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{{short description|Indian film festival}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number =40
| award = International Film Festival of India
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of World cinema
| award_org =
| presenting_org = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| announced_date =
| presented_date = December 3, 2009
| host =
| website = {{URL|http://www.iffigoa.org/}}
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature ="[[Cannot Live Without You]]"
| last =39th
| next =41st
}}
The '''40th [[International Film Festival of India]]''' was held from November 23 - December 3, 2009 in [[Goa]]. Veteran actors [[Waheeda Rahman]] and [[Mammootty]] were the Chief guests for the edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=54242|title=English Releases|publisher=}}</ref> The 75 years of Assamese Cinema was celebrated by a special section featuring five films. Assamese film personalities Jahnu Barua, Gyanada Kakoti, Bidya Rao and Manju Bora were present on the occasion. For the first time, Malegaon industry of remakes received an international platform with the screening of two of their films.<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=55131|title=English Releases|publisher=}}</ref>

Under Golden Jubilee Retro section, the sterling contributions of film personalities who have completed 50 years in the industry was acknowledged [[Asha Parekh]], [[Sharmila Tagore]] and [[Soumitra Chatterjee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2009/12/03/0004274/taiwanese-film-i-cant-live-without-you-wins-golden-peacock-iffi|title=Taiwanese film "I Can't Live Without You" wins Golden Peacock at IFFI - NetIndian|website=netindian.in}}</ref> The competition jury was headed by Brazilian director [[Joao Batista de Andrade]]. Other members of the jury were Kenichi Okubu (Japan), [[Jean-Michel Frodon]] (France), [[Sarika]] Takhur (India) and [[Vic Sarin]] (Canada).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/>

[[File:The Jury of Competition Section headed by Mr. Joao Batista de Andrade (Brazil), along with the members, Mr. Vic Sarin (Canada), Mr. Kenichi Okubu (Tokyo) Ms. Sarika (India) and Mr. Jean-Michel Frodon (France).jpg|thumb|The Jury of Competition Section headed by Mr. Joao Batista de Andrade (Brazil), along with the members, Mr. Vic Sarin (Canada), Mr. Kenichi Okubu (Tokyo) Ms. Sarika (India) and Mr. Jean-Michel Frodon (France), at the inauguration of the 40th International Film Festival (IFFI-2009), at Kala Academy, in Panaji, Goa on November 23, 2009.]]

==Winners==
*Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: "[[Cannot Live Without You]]" by "[[Leon Dai]] " (Taiwanese film)
*Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock Award: "[[Giorgi Ovashvili]]" for "[[The Other Bank]]" (Georgean film)
*Silver Peacock Award for Best Director: "Ounie Lecomte" for "A Brand New Life" (South Korean film).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/>

== Official selections ==
=== Special screenings ===
===Opening film===
*"[[Wheat (film)|Wheat]]" by "[[He Ping (director)|He Ping]]" (Chinese film).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/>

===Closing film===
*"[[Broken Embraces]]" by "[[Pedro Almodóvar]]" (Spanish film).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shadowplayindia.com/shadow-play/40th-international-film-festival-india-iffi-2009|title=40th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA (IFFI) 2009 - Shadow Play India|website=www.shadowplayindia.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{International Film Festival of India|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:2009 film festivals]]
[[Category:International Film Festival of India|40th]]
[[Category:2009 in Indian cinema]]

40th International Film Festival of India - Revision history

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