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IFFI Best Debut Director Award

IFFI Best Debut Director Award
International award for contributions to World Cinema and Indian Cinema
Awarded forOutstanding Debut Film of a Director
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)Silver Peacock Award
First awarded2016
Last awarded2024
Most recent winnerSarah Friedland and Navjyot Bandivadekar
Highlights
Total awarded11
First winnerPapa San Martin

The IFFI Award for Best Debut Director (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Debut Film of a Director)[1] is an honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since the 47th IFFI 2016 for the best debut film direction in World cinema.[2][3] The IFFI Award for Best Indian Debut Director was instituted since the 55th IFFI 2024 for the best debut film direction in Indian cinema.[4]

Recipients

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IFFI Best Debut Director Award (since 2016)

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List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s)
Year Recipient(s) Work(s) Language(s) Ref.
2016
(47th) 		Papa San Martin Rara Spanish [5]
2017
(48th) 		Kiro Russo Dark Skull Spanish [6]
2018
(49th) 		Treb Monteras II Respeto Filipino [7]
2019
(50th) 		Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
Marius Olteanu 		Abou Leila
Monsters. 		French
Romanian 		[8]
2020
(51st) 		Cassio Pereira dos Santos Valentina Portuguese [9]
2021
(52nd) 		Marí Alessandrini Zahorí Italian [10]
2022
(53rd) 		Asimina Proedrou Behind the Haystacks Greek [11]
2023
(54th) 		Rêger Azad Kaya When The Seedlings Grow Arabic [12]
2024
(55th) 		Sarah Friedland Familiar Touch English [13]

IFFI Best Indian Debut Director Award (since 2024)

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List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s)
Year Recipient(s) Work(s) Language(s) Ref.
2024
(55th) 		Navjyot Bandivadekar Gharat Ganpati Marathi [14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "IFFI Goa 2016 International Competition Selections". 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ "iffi 2016 Archive - IFFI Goa". IFFI Goa. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Indian Panorama Selections for IFFI Goa 2016". 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Five International and Two Indian Debut Directors to Compete for Silver Peacock at IFFI 2024". Press Information Bureau. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ^ "47th IFFI Concluded in Goa". 29 November 2016.
  6. ^ "IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'".
  7. ^ "Donbass wins Golden Peacock at IFFI". The Hindu. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Particles wins the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. ^ "51st International Film Festival of India: Winners list". Indian Express. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Japanese movie 'Ring Wandering' wins Golden Peacock Award at 52nd edition of IFFI". Devdiscourse. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  11. ^ "IFFI 2022 winners list: I Have Electric Dreams wins big". 28 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Winners at IFFI54". Press Information Bureau. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  13. ^ Naman Ramachandran, Patrick Frater (28 November 2024). "Lithuanian Drama 'Toxic' Wins Top Prize at 55th International Film Festival of India". Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Five International and Two Indian Debut Directors to Compete for Silver Peacock at IFFI 2024". Press Information Bureau. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Iffi institutes new award for debut Indian film directors". The Times of India. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.