# IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention

The IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention (officially known as the Silver Peacock – Special Jury Award and Special Mention) are the two honors presented annually at the International Film Festival of India for excellency in Film Art in World cinema. It was first presented during the 4th IFFI 1969. The award was later re-instated since 29th IFFI 1998. On the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema, centenary awards were conferred during 2012, 2013, and 2014. The special mention is being awarded since the 46th IFFI 2015.

## List of recipients of IFFI Special Jury Award

List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s) :
| Year | Recipient(s) | Work(s) | Language(s) | Country |
| 1969 (4th) | Lester James Peries | Golu Hadawatha | Sinhala | Sri Lanka |
| 1969 (4th) | Mrinal Sen | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi | India |
| 1969 (4th) | Sobhan Babu | Bangaru Panjaram | Telugu | India |
| 1998 (29th) | Santwana Bardoloi | Adajya | Assamese | India |
| 2000 (31st) | Huo Jianqi | Postmen in the Mountains | Mandarin | China |
| 2002 (33rd) | Revathi | Mitr, My Friend | Hindi | India |
| 2002 (33rd) | Magdy Ahmed Aly | Asrar EL-Banat | Egyptian | Egypt |
| 2003 (34th) | Subhadro Chowdhury | Prohor | Bengali | India |
| 2004 (35th) | Gennady Sidorov | Old Women | Russian | Russia |
| 2005 (36th) | Tom Hooper | Red Dust | English | South Africa |
| 2006 (37th) | Abu Sayeed | Nirontor | Bengali | Bangladesh |
| 2007 (38th) | Golam Rabanny Biplab | On The Wings of Dreams | Bengali | Bangladesh |
| 2007 (38th) | Julia Urbini | More Than Anything in the World | Mexican | Mexico |
| 2008 (39th) | Malani Fonseka | Akasa Kusum | Sinhala | Sri Lanka |
| 2009 (40th) | Giorgi Ovashvili | The Other Bank | Russian | Georgia |
| 2010 (41st) | Kaushik Ganguly | Arekti Premer Golpo | Bengali | India |
| 2010 (41st) | Taika Waititi | Boy | English | New Zealand |
| 2011 (42nd) | Salim Ahamed | Adaminte Makan Abu | Malayalam | India |
| 2012 (43rd) | Lucy Mulloy | Una noche | Spanish | Cuba United Kingdom |
| 2013 (44th) | Onur Ünlü | Thou Gild'st the Even | Turkish | Turkey |
| 2015 (46th) | Julia Vargas-Weise | Sealed Cargo | Spanish | Bolivia |
| 2016 (47th) | Lee Joon-ik | The Throne | Korean | South Korea |
| 2017 (48th) | Mahesh Narayanan | Take Off | Malayalam | India |
| 2018 (49th) | Milko Lazarov | Ága | Yakut | Bulgaria |
| 2019 (50th) | Pema Tseden | Balloon | Chinese | China |
| 2020 (51st) | Kamen Kalev | February | Bulgarian | Bulgaria |
| 2021 (52nd) | Renata Carvalho | The First Fallen | Brazilian | Brazil |
| 2021 (52nd) | Nikhil Mahajan | Godavari | Marathi | India |
| 2022 (53rd) | Lav Diaz | When The Waves Are Gone | Filipino | Philippines |
| 2023 (54th) | Rishab Shetty | Kantara | Kannada | India |
| 2024 (55th) | Louise Courvoisier | Holy Cow | French | France |

## List of recipients of IFFI Special Mention

List of Special Mention recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s) :
| Year | Recipient(s) | Work(s) | Language(s) | Country |
| 2015 (46th) | Goran Radovaovic | Enclave | Serbian | Germany Serbia |
| 2016 (47th) | Tiffany Hsiung | The Apology | English | Canada |
| 2018 (49th) | Chezhiyan | To Let | Tamil | India |
| 2019 (50th) | Abhishek Shah | Hellaro | Gujarati | India |
| 2020 (51st) | Kripal Kalita | Bridge | Assamese | India |
| 2021 (52nd) | Simon Farriol | The Wealth of the World | English | |
| 2021 (52nd) | Roman Vasyanov | The Dorm | Russian | Russia |
| 2022 (53rd) | Praveen Kandregula | Cinema Bandi | Telugu | India |

## List of recipients of IFFI Centenary Award

List of Centenary Award recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s) :
| Year | Recipient(s) | Work(s) | Language(s) | Country |
| 2012 (43rd) | Mira Nair | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | English | United States India Qatar |
| 2013 (44th) | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | Meghe Dhaka Tara | Bengali | India |
| 2014 (45th) | Shrihari Sathe | Ek Hazarachi Note | Marathi | India |