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Template:Infobox film award The IFFI Award for Best Director (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Director Award) is an honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since the 40th IFFI 2009 for the best direction in World cinema.[1][2] Earlier the award was presented as the "Silver Peacock for the Most Promising Asian Director" during "31st IFFI 2000" to "39th IFFI 2008"[3][4]

Recipients

IFFI Best Director Award (2009–Present)

List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s),language(s) and Country
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[[40th International Film Festival of India|2009
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Ounie Lecomte A Brand New Life Korean Template:Flag [5]
[[41st International Film Festival of India|2010
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Susanne Bier "In a Better World" Danish Template:Flag [5]
[[42nd International Film Festival of India|2011
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Asghar Farhadi "A Separation" Persian Template:Flag [6]
[[43rd International Film Festival of India|2012
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Jeon Kyu-hwan The Weight Korean Template:Flag [7]
[[44th International Film Festival of India|2013
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Kaushik Ganguly Apur Panchali Bengali Template:Flag [8]
[[45th International Film Festival of India|2014
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Nadav Lapid "The Kindergarten Teacher" Hebrew Template:Flag [9]
[[46th International Film Festival of India|2015
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Peter Greenaway "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" Spanish Template:Flag [10]
[[47th International Film Festival of India|2016
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Soner Kanar and Baris Kaya "Rauf" Turkish Template:Flag [11]
[[48th International Film Festival of India|2017
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Vivian Qu Angels Wear White Chinese Template:Flag [12]
[[49th International Film Festival of India|2018
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Lijo Jose Pellissery "Ee.Ma.Yau." Malayalam Template:Flag [13]
[[50th International Film Festival of India|2019
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Lijo Jose Pellissery "Jallikattu" Malayalam Template:Flag [14]
[[51st International Film Festival of India|2020
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Chen-Nien Ko "The Silent Forest" Taiwanese Template:Flag [15]
[[52nd International Film Festival of India|2021
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Václav Kadrnka Saving One Who Was Dead Czech Template:Flag [16]
[[53rd International Film Festival of India|2022
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Nader Saeivar "No End" Persian Template:Flag [17]
[[54th International Film Festival of India|2023
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Stephan Komandarev Blaga's Lessons Bulgarian Template:Flag [18]
[[55th International Film Festival of India|2024
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Bogdan Mureșanu The New Year That Never Came Romanian Template:Flag [19]
[[56th International Film Festival of India|2025
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Santosh Davakhar Gondhal Marathi Template:Flag [20]

IFFI Most Promising Asian Director Award (2000–2008)

List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s),language(s) and Country
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[[31st International Film Festival of India|2000
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Nonzee Nimibutr "Nang Nak" Thai Template:Flag [3]
[[33rd International Film Festival of India|2002
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Reza Mirkarimi "zir e noor e maah" ("Under the Moonlight") Persian Template:Flag [21]
[[34th International Film Festival of India|2003
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Ra'anan Alexandrowicz "James' Journey to Jerusalem" Hebrew Template:Flag [22]
[[35th International Film Festival of India|2004
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Ekachai Uekrongtham "Beautiful Boxer" Thai Template:Flag [23][24]
[[36th International Film Festival of India|2005
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Vera Fogwill "Kept and Dreamless" Spanish Template:Flag [25]
[[37th International Film Festival of India|2006
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An Kung-Lee "A Short Life" Korean Template:Flag [26]
[[38th International Film Festival of India|2007
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Pongpat Wachirabunjong "Me... Myself" Thai Template:Flag [27][28]
[[39th International Film Festival of India|2008
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Sergey Dvortsevoy "Tulpan" Kazakh Template:Flag [29]

References

  1. English Releases.
  2. English Releases.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Directorate of Film Festival. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  4. Still no character or class. The Hindu(2000-02-06).Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
  5. 5.0 5.1 India wins Golden Peacock after 10 yrs – Times of India. The Times of India(3 December 2010).
  6. 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) – Goa – 2011 – Shadow Play India. www.shadowplayindia.com.
  7. 43rd IFFI closes with Meera Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. pib.nic.in.
  8. 'Beatriz's War' wins Golden Peacock at 44th International film festival of India – Times of India. The Times of India(December 2013).
  9. Russian film Leviathan wins Golden Peacock at IFFI 2014(30 November 2014).
  10. Key highlights of the 46th International Film Festival of India. pib.nic.in.
  11. 47th IFFI Concluded in Goa(29 November 2016).
  12. IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'(28 November 2017).
  13. Donbass wins Golden Peacock at IFFI. The Hindu(28 November 2018).
  14. Particles wins the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 - Times of India. The Times of India(28 November 2019). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  15. 51st International Film Festival of India: Winners list. Indian Express(24 January 2021). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  16. Japanese movie 'Ring Wandering' wins Golden Peacock Award at 52nd edition of IFFI. Devdiscourse(28 November 2021). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  17. IFFI 2022 winners list: I Have Electric Dreams wins big(28 November 2022).
  18. Winners at IFFI54(29 November 2023). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  19. Lithuanian Drama 'Toxic' Wins Top Prize at 55th International Film Festival of India. Variety(28 November 2024). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  20. 56th IFFI Concludes in Goa, Vietnamese Film Wins Golden Peacock. News On Air. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  21. Tame fare at the festival, Gopalakrishnan, Amulya. frontline.in(8 November 2002). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  22. Iranian film gets Golden Peacock at IFFI 2003(19 October 2003).
  23. Beach Screening Makes Its Debut with Mission Impossible at the 35th IFFI Goa 2004. businesswireindia.com.
  24. The Hindu Business Line : Finally, a permanent address!, blanj. www.thehindubusinessline.com.
  25. http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/05/stories/2005120514320100.htmTemplate:Dead link
  26. IFFI: focus on South India. The Hindu(26 November 2006).
  27. English Releases.
  28. Taiwan film wins Golden Peacock. The Hindu(4 December 2007).
  29. IFFI 2008 kicks off in Goa. The Hindu(22 November 2008). Retrieved 26 November 2009.

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