The 39th International Film Festival of India was held in Panaji, Goa from 22 November 2008 to 1 December 2008.

Winners

Golden Peacock (Best Film): "Tulpan" by "Sergey Dvortsevoy" Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Malani Fonseka for the film "Akasa Kusum" Silver Peacock Award for the Most Promising Asian Director: "Sergey Dvortsevoy" for the film "Tulpan"

Jury Niki Karimi Tabassum Hashmi Marco Mueller Lav Diaz Peter Ho-Sun Chan

In competition The competition section had 15 films including My Mother's Tears Rupant The Shaft Kanchivaram Mahasatta The Song of Sparrows The Red Spot Tulpan (Golden Peacock winner) Pensil Ploning Akasa Kusum The Coffin

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