| IFFI Best Film Award | |
|---|---|
| Golden Peacock | |
| Awarded for | "Outstanding film of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" [1] |
| Sponsored by | International Film Festival of India |
| First award | 1965 [2] |
| Final award | 2024 |
| Most recent winner | Toxic |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 37 |
| First winner | Gamperaliya |
The IFFI Best Film Award (officially known as the Golden Peacock for the Best Feature Film) is the main prize of the International Film Festival of India presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. [3] [4] It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the Golden Peacock a representation of the Peacock, India’s national bird, with a permanent motto of the festival Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The whole world is a family). [5] The award is announced for films produced in a year across the world. The award was instituted in 1965 from the 3rd IFFI competitive edition. [5] [6]
The award carries a cash prize of ₹40 lakh (US$47,000) shared equally between the director and producer. The director will receive the Golden Peacock and a certificate in addition to the cash prize. The producer will receive a certificate in addition to the cash. [7]
| Edition | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Nirjan Saikate | Tapan Sinha |  India |
| 29th | Paper Airplanes | Farhad Mehhranfar |  Iran |
| 45th | Ek Hazarachi Note | Shrihari Sathe | India |
| Edition | Film | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Cyclone |  Cuba |
| 4th | Taking off at 1800 Hours | Cuba |
| 5th | Automatic |  Czechoslovakia |
| 6th | After the Silence | India |
| 7th | An Encounter with Faces Olympic Games | India  Poland |
| 8th | A Period of Transition |  Denmark |
| 9th | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 10th | Narcissus |  Canada |
| 11th | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| Edition | Film | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Man and the Crow |  Sri Lanka |
