelke | Aron Gauder  | Hungary
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds | Sirocco Et Le Royaume Des Courants D'Air | Benoit Chieux  | Belgium, France
The Other Shape | La otra forma | Diego Felipe Guzmán  | Colombia
The Peasants | Chłopi | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman | Poland, Serbia, Lithuania
Toldi | Toldi  | Marcell Jankovics | Hungary
Little Singham Bahubali Friends | Ankur Chauhan | India
Dr. Minestein | Sonali Jawale | India
Prabho Shivaji Raja | Nilesh Muley | India
Return of the Jungle | Vaibhav Kumaresh | India
The Light | Team of Godlywood Studio | India

### Macabre Dreams

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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Lumberjack the Monster | Kaibutsu no Kikori | Takashi Miike | Japan
Sorcery | Brujería | Christopher Murray  | Chile, Mexico, Germany
The Cuckoo’s Curse | El Cuco | Mar Targarona | Spain, Germany
We Have Never Been Modern | Úsvit | Matěj Chlupáček  | Czech Republic

### Indian Panorama

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In Indian Panorama feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence are selected for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories.[22]

#### Feature films

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India's entry for the 2024 Academy Awards, Malayalam-language film 2018, was screened in the Indian Panorama 'Mainstream Cinema Section'. 25 Feature films reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry have been selected out of 408 contemporary films for screening.[22]

Title of the Film  | Language  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)

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Aaraariraaro | Kannada  | Sandeep Kumar V  | TMT Productions
Ardhangini | Bengali  | Kaushik Ganguly | Surinder Films
Aattam | Malayalam  | Anand Ekarshi  | Joy Movie Productions
Deep Fridge | Bengali  | Arjunn Dutta | Colors of Dream Entertainment
Dhai Aakhar | Hindi  | Parveen Arora  | Kabir Communication
Iratta | Malayalam  | Rohit M.G. Krishnan  | Appu Attu Pappu Production House
Kaadhal Enbathu Pothu Udamai | Tamil  | Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan  | Mankind Cinema
Kaathal – The Core | Malayalam  | Jeo Baby | Mammootty Kampany
Kantara | Kannada  | Rishab Shetty | Hombale Films
Malikappuram | Malayalam | Vishnu Sasi Shankar | Kavya Film Company
Mandali | Hindi | Rakesh Chaturvadi Om | Reltek
Mirbeen | Karbi  | Mridul Gupta  | Dhani Ram Tisso
Neela Nira Sooriyan | Tamil  | Samyuktha Vijayan  | Samyuktha Vijayan Film
Nna Thaan Case Kodu | Malayalam  | Ratheesh Balakrishna Poduval  | Udaya Studios
Pookkaalam | Malayalam  | Ganesh Raj  | CNC Cinemas
Rabindra Kabya Rahasya | Bengali | Sayantan Ghosal | Esskay Movies
Sanaa | Hindi  | Sudhanshu Saria | Four Line
The Vaccine War | Hindi  | Vivek Agnihotri | I am Buddha
Vadh | Hindi | Jaspal Singh Sandhu | Luv Films
Viduthalai Part 2 | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | RS Infotainment

#### Mainstream Cinema Section

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Title of the Film  | Language  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)

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2018 | Malayalam  | Jude Anthany Joseph | Kavya Film Company
Gulmohar | Hindi  | Rahul V. Chittella  | Star Studios
Ponniyin Selvan: II | Tamil  | Mani Ratnam | Madras Talkies
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | Hindi  | Apoorv Singh Karki  | Zee Studio
The Kerala Story | Hindi  | Sudipto Sen  | Sunshine Pictures

#### Non-feature Films

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20 Non-feature films selected in the 'Indian Panorama' are as follows:

Title of the Film  | Language  | Director(s)

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1947: Brexit India | English  | Sanjivan Lal
Andro Dreams | Manipuri  | Longjam Meena Devi
Baasan | Hindi  | Jitank Singh Gurjar
Back To The Future | English  | M.S. Bisht
Baruar Xongxar | Assamese  | Utpal Borpujari
Behrupiya - The Impersonator | Hindi  | Bhasker Vishwanathan
Bhangaar | Marathi  | Sumira Roy
Nansei Nilam (Changing Landscape)  | Tamil  | Pravin Selvam
Chupi Roh | Dogri  | Disha Bhardwaj
Giddh (The Scavenger) | Hindi  | Manish Saini
Kathabor | Assamese  | Keshar Jyoti Das
Lachit (The Warrior)  | Assamese  | Parthasarathi Mahanta
Last Meet | Manipuri  | Waribam Dorendra Singh
Life In Loom | Hindi, Tamil,Assamese, Bengali, English  | Edmond Ranson
Mau: The Spirit Dreams Of Cheraw | Mizo  | Shilpika Bordoloi
Pradakshina | Marathi  | Prathamesh Mahale
Sadabahar | Konkani  | Suyash Kamat
Sri Rudram | Malayalam  | Ananda Jyothi
The Sea & Seven Villages | Oriya  | Himansu Sekhar Khatua
Utsavmurti | Marathi  | Abhijeet Arvind

### Indian Cinema 2023

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#### Accessible India – Accessible Films

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Language

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2021  | 83 | Kabir Khan | Hindi, English
2023  | Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | Apoorv Singh Karki  | Hindi
2021  | Shershaah | Vishnuvardhan | Hindi
2013  | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Hindi

#### Special screening

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Language

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Gond Janjati Ki Veerangana Rani Durgawati | Ashok Sharan  | Hindi

### Cinema of the World

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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A Golden Life |  | Boubacar Sangaré  | Burkina Faso
A Ravaging Wind | El viento que arrasa | Paula Hernández | Argentina, Uruguay
A Real Job | Un métier sérieux  | Thomas Lilti | France
A Strange Path |  | Guto Parente | Brazil
Adentro |  | Javier Solórzano Casarin | Mexico
Adiós Buenos Aires |  | German Kral | Argentina
Alemania |  | María Zanetti | Argentina, Spain
Ali Topan |  | Sidharta Tata | Indonesia
All to Play For | Rien à perdre | Delphine Deloget | France
All Will Be Revealed | Arbeitstitel Der Totengräber im Buchsbaum | Peter Keglevic | Austria
Another Day Of Hope |  | Taifeng Liu | China
Antarctica Calling | Voyage au pôle Sud | Luc Jacquet | France
Aziz |  | Majid Tavakoli | Iran
Bela América |  | António Ferreira | Portugal
Blind At Heart | Barbara Albert | Germany, Switzerland
Brand Bollywood Downunder | Anupam Sharma | Australia
Blockade | Blokád | Adam Toser | Hungary
Ceylin |  | Tufan Simsekcan | Turkey
Children of God |  | Joan Girbau Xalabarder | Spain
Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint | Crónicas De Una Santa Errante | Tomás Gómez Bustillo | Argentina
Clap Your Hands | Xing Fu Zhi Lu | Zhu Jie | China
Comandante |  | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano |  | Cyril Aris | Germany, Lebanon
Dauren's Wedding |  | Lim Chan-ik | South Korea
Dignity | Dimitris Katsimiris | Greece
Endless Summer Syndrome | Le Syndrome de L'été Sans Fin | Kaveh Daneshmand | Czech Republic
Extra Lesson | Dopolnitelnyy Urok | Anna Kurbatova | Russian Federation
Family Album | Temas Propios | Guillermo Rocamora | Uruguay
Fereshteh | Morteza Atashzamzam | Bangladesh
Fez Summer '55 | Abdelhai Laraki | Morocco
Fight Like A Girl |  | Matthew Leutwyler | Rwanda
Flaming Cloud | San Gui Qing Shi | Liu Siyi | China
Fog | Tuman | Natalia Gugueva | Russian Federation
Fortune For All | Yao Ramesar | Trinidad and Tobago
Fragile Blood | Zilās asinis | Una Celma | Latvia
Franky Five Star | Birgit Möller | Germany
From The End Of The World | Sekai no owarikara | Kazuaki Kiriya | Japan
Giants Of Easter Island | Dover Kosashvili | Israel
God’s Gift | Asel Zhuraeva | Kyrgyzstan
GOL!ATH | Roberto Marra, Stefano Salvatori | Italy
Good Autumn, Mommy |  | Shizhong Chen | China
Homecoming | Catherine Corsini | France
Hotel Pula | Andrej Korovljev | Croatia
Hungry Ghost Diner | We Jun Cho | Malaysia
Iman | Kyriacos Tofarides and Corinna Avraamidou | Cyprus
Insular | Héctor Manuel Valdez | Dominican Republic
L'Anima In Pace | Ciro Formisano | Italy
Latido | Katina Medina Mora | México
Life | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan
Lonely Yurt | Begars Yelubaev | Kazakhstan
Lost Country |  | Vladimir Perišić | Serbia, France, Luxemburg, Croatia
Lucette | Mburucuya Victoria Fleitas & Oscar Javier Ayala | Paraguay
Malqueridas | Tana Gilbert | Chile, Germany
Mandoob | مندوب الليل | Ali Kalthami | Saudi Arabia
Melody | Behrouz Sebt Rasoul | Tajikistan
Mighty Afrin: In The Time Of Floods | Angelos Rallis | Greece, France
Mommy's Lambie | Umut Evirgen | Turkey
Montevideo Unit | Tatyana Lyutaeva | Russian Federation
Mountain Onion | Eldar Shibanov | Kazakhstan
My Aunt Gilma | Alexandra Henao | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic
Not A Word | Hanna Slak | Germany
Once Upon a Time in the Andes | Rómulo Sulca | Peru
Öte | Malik Isasis & Esra Saydam | United States
Palimpsest |  | Hanna Västinsalo | Finland
Rain Town |  | Tunku Mona Riza Tunku Khalid | Malaysia
Seagrass | Meredith Hama-Brown | Canada
Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes | Seneca – Oder: Über die Geburt von Erdbeben | Robert Schwentke | Germany
Seventh Heaven |  | Jasna Nanut | Croatia
Shame on Dry Land | Syndabocken | Axel Petersén | Sweden, Malta
Sharp Wounds | Mariana Musalem Ramos | Mexico
Sima's Unfinished Narration | Alireza Samadi Samadi | Iran
Snowstorm | Sabit Kurmanbekov | Kazakhstan
Stepne | Maryna Vroda | Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
Suffocated | Luciano Podcaminsky | Argentina, Costa Rica
Sunday | Yakshanba | Shokir Kholikov | Uzbekistan
The Accident |  | Bruno Carboni | Brazil
The Beautiful Summer |  | Laura Luchetti | Italy
The Bubble |  | Miguel Angel Rocca | Argentina
The Chapel |  | Dominique Deruddere | Belgium
The Drunk |  | André Marques | Portugal
The Fisherman's Daughter |  | Edgar de Luque Jácome | Colombia
The Gospel Of The Beast |  | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines
The Invisible Steps Through Latin America |  | Johnny Mauricio González Zuñiga | Costa Rica
The Land Where Winds Stood Still |  | Ardak Amirkulov | Kazakhstan
The Last Birthday |  | Navid Mahmoudi | Afghanistan
The Punishment |  | Matías Bize | Chile
The Reeds |  | Cemil Ağacıkoğlu | Turkey, Bulgaria
Thiiird |  | Karim Kassem | Lebanon
This Place |  | V. T. Nayani | Canada
Three Sparks |  | Naomi Uman | Albania
Thunders |  | Ioane Bobeica | Moldova
Toll | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil, Portugal
Twenty20 |  | Wong Kwang Han | Singapore
Toxic |  | Stefan Vorzacek | Czech Republic
Tzadik | Праведник | Sergei Ursuliak | Russia
Under The Naked Sky | Lilian Sijbesma | Netherlands
Wake Me | Marko Santic | Slovenia
Wheatfield | Anabel Caso | Mexico
Whispering Mountains | Jagath Manuwarna | Sri Lanka
Wild | Shahrareh Soroosh | Iran
When Fucking Spring Is In The Air | Danyael Sugawara | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

The Melody movie, written, directed, produced, and edited by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul, was selected as the Tajik entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards,[23]

### Restored classics

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The birth centenary of actor Dev Anand is celebrated with restored versions of some of his classics.[24] There are three internationally restored films also in this section.[25] Four regional films are also screened in this section.[26]

Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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1962  | Bees Saal Baad |  | Biren Nag | India
1937  | Bidyapati |  | Debaki Bose | India
1974  | Chorus |  | Mrinal Sen | India
1965  | Guide |  | Vijay Anand | India
1964  | Haqeeqat |  | Chetan Anand | India
1951  | Pathala Bhairavi |  | K. V. Reddy | India
1965  | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | Тіні забутих предків | Sergei Parajanov | Ukraine
1953  | Shyamchi Aai | श्यामची आई | P. K. Atre | India
1973  | The Exorcist | William Friedkin | USA
1990  | Twilight | Szürkület | György Fehér | Hungary

### UNICEF @ IFFI

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Source:[27][28]

Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production countrie(s)

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1996  | Damu | দামু | Raja Sen | India
2023  | For the Sake of Ava |  | Mohsen Seraji  | Iran
2023  | Gandhi & Co. | Manish Saini | India
2022  | Peacock Lament |  | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara | Sri Lanka
2022  | Singo |  | Alireza Mohammadi Rouzbahany  | Iran

## Awards and winners

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Stephan Komandarev, Best Director award for Blaga's Lessons Best Actress: Mélanie Thierry for Party of Fools Image | Recipient | Country | Ref.

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Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

| Michael Douglas | United States | [29]

Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema Award

| Madhuri Dixit | India  | [29]
Winner(s)  | Work/ director  | Ref.

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Golden Peacock (Best Film)

Endless Borders | Abbas Amini  | [29]

Best Director

Stephan Komandarev | Blaga's Lessons | [29]

Best Actor

Pouria Rahimi Sam  | Endless Borders | [29]

Best Actress

Mélanie Thierry | Party of Fools | [29]

Best Debut Film of a Director

When The Seedlings Grow | Rêger Azad Kaya  | [29]

Special Jury Award

Rishab Shetty | Kantara | [29]

ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

Drift | Anthony Chen | [29]

Best Web Series Award

Panchayat Season 2 | Deepak Kumar Mishra  | [29]

## See also

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* List of film festivals in India
* 52nd International Film Festival of India

## References

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