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54th International Film Festival of India
54th International Film Festival of India
The closing ceremony of IFFI 2023 saw Persian film Endless Borders winning the Best Film Award. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Ayushmann Khurrana presented the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award to Hollywood legend Michael Douglas.
After screening 270 international and Indian films, including 25 feature film and 20 non-feature films, the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) concluded in Goa . The closing ceremony of the event saw Endless Borders winning the Best Film Award, the makers of Panchayat Season 2 picking up the Best Web Series Award, actor-director Rishab Shetty bagging the Special Jury Award for his film Kantara and Hollywood legend Michael Douglas receiving the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.
HERE IS THE LIST OF ALL THE WINNERS AT IFFI 2023
Best Film: Endless Borders
Best Actor (Male):
Actor Pouria Rahimi Sam was chosen as the Best Actor for his role in Endless Borders. The jury chose the actor “for the richness of acting and interacting with his partners, children and adults in challenging shooting conditions”. His nuanced performance as Ahmad, the exiled Iranian teacher navigating ethnic tensions and forbidden love, resonated deeply with the jury.
Best Actor (Female):
French actress Melanie Thierry was honoured with Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Female) for Party of Fools. In the citation, the jury members remarked that award has been given “to an actress whose range of expressions gives us – with subtlety – all the emotions from hope to despair, encountered in her character’s crazy journey.”
Special Jury Award:
Actor-director Rishabh Shetty bagged the Special Jury Award for Kantara. The jury’s citation for Rishabh notes, “For the director’s ability to put across a very important story. The film, though rooted in its own culture of the forest demons, reaches out to audiences regardless of culture and social status.” The actor-director’s film explores the ideological conflict between humans and nature in a fictional village, delivering a poignant message amidst a clash of traditions and modernity.
Best Director:
Bulgarian Director Stephan Komandarev clinched the Silver Peacock for Best Director for Blaga’s Lessons, a powerful exploration of moral compromise in the face of deceit. The film centres on Blaga, a widow whose moral compass is shaken after falling victim to telephone scammers, highlighting the vulnerable lives of today’s senior citizens in post-communist Bulgaria.
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award:
After screening 270 international and Indian films, including 25 feature film and 20 non-feature films, the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) concluded in Goa on Tuesday. The closing ceremony of the event saw Endless Borders winning the Best Film Award, the makers of Panchayat Season 2 picking up the Best Web Series Award, actor-director Rishab Shetty bagging the Special Jury Award for his film Kantara and Hollywood legend Michael Douglas receiving the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.
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