# 54th International Film Festival of India

The 54th International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November 2023 with Catching Dust by Stuart Gatt in Goa. Shekhar Kapur an Indian filmmaker served as chairperson of the international jury. This year a new award category Best Web Series Award was introduced in the festival. 32 entries in 10 languages from 15 Over-the-top media service platforms were selected to compete for this award.
The festival closed on 28 November with American biographical sports drama film The Featherweight by Robert Kolodny. In the ceremony Hollywood actor-producer Michael Douglas was honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Persian film Endless Borders by Abbas Amini, received the Golden Peacock award for the best film; whereas Stephan Komandarev won the Silver Peacock award for best director for the Bulgarian film Blaga's Lessons.

## Opening and closing ceremonies
### Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony on 20 November 2023, hosted by Karishma Tanna and Aparshakti Khurana was aired live on Colors TV and JioCinema. In this edition over 270 films from 105 countries were screened. Madhuri Dixit was felicitated with the ‘Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema’ award at the festival. It was also streamed live on YouTube.

### Closing ceremony

The festival closed on 28 November with The Featherweight an American biographical sports drama film on professional boxer Willie Pep by Robert Kolodny. Mandira Bedi hosted the closing ceremony, which was also streamed live on YouTube, in addition to broadcast on Colours TV channel.

## Events

* Master classes and in conversation: Masterclasses and In Conversation sessions with filmmakers, cinematographers, and actors were held at Kala Academy at Festival Mile, Panjim, during the festival. Michael Douglas American filmmaker, Brendan Galvin American poet, Brillante Mendoza Filipino independent filmmaker, Sunny Deol, Rani Mukerjee, Vidya Balan, John Goldwater, Vijay Sethupathi, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kay Kay Menon, Karan Johar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Kartiki Gonsalves, Boney Kapoor, Allu Aravind, Theodore Gluck and Gulshan Grover among others were the guest speakers.
* Gala Premiers: Actors of the films having gala premiers at festival had talent walk on the red carpet to promote their films.
* Film Bazaar: It concluded on 24 November with around 1250 delegates attending the Bazaar.
* 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow: In competition of creating a short film in 48 hours on the theme of 'The Mission Life', Odh, a short film about the receding beach lines of Goa, bagged the best film award in '75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow' initiative.

## Jury
### International Jury

In addition to the Golden Peacock for best film, the Jury decides the winners in the Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female) and Special Jury Prize categories. The following are the members of the International Jury:
* Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker, Chairperson
* José Luis Alcaine, Spanish cinematographer
* Jerome Paillard, French film producer of international films
* Catherine Dussart, French film producer of international films
* Helen Leake, Australian film producer

### Feature film jury

The Feature Films Jury headed by T.S Nagabharana is as follows:
* T. S. Nagabharana, chairperson, Indian film director
* Karthik Raja, Indian composer
* Anjan Bose, filmmaker, producer, distributor
* Iti Rani Samanta, Indian columnist, journalist and film producer
* K. P. Vyasan, Indian film director
* Kamlesh Mishra, film director
* Kiran Ganti, film editor
* Milind Lele, film director
* Pradip Kurbah, film director
* Rama Vij, Indian actress
* Romi Meitei, Indian film director and lyricist
* Sanjay Jadhav, Indian cinematographer
* Vijay Pande, film director and editor

### Non-feature film jury

The Jury headed by Shri Arvind Sinha, has following seven member:
* Arvind Sinha, chairperson, documentary filmmaker
* Arvind Pandey; film director and writer
* Bobby Wahengbam; Indian filmmaker, producer, writer and film critic
* Dip Bhuyan; film director
* Kamlesh Udasi; film director and producer
* Paushali Ganguli; animator, film director and screenwriter
* Varun Kurtkoti; film director

### Best web series (OTT) award jury

Rajkumar Hirani is serving as the head of the jury for the 'best web series (OTT)' award.
* Rajkumar Hirani, Indian filmmaker, director, producer, and editor
* Divya Dutta, Indian actress and model
* Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indian actor and producer
* Krishna DK Indian filmmaker
* Utpal Borpujari, filmmaker and film critic

### 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow
#### Grand Jury

Source:
* Shreya Ghoshal, Playback Singer
* A. Sreekar Prasad, Editor
* Manoj Joshi, Actor
* Veera Kapur, Costume designer and make-up artist
* Priya Seth, Cinematographer
* Saraswathi Vani Balgam, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
* Saleel Kulkarni, Music composer
* Umesh Shukla, Filmmaker
* Sabu Cyril, Art director
* Aseem Arora, Screenwriter

#### Selection Jury

Source:
* Manoj Tiger, Actor
* Nidhi Hegde, Actress
* Abhishek Jain, Filmmaker
* Manish Sharma, Filmmaker
* Charudutt Acharya, Screenwriter
* Deepak Kingrani, Screenwriter
* Charuvi Agrawal, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
* Deepak Singh, Animator, VFX artist and AR-VR developer
* Naveen Nooli, Editor
* Suresh Pai, Editor
* Dharam Gulati, Cinematographer
* Subhransu Das, Cinematographer
* Nachiket Barve, Costume designer and make-up artist
* Bishakh Jyoti, Playback singer
* Anmol Bhave, Music composer
* Sabyasachi Bose, Art director

## Official selection
### Sections

* Gala Premiere
* Kaleidoscope section
* Golden Peacock Award
* Films for debut competition
* ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
* Docu-Montage
* Intergrade
* Animation
* Macabre Dreams
* Indian Panorama
** Feature films
** Mainstream Cinema Section
** Non-feature films
* Indian Cinema 2023
** Accessible India – Accessible Films
** Special screening
* Cinema of the World
* Restored Classics
* UNICEF @ IFFI

### Opening and closing films

Source:
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Opening films |||||
| 2023 | Catching Dust | Catching Dust | Stuart Gatt | United Kingdom |
| Indian Panorama feature film |||||
| 2023 | Aattam | Aattam | Anand Ekarshi | India |
| Indian Panorama non-feature film |||||
| 2023 | Andro Dreams | Andro Dreams | Longjam Meena Devi | India |
| Mid fest film |||||
| 2023 | About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany |
| Closing film |||||
| 2023 | The Featherweight | The Featherweight | Robert Kolodny | United States |

### Gala Premiere

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Language |
| Dear Jassi | Dear Jassi | Tarsem Singh | Punjabi, English |
| Dhootha | | Vikram Kumar | Telugu |
| Dil Hai Gray | | Susi Ganesan | Hindi |
| Farrey | Farrey | Soumendra Padhi | Hindi |
| Gandhi Talks | Gandhi Talks | Kishor Pandurang Belekar | Silent |
| Grey Games | Grey Games | Gangadhar Salimath | Kannada |
| Hurry Om Hurry | Hurry Om Hurry | Nisarg Vaidya | Gujrati |
| Kadak Singh | Kadak Singh | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Hindi |
| Rautu Ki Beli | | Anand Surapur | Hindi |
| The Village | The Village | Milind Rau | Tamil |

### Kaleidoscope section

18 films were shortlisted for screening under Kaleidoscope section.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| 2023 | Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
| 2023 | Cobweb | 거미집 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| 2023 | Concrete Utopia | 콘크리트 유토피아 | Um Tae-hwa | South Korea |
| 2023 | Elegies | 詩 | Ann Hui | Hong Kong, China |
| 2023 | Essential Truths of the Lake | | Lav Diaz | Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Eureka | Eureka | Lisandro Alonso | France, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Portugal |
| 2023 | How to Have Sex | How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Io capitano | Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy, Belgium |
| 2023 | Lost in the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Germany |
| 2023 | Memory | Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States |
| 2023 | MMXX | MMXX | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| 2023 | Moro | Moro | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| 2023 | Scrapper | Scrapper | Charlotte Regan | United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Snow Leopard | 雪豹 | Pema Tseden | China |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United States, United Kingdom, Poland |
| 2023 | Upon Open Sky | A Cielo Abierto | Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga | Mexico, Spain |
| 2023 | Yannick | Yannick | Quentin Dupieux | France |

### Golden Peacock Award

15 international and Indian fiction feature films competed for the Golden Peacock Award
    Highlighted title indicates award winner
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2023 | Andragogy | Budi Pekerti | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia |
| 2023 | Blaga's Lessons | Уроците на Блага | Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Germany |
| 2023 | Bosnian Pot | | Pavo Marinković | Croatia |
| 2023 | Endless Borders | | Abbas Amini | Iran |
| 2023 | Hoffman's Fairy Tales | | Tina Barkalaya | Russia |
| 2023 | Lubo | Lubo | Giorgio Diritti | Italy, Switzerland |
| 2023 | Measures of Men | Der vermessene Mensch | Lars Kraume | Germany |
| 2023 | Party of Fools | | Arnaud des Pallières | France |
| 2022 | The Other Widow | הפילגש | Ma'Ayan Rypp | Israel |
| 2023 | Woman Of... | Kobieta z... | Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert | Poland, Sweden |
| 2023 | Asog | | Seán Devlin | Canada, Philippines |
| 2023 | Die Before Death | Umri prije smrti | Ahmed Imamovic | Bosnia And Herzegovina |
| 2022 | Kantara | ಕಾಂತಾರ | Rishab Shetty | India |
| 2023 | Sanaa | | Sudhanshu Saria | India |
| 2022 | Mirbeen | | Mridul Gupta | India |

### Films for debut competition

This competition category is a platform for upcoming filmmakers from India and abroad. Seven debut films were nominated in this category.
    Highlighted title indicates award winner
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2023 | Almost Entirely A Slight Disaster | | Umut Subaşı | Turkey |
| 2023 | Let Me Go | | Maxime Rappaz | Switzerland |
| 2023 | Ocarina | | Alban Zogjani | Albania |
| 2023 | Sleep | 잠 | Jason Yu | South Korea |
| 2022 | When The Seedlings Grow | | Rêger Azad Kaya | Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2023 | Dhai Aakhar | | Parveen Arora | India |
| 2023 | Iratta | | Rohit M.G. Krishnan | India |

### IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal

    Highlighted title indicates award winner
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2022 | A House In Jerusalem | | Muayad Alayan | Palestine, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar |
| 2023 | Citizen Saint | | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia |
| 2023 | Drift | | Anthony Chen | UK, France, Greece |
| 2023 | Sira | Sira | Apolline Traoré | Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal |
| 2022 | Kalev | | Ove Musting | Estonian, Russian |
| 2022 | The Prize! | Onde Mande! | Paul Fauzan Agusta | Indonesia |
| 2022 | The Sugar Experiment | | John Tornblad | Sweden |
| 2023 | Mandali | | Rakesh Chaturvadi Om | India |
| 2022 | Malikappuram | Malikappuram | Vishnu Sasi Shankar | India |
| 2023 | Rabindra Kabya Rahasya | | Sayantan Ghosal | India |

### Docu-Montage

This section comprises documentaries & docu-drama.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| AI:African Intelligence | | Manthia Diawara | Portugal |
| And The King Said, What A Fantastic Machine | | Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Sweden, Denmark |
| Casablanca | | Adriano Valerio | France, Italy |
| Luto | | Andres Arochi Tinajero | Mexico |
| Revenge: Our Dad The Nazi Killer | | Danny Ben-Moshe | Australia |
| Room 999 | Chambre 999 | Lubna Playoust | France |
| Samuel and the Light | Samuel ea luz | Vinícius Girnys | France |
| The Last Days Of Humanity | Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell'Umanità | Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo | Italy |
| The Trial | El Juico | Ulises de la Orden | Argentina |
| Vista Mare | | Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler | Austria |

### Intergrade

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Divinity | Divinity | Eddie Alcazar | United States |
| He Thought He Died | He Thought He Died | Isiah Medina | Canada |
| Knit's Island | Knit's Island | Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h | France |
| Once Within a Time | Once Within a Time | Godfrey Reggio, Jon Kane | United States |
| Omen | Augure | Baloji | Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo |

### Animation

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 3 Little Kungpoo Goats | The Gools | Kianoush Dalvand - Farzad Dalvand | United Arab Emirates |
| Bim | Bim | Tom Van Gestel | Belgium |
| Four Souls of Coyote | Kojot négy lelke | Aron Gauder | Hungary |
| Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds | Sirocco Et Le Royaume Des Courants D'Air | Benoit Chieux | Belgium, France |
| The Other Shape | La otra forma | Diego Felipe Guzmán | Colombia |
| The Peasants | Chłopi | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman | Poland, Serbia, Lithuania |
| Toldi | Toldi | Marcell Jankovics | Hungary |
| Little Singham Bahubali Friends | Little Singham Bahubali Friends | Ankur Chauhan | India |
| Dr. Minestein | Dr. Minestein | Sonali Jawale | India |
| Prabho Shivaji Raja | Prabho Shivaji Raja | Nilesh Muley | India |
| Return of the Jungle | Return of the Jungle | Vaibhav Kumaresh | India |
| The Light | The Light | Team of Godlywood Studio | India |

### Macabre Dreams

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Lumberjack the Monster | Kaibutsu no Kikori | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Sorcery | Brujería | Christopher Murray | Chile, Mexico, Germany |
| The Cuckoo’s Curse | El Cuco | Mar Targarona | Spain, Germany |
| We Have Never Been Modern | Úsvit | Matěj Chlupáček | Czech Republic |

### Indian Panorama

In Indian Panorama feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence are selected for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories.

#### Feature films

India's entry for the 2024 Academy Awards, Malayalam-language film 2018, was screened in the Indian Panorama 'Mainstream Cinema Section'. 25 Feature films reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry have been selected out of 408 contemporary films for screening.
| Title of the Film | Language | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
| Aaraariraaro | Kannada | Sandeep Kumar V | TMT Productions |
| Ardhangini | Bengali | Kaushik Ganguly | Surinder Films |
| Aattam | Malayalam | Anand Ekarshi | Joy Movie Productions |
| Deep Fridge | Bengali | Arjunn Dutta | Colors of Dream Entertainment |
| Dhai Aakhar | Hindi | Parveen Arora | Kabir Communication |
| Iratta | Malayalam | Rohit M.G. Krishnan | Appu Attu Pappu Production House |
| Kaadhal Enbathu Pothu Udamai | Tamil | Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan | Mankind Cinema |
| Kaathal – The Core | Malayalam | Jeo Baby | Mammootty Kampany |
| Kantara | Kannada | Rishab Shetty | Hombale Films |
| Malikappuram | Malayalam | Vishnu Sasi Shankar | Kavya Film Company |
| Mandali | Hindi | Rakesh Chaturvadi Om | Reltek |
| Mirbeen | Karbi | Mridul Gupta | Dhani Ram Tisso |
| Neela Nira Sooriyan | Tamil | Samyuktha Vijayan | Samyuktha Vijayan Film |
| Nna Thaan Case Kodu | Malayalam | Ratheesh Balakrishna Poduval | Udaya Studios |
| Pookkaalam | Malayalam | Ganesh Raj | CNC Cinemas |
| Rabindra Kabya Rahasya | Bengali | Sayantan Ghosal | Esskay Movies |
| Sanaa | Hindi | Sudhanshu Saria | Four Line |
| The Vaccine War | Hindi | Vivek Agnihotri | I am Buddha |
| Vadh | Hindi | Jaspal Singh Sandhu | Luv Films |
| Viduthalai Part 2 | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | RS Infotainment |

#### Mainstream Cinema Section

| Title of the Film | Language | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
| 2018 | Malayalam | Jude Anthany Joseph | Kavya Film Company |
| Gulmohar | Hindi | Rahul V. Chittella | Star Studios |
| Ponniyin Selvan: II | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Madras Talkies |
| Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | Hindi | Apoorv Singh Karki | Zee Studio |
| The Kerala Story | Hindi | Sudipto Sen | Sunshine Pictures |

#### Non-feature Films

20 Non-feature films selected in the 'Indian Panorama' are as follows:
| Title of the Film | Language | Director(s) |
| 1947: Brexit India | English | Sanjivan Lal |
| Andro Dreams | Manipuri | Longjam Meena Devi |
| Baasan | Hindi | Jitank Singh Gurjar |
| Back To The Future | English | M.S. Bisht |
| Baruar Xongxar | Assamese | Utpal Borpujari |
| Behrupiya - The Impersonator | Hindi | Bhasker Vishwanathan |
| Bhangaar | Marathi | Sumira Roy |
| Nansei Nilam (Changing Landscape) | Tamil | Pravin Selvam |
| Chupi Roh | Dogri | Disha Bhardwaj |
| Giddh (The Scavenger) | Hindi | Manish Saini |
| Kathabor | Assamese | Keshar Jyoti Das |
| Lachit (The Warrior) | Assamese | Parthasarathi Mahanta |
| Last Meet | Manipuri | Waribam Dorendra Singh |
| Life In Loom | Hindi, Tamil,Assamese, Bengali, English | Edmond Ranson |
| Mau: The Spirit Dreams Of Cheraw | Mizo | Shilpika Bordoloi |
| Pradakshina | Marathi | Prathamesh Mahale |
| Sadabahar | Konkani | Suyash Kamat |
| Sri Rudram | Malayalam | Ananda Jyothi |
| The Sea & Seven Villages | Oriya | Himansu Sekhar Khatua |
| Utsavmurti | Marathi | Abhijeet Arvind |

### Indian Cinema 2023
#### Accessible India – Accessible Films

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Language |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | Kabir Khan | Hindi, English |
| 2023 | Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | Apoorv Singh Karki | Hindi |
| 2021 | Shershaah | Shershaah | Vishnuvardhan | Hindi |
| 2013 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Hindi |

#### Special screening

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Language |
| Gond Janjati Ki Veerangana Rani Durgawati | Gond Janjati Ki Veerangana Rani Durgawati | Ashok Sharan | Hindi |

### Cinema of the World

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Golden Life | | Boubacar Sangaré | Burkina Faso |
| A Ravaging Wind | El viento que arrasa | Paula Hernández | Argentina, Uruguay |
| A Real Job | Un métier sérieux | Thomas Lilti | France |
| A Strange Path | | Guto Parente | Brazil |
| Adentro | | Javier Solórzano Casarin | Mexico |
| Adiós Buenos Aires | | German Kral | Argentina |
| Alemania | | María Zanetti | Argentina, Spain |
| Ali Topan | | Sidharta Tata | Indonesia |
| All to Play For | Rien à perdre | Delphine Deloget | France |
| All Will Be Revealed | Arbeitstitel Der Totengräber im Buchsbaum | Peter Keglevic | Austria |
| Another Day Of Hope | | Taifeng Liu | China |
| Antarctica Calling | Voyage au pôle Sud | Luc Jacquet | France |
| Aziz | | Majid Tavakoli | Iran |
| Bela América | | António Ferreira | Portugal |
| Blind At Heart | Blind At Heart | Barbara Albert | Germany, Switzerland |
| Brand Bollywood Downunder | Brand Bollywood Downunder | Anupam Sharma | Australia |
| Blockade | Blokád | Adam Toser | Hungary |
| Ceylin | | Tufan Simsekcan | Turkey |
| Children of God | | Joan Girbau Xalabarder | Spain |
| Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint | Crónicas De Una Santa Errante | Tomás Gómez Bustillo | Argentina |
| Clap Your Hands | Xing Fu Zhi Lu | Zhu Jie | China |
| Comandante | | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | | Cyril Aris | Germany, Lebanon |
| Dauren's Wedding | | Lim Chan-ik | South Korea |
| Dignity | Dignity | Dimitris Katsimiris | Greece |
| Endless Summer Syndrome | Le Syndrome de L'été Sans Fin | Kaveh Daneshmand | Czech Republic |
| Extra Lesson | Dopolnitelnyy Urok | Anna Kurbatova | Russian Federation |
| Family Album | Temas Propios | Guillermo Rocamora | Uruguay |
| Fereshteh | Fereshteh | Morteza Atashzamzam | Bangladesh |
| Fez Summer '55 | Fez Summer '55 | Abdelhai Laraki | Morocco |
| Fight Like A Girl | | Matthew Leutwyler | Rwanda |
| Flaming Cloud | San Gui Qing Shi | Liu Siyi | China |
| Fog | Tuman | Natalia Gugueva | Russian Federation |
| Fortune For All | Fortune For All | Yao Ramesar | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Fragile Blood | Zilās asinis | Una Celma | Latvia |
| Franky Five Star | Franky Five Star | Birgit Möller | Germany |
| From The End Of The World | Sekai no owarikara | Kazuaki Kiriya | Japan |
| Giants Of Easter Island | Giants Of Easter Island | Dover Kosashvili | Israel |
| God’s Gift | God’s Gift | Asel Zhuraeva | Kyrgyzstan |
| GOL!ATH | GOL!ATH | Roberto Marra, Stefano Salvatori | Italy |
| Good Autumn, Mommy | | Shizhong Chen | China |
| Homecoming | Homecoming | Catherine Corsini | France |
| Hotel Pula | Hotel Pula | Andrej Korovljev | Croatia |
| Hungry Ghost Diner | Hungry Ghost Diner | We Jun Cho | Malaysia |
| Iman | Iman | Kyriacos Tofarides and Corinna Avraamidou | Cyprus |
| Insular | Insular | Héctor Manuel Valdez | Dominican Republic |
| L'Anima In Pace | L'Anima In Pace | Ciro Formisano | Italy |
| Latido | Latido | Katina Medina Mora | México |
| Life | Life | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan |
| Lonely Yurt | Lonely Yurt | Begars Yelubaev | Kazakhstan |
| Lost Country | | Vladimir Perišić | Serbia, France, Luxemburg, Croatia |
| Lucette | Lucette | Mburucuya Victoria Fleitas & Oscar Javier Ayala | Paraguay |
| Malqueridas | Malqueridas | Tana Gilbert | Chile, Germany |
| Mandoob | مندوب الليل | Ali Kalthami | Saudi Arabia |
| Melody | Melody | Behrouz Sebt Rasoul | Tajikistan |
| Mighty Afrin: In The Time Of Floods | Mighty Afrin: In The Time Of Floods | Angelos Rallis | Greece, France |
| Mommy's Lambie | Mommy's Lambie | Umut Evirgen | Turkey |
| Montevideo Unit | Montevideo Unit | Tatyana Lyutaeva | Russian Federation |
| Mountain Onion | Mountain Onion | Eldar Shibanov | Kazakhstan |
| My Aunt Gilma | My Aunt Gilma | Alexandra Henao | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic |
| Not A Word | Not A Word | Hanna Slak | Germany |
| Once Upon a Time in the Andes | Once Upon a Time in the Andes | Rómulo Sulca | Peru |
| Öte | Öte | Malik Isasis & Esra Saydam | United States |
| Palimpsest | | Hanna Västinsalo | Finland |
| Rain Town | | Tunku Mona Riza Tunku Khalid | Malaysia |
| Seagrass | Seagrass | Meredith Hama-Brown | Canada |
| Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes | Seneca – Oder: Über die Geburt von Erdbeben | Robert Schwentke | Germany |
| Seventh Heaven | | Jasna Nanut | Croatia |
| Shame on Dry Land | Syndabocken | Axel Petersén | Sweden, Malta |
| Sharp Wounds | Sharp Wounds | Mariana Musalem Ramos | Mexico |
| Sima's Unfinished Narration | Sima's Unfinished Narration | Alireza Samadi Samadi | Iran |
| Snowstorm | Snowstorm | Sabit Kurmanbekov | Kazakhstan |
| Stepne | Stepne | Maryna Vroda | Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia |
| Suffocated | Suffocated | Luciano Podcaminsky | Argentina, Costa Rica |
| Sunday | Sunday | Shokir Kholikov | Uzbekistan |
| The Accident | | Bruno Carboni | Brazil |
| The Beautiful Summer | | Laura Luchetti | Italy |
| The Bubble | | Miguel Angel Rocca | Argentina |
| The Chapel | | Dominique Deruddere | Belgium |
| The Drunk | | André Marques | Portugal |
| The Fisherman's Daughter | | Edgar de Luque Jácome | Colombia |
| The Gospel Of The Beast | | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines |
| The Invisible Steps Through Latin America | | Johnny Mauricio González Zuñiga | Costa Rica |
| The Land Where Winds Stood Still | | Ardak Amirkulov | Kazakhstan |
| The Last Birthday | | Navid Mahmoudi | Afghanistan |
| The Punishment | | Matías Bize | Chile |
| The Reeds | | Cemil Ağacıkoğlu | Turkey, Bulgaria |
| Thiiird | | Karim Kassem | Lebanon |
| This Place | | V. T. Nayani | Canada |
| Three Sparks | | Naomi Uman | Albania |
| Thunders | | Ioane Bobeica | Moldova |
| Toll | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil, Portugal |
| Twenty20 | | Wong Kwang Han | Singapore |
| Toxic | | Stefan Vorzacek | Czech Republic |
| Tzadik | Праведник | Sergei Ursuliak | Russia |
| Under The Naked Sky | Under The Naked Sky | Lilian Sijbesma | Netherlands |
| Wake Me | Wake Me | Marko Santic | Slovenia |
| Wheatfield | Wheatfield | Anabel Caso | Mexico |
| Whispering Mountains | Whispering Mountains | Jagath Manuwarna | Sri Lanka |
| Wild | Wild | Shahrareh Soroosh | Iran |
| When Fucking Spring Is In The Air | When Fucking Spring Is In The Air | Danyael Sugawara | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany |
The Melody movie, written, directed, produced, and edited by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul, was selected as the Tajik entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards,

### Restored classics

The birth centenary of actor Dev Anand is celebrated with restored versions of some of his classics. There are three internationally restored films also in this section. Four regional films are also screened in this section.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 1962 | Bees Saal Baad | | Biren Nag | India |
| 1937 | Bidyapati | | Debaki Bose | India |
| 1974 | Chorus | | Mrinal Sen | India |
| 1965 | Guide | | Vijay Anand | India |
| 1964 | Haqeeqat | | Chetan Anand | India |
| 1951 | Pathala Bhairavi | | K. V. Reddy | India |
| 1965 | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | Тіні забутих предків | Sergei Parajanov | Ukraine |
| 1953 | Shyamchi Aai | श्यामची आई | P. K. Atre | India |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | The Exorcist | William Friedkin | USA |
| 1990 | Twilight | Szürkület | György Fehér | Hungary |

### UNICEF @ IFFI

Source:
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 1996 | Damu | দামু | Raja Sen | India |
| 2023 | For the Sake of Ava | | Mohsen Seraji | Iran |
| 2023 | Gandhi & Co. | Gandhi & Co. | Manish Saini | India |
| 2022 | Peacock Lament | | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara | Sri Lanka |
| 2022 | Singo | | Alireza Mohammadi Rouzbahany | Iran |

## Awards and winners

| Image | Recipient | Country |
| Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award ||||
| | Michael Douglas | United States |
| Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema Award ||||
| | Madhuri Dixit | India |
| Winner(s) | Work/ director |
| Golden Peacock (Best Film) |||
| Endless Borders | Abbas Amini |
| Best Director |||
| Stephan Komandarev | Blaga's Lessons |
| Best Actor |||
| Pouria Rahimi Sam | Endless Borders |
| Best Actress |||
| Mélanie Thierry | Party of Fools |
| Best Debut Film of a Director |||
| When The Seedlings Grow | Rêger Azad Kaya |
| Special Jury Award |||
| Rishab Shetty | Kantara |
| ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal |||
| Drift | Anthony Chen |
| Best Web Series Award |||
| Panchayat Season 2 | Deepak Kumar Mishra |