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Major Awards at 52nd IFFI

  • 07 Dec 2021

Golden Peacock (Best Film)

  • Ring Wandering (Japan) by Masakazu Kaneko

Silver Peacock

  • Best Director: Vaclav Kadrnka for ‘Saving One Who Was Dead’ (Czech Republic)
  • IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Jitendra Joshi for Godavari (India)
  • IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Ángela Molina for ‘Charlotte’ (Paraguay)

Other Awards

  • Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award: Martin Scorsese (American filmmaker) and István Szabo (Hungarian filmmaker)
  • Indian Film Personality of the Year: Hema Malini and Prasoon Joshi

ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal

  • 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.
  • It is a film by Chad filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and was co-produced by Belgium, France, and Germany.
  • Every year at IFFI, ICFT, Paris and UNESCO comes together to present the Gandhi medal to one film.
  • 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.