Iranian film Daughter bagged the Best film award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) with Golden Peacock Trophy and a cash prize of 40 lakh rupees. The festival concluded this evening at Goa.
Iranian actor Farhad Aslani won the Best Actor (male) award for his portrayal of the strict father in the same film ‘Daughter’ and Elina Vaska won the Best Actress Award for the film “Fellow Mud”, each picking up the Silver Peacock and Rs 10 lakhs in cash prize.
The Best Director award was given to Baris Kaya and Soner Caner for the Turkish film Rauf, who bagged the Silver Peacock Trophy and cash prize of Rs. 15 lalkh. Elina Vaska won the Best Actress Award for the Latvian film “Fellow Mud”. Special Jury award was given to Lee Joon-ik for the Direction of the movie “The Throne”.
The ICFT -UNESCO Gandhi Medal was awarded to Turkish film maker Mustafa Kara’s ‘Cold of Kalandar’. Canadian multi-lingual film ‘The Apology’ won the Special Mention under the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal competition.
The Closing ceremony witnessed glitz and glamour through the scintillating musical performances representing a rich musical culture of India composed by Sachin Jigar. SS Rasjamouli, Director of blockbuster film Baahubali was chief guest at the closing ceremony.
Speaking on this occasion, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore has said that the government will support films that win international awards.
He said the government will treat international award winning films the way it treats the sports persons that win awards in the international competitions. Stating that films can be made by anyone who has good idea, he said there is great potential and opportunity in the country for film makers.
