IFFI Best Debut Director Award

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IFFI Best Debut Director Award
International award for contributions to World Cinema and Indian Cinema
Awarded forOutstanding Debut Film of a Director
Sponsored by Directorate 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]

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Recipients

IFFI Best Debut Director Award (since 2016)

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 [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 SantosValentina Portuguese [9]
2021
(52nd)
Marí AlessandriniZahorí Italian [10]
2022
(53rd)
Asimina Proedrou Behind the Haystacks Greek [11]
2023
(54th)
Rêger Azad KayaWhen The Seedlings Grow Arabic [12]
2024
(55th)
Sarah Friedland Familiar Touch English [13]

IFFI Best Indian Debut Director Award (since 2024)

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

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