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{{Short description|Annual film festival in Gujarat, India}}
{{Infobox film festival
| name = Ahmedabad International Film Festival
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| host = Omguru<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Trust Of India |url=https://www.ptinews.com/story/business/Omguru-s-Vision--Transforming-Gujarati-Cinema-with-the-Ahmedabad-International-Film-Festival/2178904 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.ptinews.com}}</ref>
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| location = [[Ahmedabad]], India
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| main = Current: 2025
| previous = 2024
| next = 2026
| language = International
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| website = {{URL|theaiff.com}}
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The '''Ahmedabad International Film Festival''' (also known as '''AIFF''') is an international [[film festival]] held annually in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Registrations now open for Ahmedabad International Film Festival |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/registrations-now-open-for-ahmedabad-international-film-festival-9719804/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The festival was founded by Omguru in 2009 to promote the global exchange of ideas and stories, to showcase their talent to contemporary cinema, art and emerging and established [[filmmakers]]. More than 100 films were screened during the 2024 festival.

2024, the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the AIFF, was honored at a reputed writer and poet [[Madhav Ramanuj]], known for his intense contribution to Gujarati literature. Padma Shri [[Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor]] received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his social and disability welfare contribution. Actress [[Aayushi Dholakia|Ayushi Dholakia]] won the Best [[Supporting actress]] Award at AIFF for her role in the film Kanubhai The Great.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aayushi Dholakia wins Best Supporting Actress award at Ahmedabad International Film Festival |url=https://www.femina.in/beauty-pageants/miss-india/aayushi-dholakia-wins-best-supporting-actress-award-at-ahmedabad-international-film-festival/articleshow/151038466.cms |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.femina.in |language=en}}</ref> Actor [[Varun Kapoor]] attended the event as the chief guest.

2025 Over 3,000 films, spanning [[short film]]s, [[feature film]]s, and [[Documentary film|documentaries]] from more than 105 [[Country|countries]], have been registered to date at the Ahmedabad International Film Festival (AIFF).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Registrations now open for Ahmedabad International Film Festival |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/registrations-now-open-for-ahmedabad-international-film-festival-9719804/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Empowering Talent: The Ahmedabad International Film Festival and the Growth of Gujarati Cinema |url=https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/empowering-talent-the-ahmedabad-international-film-festival-and-the-growth-of-gujarati-cinema/81882987.html |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Ahmedabad Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |access-date=2025-04-09 |title=Ahmedabad International Film Festival Organized By Divyang Saint Omguru |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/local/gujarat/ahmedabad/news/ahmedabad-international-film-festival-organized-by-divyang-saint-omguru-134806198.html |work=Divya Bhaskar |language=Gujarati}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-09 |title=Spiritual healer Omguru's another feat: Organises 16th edition of Ahmedabad International Film Festival |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/spiritual-healer-omgurus-another-feat-organizes-16th-edition-of-ahmedabadinternational-film-festival/articleshow/121030024.cms |access-date=2025-07-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Awards ==
AIFF 2025 has 76 different category awards for films and short-films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Festival |first=Ahmedabad International Film |title=Ahmedabad International Film Festival |url=https://ahmedabadinternationalfilmfestival.com/awards/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=ahmedabadinternationalfilmfestival.com |language=EN}}</ref>

=== AIFF 2025 Winner List ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! colspan="2" | Category
! Movie
! Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Festival Mention 
| [[Srikanth (film)|Srikanth]]
| [[Rajkummar Rao|Rajkumar Rao]], [[Tushar Hiranandani]]
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| [[Chandu Champion]]
| [[Kartik Aaryan]], [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]]
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|-
| rowspan="15" | Short Film
| Best Supporting Actor
| Mukth
| Shahid Kabeer
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|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Alarm Gadhi
| Dr Chetna Chauhan
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|-
| rowspan="2" | Best Actor
| Funeral Bier "[[Gahvara]]"
| [[Himansh Kohli]]
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|-
| Hunaar
| [[Rohit Roy]]
|
|-
| Best Actress
| Rekhaa
| Tanvi Nimbhorkar
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | Best Director
| Hunaar
| Sujoy Mukharjee
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|-
| Sabina
| Sanatan
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|-
| Best Short Film
| Trumpet
| Aashish Bathri, Ashish Sahu, Yug Uikey
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|-
| Best Child Actor
| Radha
| [[Jigyasa Singh]]
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|-
| rowspan="6" | Jury Mention Short Film
| Kaala Jamun
| Atul Shrivastav
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|-
| Kaunsi Team ?
| Jaywant Wadkar
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|-
| Help Yourself
| Utkarsh Chaturvedi
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|-
| A Night, After All
| Anshul Agrawal
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|-
| Free as Bird
| Ashish Vidyarthi
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|-
| Betelgeuse
| Sunder Konar
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|-
| rowspan="16" | Feature Film
| Best Supporting Actor
| [[Malhar (film)|Malhar]]
| [[Sharib Hashmi]]
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|-
| rowspan="2" | Best Supporting Actress
| Banaras Ban
| Priyanka Bhole
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|-
| Ekachakram
| Chaithra P
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|-
| Best Actor
| Rotten Society
| T Sunil Punnakkad
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|-
| rowspan="3" | Best Actress
| Banaras Ban
| Akankansha Pandey
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|-
| Mruggjal
| Bhaswati Bora
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|-
| Rukmini
| Snehal Deshmukh
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|-
| Best Director
| [[Teenz]]
| Radhakrishnan Parthiban<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anandraj |first=Shilpa |date=2025-04-30 |title=A four-day retrospective, Samagama, will be held at Suchitra Film Society, where actor-director Suchendra Prasad’s films will be screened |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/a-four-day-retrospective-samagama-will-be-held-at-suchitra-film-society-where-actor-director-suchendra-prasads-films-will-be-screened/article69496817.ece |access-date=2025-06-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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|-
| Best Feature Film
| [[Teenz]]
| Radhakrishnan Parthiban
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| Best Child Actor
| Pravas
| Vishal Thakkar
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|-
| rowspan="6" | Jury Mention Feature Film
| Highdose
| Amika Shail
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|-
| Malhar
| Anjali Patil
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|-
| Ekachakram
| K Suchendra Prasad
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|-
| Pravas
| Vipul Sharma
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|-
| Chal Zindagi
| Sanjay Mishra
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|-
| [[Teenz]]
| [[Yogi Babu]]
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|-
| rowspan="14" | Creative Award
| Best Documentary Film
| Girte Sitaare
| Hitarth Gajjar, Kenil Shah
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| Best VFX
| [[Teenz]]
| Alcon Ravi, M. Subramaniya
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| Best Editor
| The Déjà vu
| Kandarp Joshi
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| rowspan="2" | Best Story
| Taalee-ek Goonj (Clap - A Sound)
| Dr. Sunil Koli
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|-
| Second Chance
| Anish Parag Shah
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| Best Screenplay
| Highdose
| Dilip Vasudeo
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|-
| Best Cinematography
| Mi Draupadi Murmu
| Sandeep Vasant Rasal
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|-
| Best Music Video
| Brother I'M Your Sister
| Kruti Bhut
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|-
| Best Background Music
| Street Fight
| Santhosh R
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|-
| Best Divyang For All Category
| Comicman
| Ananthan Sreekanth<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sreejith |first=K. S. |date=2025-04-17 |title=Wheelchair-bound Malayali filmmaker’s ‘Comicman’ to be screened at Ahmedabad film festival |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Apr/17/wheelchair-bound-malayali-filmmakers-comicman-to-be-screened-at-ahmedabad-film-festival |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
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| Best Costume and Makeup
| Canvas
| Sanjai Chandrasekaran
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| Best Special Effect
| Betelgeuse
| Sunder Konar
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| Student Project
| Two of Hearts
| Aashmani Pramod Bhadane
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| Best Animation
| Love Dosti India
| Prabhat Sardar
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|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|theaiff.com}}
* {{IMDb event|id=0074253}}

[[Category:Film festivals in India]]
[[Category:Culture of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian film festivals]]
[[Category:Lifetime achievement awards]]

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