The IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly IFFI Lifetime Achievement Award) is an international honor instituted by the
International Film Festival of India. The recipient is honored for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of World cinema.
Background
The award was first instituted in the year 1999 from the
30th IFFI. During the
52nd edition in 2021, on the occasion of the birth centenary of
Satyajit Ray, the
Directorate of Film Festivals
The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama. Although the Directorate helped appoint members of the jury ...
in recognition of the
auteur
An auteur (; , 'author') is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded but personal that the director is likened to the "author" of the film, which thus manifests the director's unique ...
’s legacy, "The IFFI Lifetime Achievement award" was rechristened to "IFFI - Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award".
Recipients
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (2021–Present)
Erstwhile Lifetime Achievement Award (1999–2020)
References
External links
Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
{{IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime achievement awards
Lists of Indian award winners
International Film Festival of India
Indian film festivals
Festivals in Goa