The 10th
International Film Festival of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...
was held from 3-16 January 1985 in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...
. For the first time, the festival had an international panorama of select short films, and documentaries, in an effort to create an identity for short films.
In 1986 when "Filmotsav" 86 was held in Calcutta, the Festival dates were changed from 3-17 January to 10-24 January.
Winners
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Golden Peacock (Best Film): "
The Bostonians
''The Bostonians'' is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ''The Century Magazine'' in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centres on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political co ...
" by
James Ivory
James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screen ...
"
Ruthless Romance" by
Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satiriz ...
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Golden Peacock (Best Short Film) ''
Narcissus'' (Canadian film)
References
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1985 film festivals
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1985 in Indian cinema