Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko’s Ring Wandering, which explores Tokyo’s wartime past, bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the closing ceremony of the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa.
The Golden Peacock has a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh for Kaneko and ₹20 lakh for producer Takashi Shiotsuki.
- Czech Republic’s Václav Kadrnka won the Silver Peacock for Best Director for Saving One Who Is Dead, while the Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male) was bagged by Jitendra Joshi for his performance in Nikhil Mahajan’s Godavari. Joshi, who is also the Marathi drama’s co-producer, received a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.
- Indian and Marathi Actor Jitendra Bhikulal Joshi receives Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male), for portraying Late Marathi actor and filmmaker Nishikant Kamat in Godavari;
- Lingui, The Sacred Bonds – an internationally co-produced drama film recounting the story of the sacred relationship between a mother and daughter and their survival against the harsh laws set by men – won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at IFFI 52.
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