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50th International Film Festival of India

Indian film festival

Golden Peacock: (Particles)
Lifetime Achievement Award: (Isabelle Hupert)

Hosted by

Sonali Kulkarni
Kunal Kapoor
Karan Johar

Festival date20–28 November 2019Websiteiffigoa.orgInternational Film Festival of India

The 50th International Film Festival of India was held from 20 to 28 November 2019 in Goa.^[1]^[2] Russia is the country of focus with eight Russian language films being screened.^[3]

Jury

John Bailey, Chairperson^[4]^[5]
Robin Campillo, French screenwriter, editor and film director
Zhang Yang, Chinese film director, screenwriter
Lynne Ramsay, Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer
Ramesh Sippy, Indian director

Winners

Golden Peacock (Best Film): Particles by Blaise Harrison
IFFI Best Director Award: Lijo Jose Pellissery for Jallikattu
IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène for Abou Leila and Marius Olteanu for Monsters.
IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Seu Jorge for Marighella
IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Usha Jadhav for Mai Ghat : Crime No 103/2015
Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Pema Tseden for Balloon
Special Mention: Hellaro by Abhishek Shah

Special awards

Life Time Achievement Award - Isabelle Hupert^[6]
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Riccardo Salvetti for Rwanda
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal (Special mention): Sanjay Puran Singh for Bahattar Hoorain (72 Hoorain)^[6]
IFFI Golden Jubilee ICON Award: Rajinikanth^[6]

Official Selections

Opening Film

Despite the Fog (Italy)^[7]

Closing Film

Marghe and Her Mother (Italy)^[8]

References

^ "IFFI 2019: Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth to attend opening ceremony in Goa". India Today. Ist.
^ "IFFI 2019 Announces Official Films Selection for Indian Panorama 2019". 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "With Russia as Focus Country, IFFI 2019 Looks to Revive Old Ties". News18.
^ "50th International Film Festival of India International Jury" (PDF).^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "John Bailey Ex. President Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to head the International Jury of 50th IFFI".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rajinikanth, Isabelle Huppert to Be Honoured at IFFI 2019". 2 November 2019.
^ "Italian drama 'Despite the Fog' to open 50th Indian Film Festival". Business Standard India. 7 November 2019 – via Business Standard.
^ ""Marghe and Her Mother" to be the closing film at50th IFFI". 7 November 2019.