49th International Film Festival of India
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| Opening film | The Aspern Papers |
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| Closing film | Sealed Lips |
| Location | Goa, India |
| Founded | 1952 |
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| Festival date | 20–28 November 2018 |
| Website | iffigoa |
The 49th International Film Festival of India was a film festival held from 20 to 28 November 2018 in Goa. [1] In the 49th event new sections such as "Sketch on Screen (Animation Film Package)", "A Retrospective of Masters" are inculcated. 212 films were being showcased during the event, with Israel being the country of focus.[2][3][4]
- Golden Peacock (Best Film): Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa
- IFFI Best Director Award: Lijo Jose Pellissery for Ee.Ma.Yau
- IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award: Chemban Vinod Jose for Ee.Ma.Yau
- IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award: Anastasiia Pustovit for When the Trees Fall
- IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Praveen Morchhale for Walking With the Wind
- IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Treb Monteras II for Respeto
- Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Milko Lazarov for "Ága"
- Special Mention: Chezhiyan for To Let (India)
Special Awards
Official Selections
Opening Film
Closing Film
- Sealed Lips
International Competition
| Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| 53 Wars | Ewa Bukowska | Poland |
| A Translator | Sebastian Barriusco | Cuba,Canada,Spanish,Russia |
| Aga | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, France |
| Divine Wind | Merzak Allouache | Algeria,France,Qatar, Lebanon |
| Donbass | Sergey Loznitsa | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands,Romania |
| A Family Tour | Ying Liang | Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia |
| Here | Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| Our Struggles | Guillaume Senez | Belgium,France |
| The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow | Sulev Keedus | Estonia, Lithuania |
| The Unseen | Nicholas Pueno | Argentina |
| Vang Goghs | Sergey Livnev | Russia |
| When The Trees Fall | Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine,Poland |
| Ee.Ma.Yau | Lijo Jose Pellissery | India-Malayalam |
| To Let | Chezhiyan | India-Tamil |
| Bhayanakam | Jayaraj | India-Malayalam |
Indian Panorama
| Title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Olu | Malayalam - Inaugural film | Shaji N Karun |
| Sa | Bengali | Arijit Singh |
| Bunkar - The Last of the Varanasi Weavers | English with Hindi | Satyaprakash Upadhyay |
| Nagarkirtan | Bengali | Kaushik Ganguly |
| Uma | Bengali | Srijit Mukherjee |
| Abyakto | Bengali | Arjun Dutta |
| Somoy | Bengali | Suryoday De |
| Uronchodi | Bengali | Abhishek Saha |
| October | Hindi | Shoojit Sircar |
| Bhor | Hindi | Kamakhya Narayanan Singh |
| Sinjar | Jasari | Pampally |
| Walking with the Wind | Ladakhi | Praveen Morchhale |
| Bhayanakam | Malayalam | Jayaraj |
| Makanna | Malayalam | Raheem Khader |
| Poomaram | Malayalam | Abrid Shine |
| Sudani From Nigeria | Malayalam | Zakariya |
| Ee.Ma.Yau | Malayalam | Lijo Jose Pellissery |
| Dhappa | Marathi | Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari |
| Aamhi Doghi | Marathi | Pratima Joshi |
| To Let | Tamil | Chezhiyan |
| Baaram | Tamil | Priya Krishnaswamy |
| Pariyerum Perumal | Tamil | Mari Selvaraj |
| Peranbu | Tamil | Ram |
| Paddayi | Tulu | Abhaya Simha |
State Focus - Jharkhand (Special Section)
| Title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| A Death in the Gunj | Hindi | Konkona Sen Sharma |
| M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | Hindi | Neeraj Pandey |
| Panchlait | Hindi | Prem Prakash Modi |
| Begum Jaan | Hindi | Srijit Mukherji |
Mainstream Cinema Section
| Title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanati | Telugu | Nag Ashwin |
| Tiger Zinda Hai | Hindi | Ali Abbas Zafar |
| Padmaavat | Hindi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| Raazi | Hindi | Meghna Gulzar |