[CA] IFFI 2019 - Awards

Award Name	Winner (Film / Actors)	Direction	Prize
Golden Peacock Award (Best Film)	Particle (French)	Blaise Harrison	Rs 40 lakhs to be shared equally between the Director and the Producer, Trophy and the citation
‘Particles’ is an “ambitious yet modest film about the mysteries of being a teenager,”
Silver Peacock Award (Best Director)	Jallikattu (Malayalam)	Lijo Jose Pellissery	A citation and a cash prize of Rs 15 lakhs
Film is the portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence. In a story that starts as man versus wild, it doesn't take that long before man becomes the wild.
Silver Peacock Trophy (Best Actor (Male) Award )	Marighella (Brazilian)	Seu Jorge	Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs
For “ the powerful and charismatic portrayal of a revolutionary, very relevant in our increasingly authoritarian times”
Silver Peacock Trophy (Best Actor (Female) Award )	Mai Ghatt: Crime No. 103/2005 (Marathi)	Usha Jadhav	Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs
For her “understated and powerful performance of a mother defending her child’s honour against the injustice of a corrupt system”
Silver Peacock Award (Special Jury Award)	Balloon	Pema Tseden	A citation and a cash prize of Rs 15 lakhs
For “the beauty of the film language and the authenticity of the actors”.
ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal	Rwanda (Italian)	Riccardo Salvetti
Bahattar Hoorain, the Indian (Hindi) movie directed by Sanjay P. Singh Chauhan earned the special mention under ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi medal category.

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[CA] IFFI 2019

The Chief Guests of IFFI, Superstar Rajinikanth was awarded with ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’, at the inauguration of the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2019), in Panaji, Goa on November 20, 2019. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, Mr. Prakash Javadekar, the Chief Guests of IFFI, Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the Chief Minister of Goa, Mr. Pramod Sawant, the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr. Babul Supriyo and the Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Mr. Amit Khare are also seen.

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[CA] IFFI 2019: Lifetime Achievement Award

One of the most famous and most popular French actor of her generation Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Jubilee edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019.

The Union Minister further said that the 50th edition of IFFI will showcase fifty films of fifty women directors which reflect the contribution of women in cinema.

The Lifetime Achievement Award, IFFI, is the highest honour and the most prestigious award of the festival. The award carries a cash prize of INR 10,000,00/- .The French actor will be conferred this prestigious award for her remarkable artistic skills and her outstanding journey and vivid contribution to Cinema.
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[CA] Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI

In a first, the Government of India has constituted a special award titled ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ which will be conferred upon the eminent film personality Mr. S. Rajinikanth.

This was announced by Union Information & Broadcasting minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi. Ministry of Information in a press release said that, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the award for the ‘Icon of the Golden Jubilee of IFFI 2019 is being conferred on cine star RajiniKanth.

In a long and eventful career, Rajinikanth has acted in over 170 films in many languages, including Tamil, TelUgu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali. He also had a starring role in the Hollywood production, Blood Stone (1988).

The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan (2000) and the Padma Vibhushan (2016). At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year"

2019 marks the 50th year of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which is often counted amongst one of the earliest film festivals of the Asian continent. The 50th International Film Festival of India,2019 will witness over 200 best films  from 76 countries, 26 feature films and 15 non feature films in Indian panorama section and more than 10,000 people and film lovers are expected to participate in the golden jubilee edition.