The 47th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2016 in Goa. Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor, who was appointed Chairman of the Indian panorama section, and Sameer Arya as the Member head of the panel.

Juries

International competition

* Ivan Passer, Czech Republican writer and director, Chairperson * Larry Smith * Lordan Zafranovič, Yugoslavian director * Nagesh Kukunoor, Indian director * Leïla Kilani, Morocco, Moroccan director, screenwriter, and producer

Indian Panorama

Feature films

*Rama Vij, Actress *Arup Manna, Director *C V Reddy, Producer and Director *Girish Mohite, Producer and Director *K. Puttaswamy, Writer *N . Krishnakumar, Producer and Director *Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Filmmaker *Sanjay Pawar, Director and Columnist *Satinder Mohan, Critic and Journalist *Swapan Mullick, Journalist and Film Critic *Uday Shankar Pani, Writer and Filmmaker *Shri raj, Producer and Director

Non-feature films

*Aarti Srivastava, Documentary Filmmaker *Abhijit Mazumdar, Documentary Filmmaker *Gautam Benegal, Animation Filmmaker *Madhureeta Anand, Film writer and Director *Ronel Haobam, Documentary Filmmaker *Prof. Suresh Sharma, Film Critic and Documentary Filmmaker

Winners

*IFFI Best Film Award, Golden Peacock (Best Film): "Daughter (2016 film), Daughter" by Reza Mirkarimi *IFFI Best Director Award: Soner Kanar and Baris Kaya for "Rauf" *IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Papa San Martin for "Rara (film), Rara" *IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award: Farhad Aslani for "Daughter (2016 film), Daughter" *IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award: Elina Vaska for "Mellow Mud" *IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention, Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: "The Throne (film), The Throne" by Lee Joon-ik *IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention, Special Mention: Tiffany Hsiung for "The Apology (film), The Apology".

Special Awards

*IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Mustafa Kara for "Cold of Kalandar" *IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, Life Time Achievement Award - Im Kwon-taek *IFFI Indian Film Personality of the year Award: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Official selections

Special screenings

Opening film

"Afterimage (film), Afterimage" by Andrzej Wajda

Closing film

*"The Age of Shadows" by "Kim Jee-woon"

References

External links

* {{International Film Festival of India, state=collapsed 2016 film festivals 2016 festivals in Asia International Film Festival of India 2016 in Indian cinema