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{{Short description|Annual international film festival in India}}
{{Infobox film or theatre festival
| name = International Film Festival of India
| image = International Film Festival of India Official Logo.png
| image_size = 250px
| location = [[Goa]], India
| founded = {{start date and age|1952|1|24|df=yes}}
| number =
| host = [[Government of Goa]] [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| awards = {{Plainlist|
*'''Golden Peacock'''
*Best Film
*'''Silver Peacock'''
*Best Director
*Best Actor (Male)
*Best Actor (Female)
*Special Jury Award
*'''Lifetime Achievement'''
*'''Indian Personality of the Year'''
}}
| artistic_director =
| website = {{Official URL}}
| previous = [[50th International Film Festival of India|50th]]
| followed_by = [[51st International Film Festival of India|51st]]
}}

The '''International Film Festival of India''' ('''IFFI'''), founded in 1952,<ref name="Mathews2001">{{cite book|author=M. Mohan Mathews|title=India, Facts & Figures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJERxbWDcJUC&pg=PA134|access-date=31 October 2012|year=2001|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-2285-9|pages=134–}}</ref><ref name="GulzarNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT98|access-date=31 October 2012|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=98–}}</ref> is one of the most significant [[film festival]]s in [[Asia]]. Held annually, currently in the state of [[Goa]], on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the film art; contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos; and promoting friendship and cooperation among people of the world. The festival is conducted jointly by the [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] (under [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]) and the state Government of Goa.<ref name="PIB">{{cite web|title=Key highlights of the 46th International Film Festival of India
|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=132010/|work=PIB|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref>

== Vision ==
''Ayam nijam paroveti gananā laghuchetasām, Udāracharitānām tu vasudhaiva kutumbakam''<ref name="A Festival Showcasing Talent of Lights, Camera and Action! – International Film Festival of India – 2011">{{cite web|title=A Festival Showcasing Talent of Lights, Camera and Action! – International Film Festival of India – 2011|url=http://blog.indiadarshan.in/travel/a-festival-showcasing-talent-of-lights-camera-and-action-international-film-festival-of-india-2011/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218181615/http://blog.indiadarshan.in/travel/a-festival-showcasing-talent-of-lights-camera-and-action-international-film-festival-of-india-2011/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2012|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref>

(Extract from the Vedic scripture [[Maha Upanishad]], meaning "This is for me and that is for other – is the thinking of a narrow-minded person. For those who are broad-minded, liberals, or noble people, the entire world is a one big family.")<ref name="A Festival Showcasing Talent of Lights, Camera and Action! – International Film Festival of India – 2011" />

== History ==
The 1st edition of IFFI was organised by the Films Division, Government of India, with the patronage of the first Prime Minister of India. Held in [[Mumbai]]<ref name=GulzarNihalani2003 /> from 24 January to 1 February 1952, the Festival was subsequently taken to [[Madras]], [[Delhi]], [[Calcutta]] and [[Trivandrum]].<ref name="GiovacchiniSklar2011">{{cite book|author1=Saverio Giovacchini|author2=Robert Sklar|title=Global Neorealism: The Transnational History of a Film Style|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vv09EtmRzUcC&pg=PA179|access-date=31 October 2012|date=1 December 2011|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-122-9|pages=179–}}</ref> In all it had about 40 features and 100 short films. In Delhi, the IFFI was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pt [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] on 21 February 1952.<ref name="Nehru1972">{{cite book|author=Jawaharlal Nehru|title=Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAcLAQAAIAAJ|access-date=31 October 2012|year=1972|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-0-19-563745-8|page=311}}</ref>

The first edition was non-competitive, had 23 countries including the [[United States]] participating with 40 feature films and about a hundred short films. The Indian entries for the festival were [[Awara (1951 film)|Awara]] (Hindi), [[Patala Bhairavi]] (Telugu), [[Amar Bhoopali]] (Marathi) and [[Babla]] (Bengali). This was the first International Film Festival held anywhere in Asia. The notable films shown during the festival were [[Bicycle Thieves]], [[Miracle in Milan]], [[Rome, Open City]] from Italy. Yukiwarisoo (Japan), The Dancing Fleese (UK), [[The River (1938 film)|The River]] (USA) and [[The Fall of Berlin (film)|The Fall of Berlin]] (USSR).

It was for the first time that the Indian Film Industry was exposed to a vast range of outstanding post-war era films. From the 3rd edition in January 1965, IFFI became competitive. It has since then moved to Trivandrum, capital of Kerala. In 1975 the Filmotsav, non-competitive and to be held in other film-making cities in alternate years, was introduced. Later, Filmotsavs were merged in IFFI. In 2004 the IFFI was moved to Goa from Trivandrum. Since then IFFI has been an annual event and competitive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/iffi-2017-goa.html|title=International Film Festival Of India 2017 {{!}} Goa Film festival {{!}} IFFI Awards {{!}} Onmanorama|work=OnManorama|access-date=2017-11-18}}</ref>
The venue for the second festival held in 1961 which was also non-competitive was New Delhi. The third edition of the festival was chaired by [[Satyajit Ray]]. For the first time the festival became competitive, and was graded ‘A’ category by the Paris – based [[FIAPF|Federation International de Producers de Films]].<ref name="rrtd.nic.in">http://rrtd.nic.in/iffi-2002.htm</ref> With this recognition the festival in India came on par with [[Cannes]], [[Berlin]], [[Venice]], [[Karlovy Vary]] and [[Moscow]] International film festivals.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://iffigoa.org/asias-first-film-festivals-iffi-over-years/|title=One of Asia’s First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years.|date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

Following this recognition, India adopted, at its fifth festival in 1975, a permanent insignia. This comprises a representation of the peacock, India’s national bird, with a permanent motto of the festival ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (The whole world is a family). The same year it was decided to hold a non-competitive festival of festival films (Filmotsav) alternating with IFFI. While the Filmotsavs were organized at major film – producing centres of India, IFFI was held in New Delhi only.<ref name="auto"/>

The venue being the same for all festivals, the fourth and fifth festivals were held from 5–18 December 1969 and 30 December 1974-12 January 1975 respectively. From the sixth festival onwards the period as well as the dates for the festival were fixed as 3–17 January every alternate year. The sixth festival was held in 1977 and silver peacock for best actor, actress and director was awarded for the first time. A film market was also set up for the first time by the IMPEC. The Indian Panorama section was instituted from this edition.<ref name="auto"/>

==Chronology of IFFI and Filmotsav==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"|Edition
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Venue
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Competitive <ref name="rrtd.nic.in"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffi.nic.in/iffi.asp|title=:: Welcome To IFFI ::|website=www.iffi.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://inbministry.blogspot.in/2015/11/international-film-festival-of-india.html|title=INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA – A CHRONOLOGY|website=inbministry.blogspot.in}}</ref>
|-
||[[1st International Film Festival of India|1st]]
! scope="row"| 24 January 1952
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{No}}
|-
||[[2nd International Film Festival of India|2nd]]
! scope="row"| 27 October – 2 November 1961
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{No}}
|-
||[[3rd International Film Festival of India|3rd]]
! scope="row"| 8–21 January 1965
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||[[4th International Film Festival of India|4th]]
! scope="row"|5 – 18 December 1969
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||[[5th International Film Festival of India|5th]]
! scope="row"|30 December 1974 – 12 January 1975
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|14 November 1975
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{No}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|2 – 15 January 1976
| Mumbai
| {{No}}
|-
||[[6th International Film Festival of India|6th]]
! scope="row"|3–16 January 1977
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|3 -16 January 1978
| [[Chennai]]
| {{No}}
|-
||[[7th International Film Festival of India|7th]]
! scope="row"|3–16 January 1979
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|3 -16 January 1980
| [[Bengaluru]]
| {{No}}
|-
||[[8th International Film Festival of India|8th]]
! scope="row"|3–16 January 1981
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|3 -16 January 1982
| Kolkata
| {{No}}
|-
||[[9th International Film Festival of India|9th]]
! scope="row"|3–16 January 1983
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|3 -16 January 1984
| Mumbai
| {{No}}
|-
||[[10th International Film Festival of India|10th]]
! scope="row"|3–16 January 1985
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|10–24 January 1986
| [[Hyderabad]]
| {{No}}
|-
||[[11th International Film Festival of India|11th]]
! scope="row"|10–24 January 1987
| New Delhi
| {{yes}}
|-
||Filmotsav
! scope="row"|10–24 January 1988
| [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| {{No}}
|-
||[[12th International Film Festival of India|12th]]
! scope="row"|10–24 January 1989
| New Delhi
| {{No}}
|-
||IFFI '90
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1990
| Kolkata
| {{No}}
|-
||IFFI '91
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1991
| Chennai
| {{No}}
|-
||IFFI '92
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1992
| Bengaluru
| {{No}}
|-
||[[24th International Film Festival of India|24th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1993
| New Delhi
| {{No}}
|-
||[[25th International Film Festival of India|25th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1994
| Kolkata
| {{No}}
|-
||[[26th International Film Festival of India|26th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1995
| Mumbai
| {{No}}
|-
||[[27th International Film Festival of India|27th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1996
| New Delhi
| {{yes}} – Asian Women Directors
|-
||[[28th International Film Festival of India|28th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1997
| Thiruvananthapuram
| {{No}}
|-
||[[29th International Film Festival of India|29th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1998
| New Delhi
| {{yes}} – Asian Directors
|-
||[[30th International Film Festival of India|30th]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 1999
| Hyderabad
| {{No}}
|-
||[[31st International Film Festival of India|31st]]
! scope="row"|10–20 January 2000
| New Delhi
| {{yes}} – Asian Directors
|-
||[[32nd International Film Festival of India|32nd]]
! scope="row"|2001 – Cancelled
| Cancelled
| {{No}}
|-
||[[33rd International Film Festival of India|33rd]]
! scope="row"|1–10 October 2002
| New Delhi
| {{yes}} – Asian Competition
|-
|-
||[[34th International Film Festival of India|34th]]
! scope="row"|9 – 19 October 2003
| New Delhi
| {{yes}} – Asian Competition
|-
|}

==Permanent Venue==
Since 2004, starting from the 35th edition, the International Film Festival of India, became globally competitive, and moved to its permanent venue [[Goa]], and is being held during the months of November and December of each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/sep/26fest.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: 32nd International Film Festival of India cancelled|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/New-MoU-needed-for-Goa-as-permanent-venue/articleshow/942443.cms|title=New MoU needed for Goa as permanent venue – Times of India}}</ref>
The dates for the festival vary each year and there are no fixed dates.

== Golden Peacock Award winners (Feature Films)==
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Original Title !! Director !! Country <ref name="rrtd.nic.in"/>
|-
||[[3rd International Film Festival of India|1990]]|| ''[[Gamperaliya (film)|Gamperaliya]]''||||[[Lester James Peries]] ||{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|-
||[[4th International Film Festival of India|1991]]||''[[The Damned (1969 film)|The Damned]]'' || || [[Luchino Visconti]]||{{flag|Italy}}
|-
||[[5th International Film Festival of India|1992]] ||''Dreaming Youth'' || ||[[János Rózsás]] ||{{flag|Hungary}}
|-
||[[6th International Film Festival of India|1993]] ||''[[Brother and Sister (1976 film)|Brother and Sister]]'' ||''[[Brother and Sister (1976 film)|Ani Imōto]]''||[[Tadashi Imai]] ||{{flag|Japan}}
|-
||[[7th International Film Festival of India|1994]] ||''[[Hungarian Rhapsody (1979 film)|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' |||| [[Miklós Jancsó]] ||{{flag|Hungary}}
|-
||[[8th International Film Festival of India|1995]] || ''The Unknown Soldier’s Patent Leather Shoes'' ''[[Aakrosh (1980 film)|Aakrosh]]''|| || [[Rangel Valchanov]] [[Govind Nihalani]] ||{{flag|Bulgaria}} {{flag|India}}
|-
||[[9th International Film Festival of India|1996]] ||Not Awarded ||Not Awarded || Not Awarded ||Not Awarded
|-
||[[10th International Film Festival of India|1997]] ||''[[The Bostonians (film)|The Bostonians]]'' ''[[A Cruel Romance|Ruthless Romance]]'' || ||[[James Ivory]] [[Eldar Ryazanov]] ||{{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|Russia}}
|-
||[[11th International Film Festival of India|1998]]||''Farewell Green Summer''||''Proshal Zelen Leta''||Elyer Ishmukhamedov|| {{flag|Russia}}
|-
|| [[27th International Film Festival of India|1999]] || ''[[Blush (1995 film)|Blush]]'' || ||[[Li Shaohong]] || {{flag|China}}
|-
|| [[29th International Film Festival of India|2000]] || ''[[The King of Masks]]'' || ||[[Wu Tianming]] || {{flag|China}}
|-
|| [[31st International Film Festival of India|2001]] || ''[[Karunam]]'' ''[[Poppoya|Railroad Man]]''|| Karunam [[Poppoya]] ||[[Jayaraj]] [[Yasuo Furuhata]]|| {{flag|India}} {{flag|Japan}}
|-
|| [[33rd International Film Festival of India|2002]] || ''Letters to Elza'' || ||[[Igor Maslennikov]] || {{flag|Russia}}
|-
|| [[34th International Film Festival of India|2003]] || ''[[At Five in the Afternoon]]'' ||[[imdbtitle:0363303|Panj é asr]]||[[Samira Makhmalbaf]] ||{{flag|Iran}} / {{flag|France}}
|-
||[[35th International Film Festival of India|2004]] || ''[[The Beautiful City]]'' ||[[imdbtitle:0424434|Shah-re ziba]]||[[Asghar Farhadi]] ||{{flag|Iran}}
|-
||[[36th International Film Festival of India|2005]] || ''[[imdbtitle:0472113|Iron Island]]'' ||[[imdbtitle:0472113|Jazireh ahani]]||[[Mohammad Rasoulof]] ||{{flag|Iran}}
|-
|| [[37th International Film Festival of India|2006]] || ''The Old Barber'' || ||[[Hasi Chaolu]] ||{{flag|China}}
|-
| [[38th International Film Festival of India|2007]] || ''The Wall'' ||||Lin Chih Ju ||{{flag|Taiwan}}
|-
|| [[39th International Film Festival of India|2008]] || ''[[Tulpan]]'' ||||[[Sergey Dvortsevoy|Sergei Dvortsevoy]] ||{{flag|Kazakhstan}} / {{flag|Russia}}
|-
||[[40th International Film Festival of India|2009]]|| ''[[Cannot Live Without You]]''||||[[Leon Dai]] ||{{flag|Taiwan}}
|-
||[[41st International Film Festival of India|2010]] || ''[[Moner Manush]]'' ||||[[Gautam Ghose]]|| {{flag|India}}
|-
||[[42nd International Film Festival of India|2011]] || ''[[imdbtitle:1774531|Porfirio]]'' ||||[[imdbname:1622258|Alejandro Landes]]||{{flag|Colombia}} / {{flag|Argentina}}
|-
||[[43rd International Film Festival of India|2012]] || ''[[Anhe Ghore Da Daan]]'' ||||[[Gurvinder Singh]]||{{flag|India}}
|-
||[[44th International Film Festival of India|2013]] || ''[[Beatriz's War]]'' ||[[imdbtitle:3229248|A Guerra da Beatriz]]||[[imdbname:0010286|Luigi Acquisto]] / [[imdbname:5987319|Bety Reis]]||{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|-
||[[45th International Film Festival of India|2014]] || ''[[Leviathan (2014 film)|Leviathan]]'' ||[[imdbtitle:2802154|Leviafan]]||[[imdbname:1168657|Andrey Zvyagintsev]] || {{flag|Russia}}
|-
||[[46th International Film Festival of India|2015]] || ''[[Embrace of the Serpent]]'' ||[[imdbtitle:4285496|El abrazo de la serpiente]]||[[Ciro Guerra]] || {{flag|Colombia}}
|-
|[[47th International Film Festival of India|2016]] || ''[[Daughter (2016 film)|Daughter]]'' || [[:it:Dokhtar|Dokhtar]] || [[Reza Mirkarimi]] || {{flag|Iran}}
|-
|[[48th International Film Festival of India|2017]] || ''[[BPM (Beats per Minute)]]'' |||| [[Robin Campillo]] || {{flag|France}}
|-
|[[49th International Film Festival of India|2018]] || ''[[Donbass (film)|Donbass]]'' |||| [[Sergei Loznitsa]] || {{flag|Ukraine}}
|-
|[[50th International Film Festival of India|2019]] || ''[[Particles (film)|Particles]]'' ||''Les particules'' || Blaise Harrison || {{flag|France}} / {{flag|Switzerland}}
|-
|[[51st International Film Festival of India|2020]] || ''Into the Darkness'' ||''De forbandede år'' || [[Anders Refn]] || {{flag|Denmark}}
|}

== Golden Peacock Award winners (Short Films)==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Edition !! Film !! Country <ref name="rrtd.nic.in"/>
|-
||[[3rd International Film Festival of India|3rd]]|| ''Cyclone''||{{flag|Cuba}}
|-
||[[4th International Film Festival of India|4th]]||''Taking off at 1800 Hours''||{{flag|Cuba}}
|-
||[[5th International Film Festival of India|5th]] ||''Automatic''||{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
||[[6th International Film Festival of India|6th]] ||''After the Silence''||{{flag|India}}
|-
||[[7th International Film Festival of India|7th]] ||''An Encounter with Faces'' ''Olympic Games''||{{flag|India}} {{flag|Poland}}
|-
||[[8th International Film Festival of India|8th]] ||''A Period of Transition''||{{flag|Denmark}}
|-
||[[9th International Film Festival of India|9th]] ||Not Awarded||Not Awarded
|-
||[[10th International Film Festival of India|10th]] ||''[[Narcissus (1983 film)|Narcissus]]''||{{flag|Canada}}
|-
||[[11th International Film Festival of India|11th]] ||Not Awarded||Not Awarded
|-
|}

==Silver Peacock Awards==
*[[IFFI Best Actor Award (Male)]]
*[[IFFI Best Actor Award (Female)]]
*IFFI Best Director Award
*IFFI Best Debut Director Award
*ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
*Life Time Achievement Awards
*Second Best Film
*Special Jury Awards

==Indian Film Personality of the Year==
* Since 2013, on the occasion of 100 years of [[Cinema of India]], the "Centenary Award" for the "Indian Film Personality of the Year" was instituted. The annual award is presented to an Indian film personality for their outstanding contribution to the Indian Film Industry through their craft. This Award consists of a Silver Peacock Medal, a certificate and a cash prize of [[Indian rupee|₹]] 10,00,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffigoa.org/indian-film-personality-iffi2017/|title=Who will be the Indian Film Personality of the Year at IFFI 2017?|date=8 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/waheeda-receives-indian-film-personality-of-the-year-award-at-iffi-1240803.html|title=Waheeda receives Indian Film Personality of the Year award at IFFI}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:50%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Edition
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Image
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Craft
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[44th International Film Festival of India|44th]]
| [[File:Waheeda Rehman (cropped).jpg|100px]]
! [[Waheeda Rahman]]
|Actress
|-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[45th International Film Festival of India|45th]]
| [[File:Rajinikanth during audio release of robot.jpg|100px]]
! [[Rajinikanth]]
|Actor
|-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[46th International Film Festival of India|46th]]
| [[File:Ilaiyaraaja BHung.jpg|100px]]
! [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|Composer
|-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[47th International Film Festival of India|47th]]
| [[File:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in 2013.JPG|100px]]
! [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|Playback singer and composer
|-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[48th International Film Festival of India|48th]]
| [[File:Amitabh.Bachchan.jpg|100px]]
! [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|Actor
|-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[49th International Film Festival of India|49th]]
| [[File:SalimKhan.jpg|100px]]
! [[Salim Khan]]
|Screenwriter
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[51st International Film Festival of India|51st]]
| [[File:Biswajit Deb Chatterjee - Kolkata 2014-02-09 8717.JPG|100px]]
! [[Biswajit Chatterjee]]
|Actor
|}

== Miscellany ==
* The [[Diptendu Pramanick|first IFFI]] was held in 1952, and American director [[Frank Capra]] attended as a part of the US delegation.<ref>[[Frank Capra|Capra, Frank]]. ''The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography'' Vintage Bools, New York, 1985, p. 43</ref>
* On the eve of IFFI 2006, journalist and author Mario Cabral e Sa's book ''Location Goa'', highlighting Goa's contribution to the Hindi film world, was released on 21 November 2006.
* Since 2004, [[Goa]] has hosted IFFI every year. This brings in more visitors to the State, and also coincides with the novenas and feast of the 16th-century Basque missionary-saint [[Francis Xavier]].
*In 2017 edition, IFFI recognized the innovative works of 15 people and companies that had made significant contribution in developing technologies related to media. A special exhibition was held to showcase their work throughout the course of the festival. The recognized personalities included Mithaq Kazimi, Greg Acuna among others.<ref>https://iffigoa.org/tech-media-startup-participants-2017/</ref>
* In January 2021, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the [[51st International Film Festival of India|51st edition of IFFI]] for year 2020 was held as hybrid event, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. In addition many online events were organised.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/first-hybrid-edition-of-iffi-to-go-live-from-january-16-of-224-films-nearly-50-to-be-available-online/articleshow/80289993.cms|title=First hybrid edition of IFFI to go live from January 16; of 224 films, nearly 50 to be available online|author=Swati Mathur|date=15 January 2021|access-date=16 January 2021|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref> Two Goan films were selected for screening in premium and non-premium sections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/goa/meet-these-goan-directors-whose-films-have-made-it-to-iffi-2021/articleshow/80265368.cms|title=Meet these Goan directors whose films have made it to IFFI 2021|author=Kimberly Colaco|date=14 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.iffigoa.org/ Official Festival Website operated by Entertainment Society of Goa ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140129095314/http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/a-world-of-cinema-in-india/article5614287.ece Commemorating the first edition of IFFI – broken link]
*[http://photodivision.gov.in/writereaddata/webimages/thumbnails/25518.jpg Pandit Nehru inaugurating the first IFFI, NPL auditorium, Feb 21, 1952]
*[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001480/ IMDb]

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