The 46th

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was held on 20 to 30 November 2015 in

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. The International Jury was headed by the chairperson, Shekhar Kapur along with UK based director, Micheal Radford, Palestinian based Israel director, Ms. Suha Arraf, German Actress, Julia Jentsch and South Korean filmmaker Jeon Kyu-Hwan. The 13-member Feature Jury was headed by Chairperson,

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, while the 7-member Non-Feature jury was led by Chairperson, Rajendra Janglay.

Winners

* Golden Peacock (Best Film): '' Embrace of the Serpent'' by

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" * IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award:

Vincent Lindon Vincent Lindon (born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker. For his role in the film '' The Measure of a Man'' (2015), Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the 41st César Awards and the IFFI Best Actor A ...

for " The Measure of a Man" * IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award: Gunes Sensoy, Doga Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit İşcan and İlayda Akdoğan for "

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Special Awards

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Cinemawala ''Cinemawala'' is a 2016 Indian Bengali language film directed by Kaushik Ganguly, and starring Paran Bandyopadhyay and Parambrata Chatterjee. The theme of the film is tribute to the single screen cinema halls that are rapidly becoming rare in I ...

* Life Time Achievement Award -

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, Oscar-winning Russian actor-filmmaker *

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Official selections

Special screenings

Opening film

"The Man Who Knew Infinity"

Closing film

"The Clan"

References

External links

* {{International Film Festival of India, state=collapsed 2015 film festivals 2015 festivals in Asia International Film Festival of India 2015 in Indian cinema