47th International Film Festival of India
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, Moroccan director, screenwriter, and producer
Winners
- Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: "Daughter" by Reza Mirkarimi
- Best Director: Soner Kanar and Baris Kaya for "Rauf"
- Best Debut Film of a Director:Papa San Martin for "Rara"
- IFFI Best Actor Award : Silver Peacock Award: Farhad Aslani for "Daughter"
- IFFI Best Actor Award : Silver Peacock Award: Elina Vaska for "Mellow Mud"
- ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Mustafa Kara for "Cold of Kalandar"
- Special Jury Award: "The Throne" by Lee Joon-ik
Special Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Im Kwon-taek
- Special Mention: Tiffany Hsiung for "The Apology".
- Indian Film Personality of the Year: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Official selections
Special screenings
Opening film
"Afterimage" by Andrzej WajdaClosing film
- "The Age of Shadows" by "Kim Jee-woon"
Juries
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