IFFI: Hybrid-mode film gala concludes with Danish movie ‘Into the Darkness’ successful prime honour

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Danish World War II epic “Into The Darkness” received the highest honour of Golden Peacock Award on the closing ceremony of the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which was pared down significantly as a result of coronavirus pandemic. Director Anders Refn’s “Into the Darkness” chronicles the advanced, emotional turmoil of the Danish individuals through the Nazi occupation of the nation. The award consists of a money prize of RS 40 lakh, to be shared equally between Refn and producer Lene Borglum. The duo, nevertheless, weren’t current.
Mandarin drama, “The Silent Forest”, bagged two prime honours- greatest actor male and greatest director. Taiwanese actor Tzu-Chuan Liu, 17, was honoured with ‘Silver Peacock for Best Actor’ for his function of a listening to impaired within the movie whereas Taiwanese filmmaker Chen-Nien Ko received the very best director award for her “heart-wrenching exposition of the systemic sexual abuse” occurring in a college for youngsters with particular wants.
The Silver Peacock for greatest actor – feminine was awarded to Polish actor Zofia Stafiej, for her function in director Piotr Domalewski’s “I Never Cry” on the ceremony held on the .
The movie explores the journey of a daughter who has to navigate the maze of paperwork in another country to deliver again the physique of her lifeless father.
Stafiej, who wasn’t current at occasion as effectively, would obtain a certificates and money award of RS 10 lakh.
The IFFI 51 ‘Special Jury Award’ was bagged by Bulgarian director Kamin Kalev’s 2020 movie “February”, whereas the very best debut director award went to Brazilian filmmaker Cassio Pereira dos Santos, for his 2020 Portugese drama “Valentina”.
The movie tells the story of a 17-year-old transgender Brazilian lady aspiring for a standard life.
The ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award—given to a movie that displays Mahatma Gandhi’s beliefs of peace, tolerance and non-violence—was awarded to Ameen Nayfeh’s 2020 Arabic movie “200 Meters”.
The award consists of a certificates and a medal. It is given as a part of IFFI’s collaboration with the International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) Paris.
The winners had been determined by the International Jury, comprising Argentine director Pablo Cesar as Chairman, Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka), Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), Indian filmmaker Priyadarshan and Rubaiyat Hossain from Bangladesh.

Cesar, who couldn’t be current on the occasion, mentioned in a video message, that the pageant provided the jury diversified themes of movies to select from.
“Especially those that make us reflect on individual freedoms, rights of children and all the people of this world, empowerment of women and memories of things that same people have done which we are sure we never want to happen again. Thank you IFFI for selection of films which are rich in content and aesthetic search,” he added.
Three Indian movies — Assam-set “Bridge” by Kripal Kalita, “A Dog And His Man” by Siddharth Tripathy and Ganesh Vinayakan’s “Thaen” — had been nominated within the International competitors line up, which consisted 15 options from throughout the globe.
Only “Bridge”, nevertheless, managed to take house the ‘Special Mention’ honour. Veteran actor Zeenat Aman and actor-politician Ravi Kishan had been the visitors of honour on the ceremony held at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium.
Aman, 69, lauded the pageant for managing to ask cinema expertise from internationally even in its slimmed down avatar. “As we journey towards the post pandemic world, a glimpse of it can be felt today with this excellent gathering of film lovers. I am certain all the films selected are backed with immense hope for a world with better understanding towards multiple issues, cultures, society or an individual unit,” she mentioned.
Union minister and singer Babul Supriyo and veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee, who was conferred the ”Indian Personality of the Year” award at IFFI, had been additionally in attendence together with Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Goa governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Sawant lauded the efforts of everybody for making IFFI a hit at a time when many movie festivals had been referred to as of as a result of COVID-19. “I have full faith that the next edition of the festival will be better than this. I thank our Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, our Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar ji. No film festivals were held because of the pandemic, but we took the lead and ran it successfully in a hybrid manner,” he mentioned.
A complete of 224 movies had been screened underneath completely different sections on the 51st version of the pageant which was pushed by two months from its unique November present.
The hybrid-mode pageant organised on-line streaming of masterclasses by filmmakers Shekhar Kapur, Chaitanya Tamhane and Subhash Ghai. Apart from the opening and shutting ceremony, which was reside telecast, few World Panorama movies had been additionally streamed on-line.
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” opened the pageant, whereas Japanese historic drama “Wife of a Spy” by Kiyoshi Kurosawa was the closing movie.
The nine-day pageant was carried out collectively by the Directorate of Film Festivals (underneath Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and Goa authorities.