PANAJI
The 51st International Film Festival of India has released the line-up of international movies for competition during the festival. The best of the feature-length fiction films from all over the world are selected to compete in the section. It is one of the most important sections of the festival that features some of the best films of the year and these 15 films compete for the Golden Peacock and other awards.
THE STELLAR LINE UP
The Domain by Tiago Guedes (Portugal), Into The Darkness by Anders Refn (Denmark), February by Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria, France), My Best Part by Nicolas Maury (France), I Never Cry by Piotr Domalewski (Poland, Ireland), La Veronica by Leonardo Medel (Chile), Light For The Youth by Shin Su-won (South Korea), Red Moon Tide by Lois Patiño (Spain), Dream About Sohrab by Ali Ghavitan (Iran), The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night by Ramin Rasouli (Afghanistan, Iran), The Silent Forest by KO Chen-Nien (Taiwan), The Forgotten by Daria Onyshchenko (Ukraine, Switzerland), Bridge by Kripal Kalita (India), A Dog And His Man by Siddharth Tripathy (India), Thaen by Ganesh Vinayakan (India).
AWARD CATEGORIES
Best Film (Golden Peacock) “ this award carries a cash prize of Rs 40,00,000 to be shared equally between the Director and Producer. The Director will receive the Golden Peacock and a Certificate in addition to the cash component. The Producer will receive a Certificate in addition to the cash component. Best Director: Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 15,00,000. Best Actor (Male): Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10,00,000. Best Actor (Female): Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10,00,000. Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 15,00,000 given to a film (for any aspect of the film which the jury wishes to award/acknowledge) or an individual (for his/her artistic contribution to a film). The award, if given to a film, will go to the Director.
