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| award = International Film Festival of India<br />
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| awarded_for = Best of World cinema<br />
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| presenting_org = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]<br />
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| presented_date = December 3 2006<br />
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| best_feature ="The Old Barber" (Le Vieux Barbier)" <br />
| last =36th<br />
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The '''37th [[International Film Festival of India]]''' was held from November 23 – December 3 2006 in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061119/spectrum/main1.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/top-awards-for-asian-films/article18505546.ece|title=Top awards for Asian films|date=4 December 2006|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm37IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=37IIFA.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=iffi.nic.in|access-date=2018-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415013528/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm37IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=37IIFA.pdf|archive-date=2016-04-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> The jury, headed by Australian director [[Rolf de Heer]], consisted of French director [[Olivier Assayas]], Polish actress [[Grażyna Szapołowska]], Argentinian actress [[Leticia Bredice]] and India's [[Jahnu Barua]].<ref name="thehindu.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/IFFI-focus-on-South-India/article15736510.ece|title=IFFI: focus on South India|date=26 November 2006|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> <br />
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The Technical Retrospective was instituted this year, which will cover topics on Digital Editing including a film ‘Cutting Edge’ followed by a Presentation by Editor [[Steven Cohen (film editor)|Steven Cohen]], while special Presentations on Film Restoration and Digital Animation were made by the technicians from Italy.<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=22215|title=English Releases|publisher=}}</ref> <br />
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The festival paid Homage to 11 Indian film personalities. These include [[Nadira (actress)|Nadira]], Actress, [[Naushad Ali]], Music Director, [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]], Actor, Malayalam Cinema, [[P. Bhanumathi]], Actress, Dancer, Director, Writer, Telugu and Tamil Cinema, [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], Actress, [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], [[Dr. Rajkumar]], renowned Kannada Actor, [[Srividya]], Tamil/Malayalam Actress, [[Ustad Bismillah Khan]], [[Parveen Babi]] and young Punjabi Film Director and two times National Award winner, [[Manoj Punj]].<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=22215|title=English Releases|publisher=}}</ref> <br />
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A new section "NFDC Down The Ages" featuring 6 films including ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' and ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro]]'' celebrated the contributions of [[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]].<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=22215|title=English Releases|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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==Winners==<br />
*Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: "The Old Barber" (Le Vieux Barbier)" by "[[Hasi Chaolu]]" (Chinese film)<br />
*Silver Peacock Award for the Most Promising Asian Director: "An Kung-Lee" for " A Short Life" (South Korean film)<br />
*Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock: "[[Nirontor]]" by "[[Abu Sayeed (film director)|Abu Sayeed]]" (Bangladeshi film).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/><br />
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== Official selections ==<br />
=== Special screenings ===<br />
===Opening film===<br />
* ''[[Volver]]'' by [[Pedro Almodovar]] (Spanish film)<br />
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===Closing film===<br />
* ''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]'' by [[Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu]] (American film).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/><br />
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