7th International Film Festival of India

Indian film festival

7th International Film Festival of India

Awarded for| Best of World cinema
Presented by| Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented on| 1979
Official website| www.iffigoa.org
Best Feature Film| "Hungarian Rhapsody"

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The 7th International Film Festival of India was held from 3–17 January 1979 in New Delhi.[1] The festival opened with "Junoon" by Shyam Benegal in the out of Competition world premiere. The festival was the only competitive and exclusive international film festival organised in the entire Third World during 1978–79. For the first time in the history of the Indian Competitive film festivals, the Jury was headed by a foreigner, Qusmane Sembene of Senegal. There were two women on the jury (Chantal Akerman – Belgium, and Marta Maszaves – Hungary) for the first time.[2]

## Winners

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* Golden Peacock (Best Film): "Hungarian Rhapsody" by Miklós Jancsó (Hungarian film)
* Golden Peacock (Best Short Film) "An Encounter with Faces" (India)
"Olympic Games" (Poland)
* IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) (Silver Peacock) Shankar Nag for "Ondanondu Kaladalli"[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. ^ "International Film Festival in India". rrtd.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
3. ^ Ray, Bibekananda (5 April 2017). Conscience of The Race. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 9788123026619 – via Google Books.

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