IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
International honor for contributions to World cinema
Awarded for	"Outstanding film which promotes peace and inter-cultural dialogue"
Sponsored by	International Film Festival of India
First award	2015;10 years ago (2015)
Final award	2024
Most recent winner	Crossing
Highlights
Total awarded	10
First winner	Cinemawala

The IFFI ICFT UNSESCO Gandhi Medal is an international honor instituted since the 46th International Film Festival of India. ^{[1] [2]} The annual award is presented to an outstanding film which promotes peace and inter-cultural dialogue. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

In the year 1994, UNESCO issued a commemorative medal, marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. ^[6] Subsequently, since 2015, ICFT, the UNESCO international advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and news media, headquartered in Paris France, in collaboration with International Film Festival of India, honors the commemorative Fellini Award to an outstanding film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence. ^{[7] [6]}

Medal Winners

Year	Film	Original Title	Director	Country
2015	Cinemawala		Kaushik Ganguly	India
2016	Cold of Kalandar		Mustafa Kara	Turkey
2017	Kshitij A Horizon		Manouj Kadaamh	India
2018	Walking with the Wind		Praveen Morchhale	India
2019	Rwanda 72 Hoorain (Special Mention)		Riccardo Salvetti Sanjay Puran Singh	Italy   India
2020	200 Meters		Ameen Nayfeh	Palestine
2021	Lingui, The Sacred Bonds	Lingui, les liens sacrés	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	Chad   France   Belgium   Germany
2022	Nargesi		Payam Eskandar	Iran
2023	Drift		Anthony Chen	United Kingdom   France   Greece
2024	Crossing	გადასვლა	Levan Akin	Sweden   Denmark   France   Turkey   Georgia

References

1. "Kaushik wins Unesco Fellini award at Iffi - Times of India". The Times of India. December 2015.
2. "Indian Panorama Selections for IFFI Goa 2016". 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
3. "8 films vie for Unesco Gandhi Medal Prize | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 November 2016.
4. "iffi 2016 Archive - IFFI Goa". IFFI Goa. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
5. "IFFI Goa 2016 International Competition Selections". 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
6. "Gandhi Medal 2022".
7. ""Lingui, the Sacred Bonds" wins ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at IFFI 52".

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India