IFFI Best Film Award
| 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 award | 1965[2] |
| Final award | 2025 |
| Most recent winner | Skin of Youth |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 38 |
| First winner | Gamperaliya |
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]
List of recipients
[edit | edit source]The award carries a cash prize of ₹40 lakh (US$47,000) 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]
Golden Peacock Award winners (Best Feature Film)
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Discontinued awards
[edit | edit source]Silver Peacock Award winners (Best Feature Film)
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Film | Director | Country |
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| 3rd | Nirjan Saikate | Tapan Sinha |  India
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| 29th | Paper Airplanes | Farhad Mehhranfar | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran |
| 45th | Ek Hazarachi Note | Shrihari Sathe | India
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Golden Peacock Award winners (Best Short Film)
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Film | Country |
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| 3rd | Cyclone | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
| 4th | Taking off at 1800 Hours | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
| 5th | Automatic | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia |
| 6th | After the Silence | India
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| 7th | An Encounter with Faces Olympic Games |
India Poland
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| 8th | A Period of Transition | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
| 9th | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 10th | Narcissus | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| 11th | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
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Silver Peacock Award winners (Best Short Film)
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| 4th | Man and the Crow | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka |
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