Goa governor Mridula Sinha presenting the Golden Peacock award (Best Film) for ‘Daughter’ to Director Reza Mirkarimi, at the closing ceremony of the 47th International Film Festival of India in Panaji, Goa. Chief guest of the event S.S. Rajamouli and the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are also seen. Photo: PIB» Iranian film Daughter wins Golden Peacock award for best film; director-producer Reza Mirkarimi
» Best Director award goes to Baris Kaya and Soner Caner for the Turkish film Rauf
» Best actor female - Elina Vaska for her performance in the film Mellow Mud
» Best actor male - Farhad Aslani, film – Daughter, an Iranian film
» Baahubali director SS Rajamouli, the chief guest of the event, said that film festivals offer great opportunities for young filmmakers
» Actors Gaurav Kapoor and Shriya Saran compered the concluding event
Panaji: Iranian film Daughter, which tells the story of an authoritarian father and his daughter, won the Golden Peacock Award for the best film at the 47th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here Monday.
Directed by Reza Mirkarimi, Daughter narrates what happens after the protagonist fails to return home on time after she leaves for Tehran to say farewell to one of her best friends. The film was one of the favorites of the delegates of IFFI. The award comprised a purse of Rs 40 lakh for director and producer, trophy and a certificate.
“My final thanks - a tribute goes to my best teacher in cinema Abbas Kirostami (well known Iranian director) who taught us how the meaningful matters and how different things are hidden behind small and simple stories,” Mirkarimi said, after receiving the award.
A still from 'Daughter'.Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore conferred the award on Mirkarimi during the concluding session held at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor stadium at Talegao on the outskirts of Panaji. Telugu director S.S. Rajamouli, who is known for his magnum opus film Baahubali, was the chief guest of the function.
The other winners are...
The Best Director award was shared by Baris Kaya and Soner Caner for Turkish film Rauf. The award includes Rs 15 lakh, a citation and Silver Peacock Trophy.
Iranian actor Farhad Aslani won the award for Best Actor for the character of the rude father in Daughter. The Best Actor Female award was bagged by Elina Vaska for her Latvian movie Mellow Mud, directed by Renars Vimba. The best actor awardees get Rs 10 lakh each and citation.
The Throne, directed by South Korean filmmaker Lee Joon-Ik, won the special jury award. The prize carries a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh. Set in 1762, the film explores the dilemma of the King of the Joseon dynasty in penalizing the crown prince and his own son for treason.
Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar presenting the Silver Peacock award for the Best Director to Baris Kaya and Soner Kaya for the film ‘Rauf’. Photo: PIBThe international competition section had a total of 15 movies which were judged by a panel of jury headed by writer- director Ivan Passer.
ICFT UNESCO's Gandhi award for the director was won by Mustafa Kara for his film Cold of Kalandar and the special Jury mention award was given to Tiffany Hsuig for the Korean movie The Apology.
The Centenary Award for the Best Debut Feature of the director was won by Pepa San Martin for the film Ra Ra.
Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore presenting the Silver Peacock award for the Best Actor (Male) to Farhad Aslani for the film 'Daughter'. Photo: PIBSouth Korean director Kwon-Taek Im was awarded with the lifetime achievement award, while legendary Indian singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam was awarded the Centenary award for Indian film personality of the year. These awards were given away at the opening ceremony.
Rathore on future of film distribution
Addressing audience at the closing ceremony, minister Rathode said there can be no better place than IFFI to be able to sit with experts of cinema who have come from across the globe.
Stressing that the digitalization will change the face of film distribution, Rathore said the government is committed to improve film distribution technology which will bring cinema to one’s home directly.
Rajamouli keeps it short
The chief guest of the event Rajamouli, in his short speech, said the biggest beneficiaries of this film festival are young film makers who got an opportunity to look at the movies from across the world.
"It is a great experience. It will help you in shaping your own career," he said.
Parsekar on Goa and IFFI
Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that IFFI plays a big role in promoting Goa as a creative hub.
"Some of the internationally famed directors have said that they have been encouraged to shoot their films in Goa," he said.
The CM said Konkani film K Sera Sera which was shown in the Indian Panorama segment received huge response at the festival.
"We had to repeat the screening of the movie after it went houseful once. For the second time too, the film got houseful audience," he added.
Goa governor Mrudula Sinha, filmmakers Bharat Bala, Sudheer Kulkarani were among those present at the event. The event also witnessed a musical performance by music composers Sachin-Jigar and team.
The festival saw screening of around 300 films from 90 countries.
Fall in number of delegates
The 47th edition of IFFI saw a steep fall in footfalls, apparently due to the nationwide cash-crunch due to the central government’s decision to demonetize high value currency notes.
Of the 7,500 registered delegates, only nearly 4,500 were present at the event over nine days. Last year 8,000 delegates had participated in the event, which is one of Asia's oldest film festivals.
