IFFI 2015 - The Awards Goes To

By: Amit Agarwal

After an action-packed eventful edition of IFFI 2015, the festival came to an end at a glittering ceremony culminating into presentation of awards, the major winners are

Best Film (Golden Peacock)
Embrace of the Serpent
Producer : Christina Gallego and Director : Ciro Guerra

Best Director (Silver Peacock)
Peter Greenaway for Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Best Actor (Male)
Vincent Lindon for The Measure of a Man

Best Actor (Female)
Shared by the female cast of Mustang
Gunes Sensoy, Doga Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan and Ilyada Akdogan

Special Jury Award
Director : Julia Vargas for Sealed Cargo

Jury Special Mention
Director : Goran Radovanovic for The Enclave

ICFT – UNESCO Fellini Medal
Cinemawalah Director : Kaushik Ganguly

Lifetime Achievement Award
Russian Filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov

Indian Centenary Personality of the year
Music composer Illayaraja