IFFI Best Debut Director Award

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IFFI Best Debut Director Award
International award for contributions to World Cinema
Awarded forOutstanding Debut Film of a Director
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)Silver Peacock Award
First awarded2016
Last awarded2023
Most recent winnerRêger Azad Kaya
Highlights
Total awarded9
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]

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Recipients

IFFI Best Debut Director Award (2016–Present)

List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s)
YearRecipient(s)Work(s)Language(s)Ref.
2016
(47th)
Papa San Martin"Rara" Spanish [4]
2017
(48th)
Kiro Russo"Dark Skull" Spanish [5]
2018
(49th)
Treb Monteras II "Respeto" Filipino [6]
2019
(50th)
Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
Marius Olteanu
"Abou Leila"
"Monsters."
French
Romanian
[7]
2020
(51st)
Cassio Pereira dos Santos"Valentina" Portuguese [8]
2021
(52nd)
Marí Alessandrini"Zahorí" Italian [9]
2022
(53rd)
Asimina Proedrou Behind the Haystacks Greek [10]
2023
(54th)
Rêger Azad KayaWhen The Seedlings Grow Arabic [11]

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