The 53rd edition of IFFI, the International Film Festival of India, closed on November 28 in Goa. The very first edition of IFFI was conducted for the first time in 1952, in what was then Bombay.
ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal 2022
- Iranian film Nargesi by Director Payam Eskandari has won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India, given for a film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.
- The UNESCO issued commemorative medal in 1994, marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Since then the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award is being given to a film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.
Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2022
- Mega Star of Tollywood, Padma Bhushan awardee Shree Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad popularly known as Chiranjeevi has been presented with Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2022, at the closing ceremony of 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.
Golden Peacock 2022
- The prestigious Golden Peacock for the Best Film of the festival goes to Spanish film Tengo sueños eléctricos / I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS, a movie which the jury finds to be bringing to the screen the present and the future of cinema. Directed by Costa Rican film maker Valentina Maurel, the film explores 16-year-old girl Eva’s passage into adulthood, a process that is not just about getting older, a process which so profound that sometimes it can break people in a certain way.
- Iranian writer and director Nader Saeivar gets Silver Peacock for Best Director for No End, a magical and subtle portrayal of Iran’s regressive socio-political system.
- The Turkish film No End / Bi Payan, which depicts the manipulations and machinations of Iran’s secret police, has fetched its director Nader Saeivar the Silver Peacock for the Best Director.
- Vahid Mobasseri, lead actor of No End, is honoured with Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male), for transmitting the complexity of feelings that torment the protagonist.
- Daniela Marín Navarro, lead Actor of Best Film ‘I Have Electric Dreams’ is honoured with Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Female).
- Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz gets Special Jury Award for When the Waves are Gone / Kapag wala nang mga alon.
