The 49th International Film Festival of India was a film festival held from 20 to 28 November 2018 in Goa. In the 49th event new sections such as "Sketch on Screen (Animation Film Package)", "A Retrospective of Masters" are inculcated. 212 films were being showcased during the event, with Israel being the country of focus.
Winners Golden Peacock (Best Film): Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa IFFI Best Director Award: Lijo Jose Pellissery for Ee.Ma.Yau IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award: Chemban Vinod Jose for Ee.Ma.Yau IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award: Anastasiia Pustovit for When the Trees Fall IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Praveen Morchhale for Walking With the Wind IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Treb Monteras II for Respeto Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Milko Lazarov for "Ága" Special Mention: Chezhiyan for To Let (India)
Special awards Life Time Achievement Award - Dan Wolman IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award: Salim Khan
Official Selections Opening Film The Aspern Papers
Closing Film Sealed Lips
International Competition
Original title Director(s) Production country 53 Wars Ewa Bukowska Poland A Translator Sebastian Barriusco Cuba, Canada, Spanish, Russia Aga Milko Lazarov Bulgaria, Germany, France Divine Wind Merzak Allouache Algeria, France, Qatar, Lebanon Donbass Sergey Loznitsa Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania A Family Tour Ying Liang Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia Here Hadi Mohaghegh Iran Our Struggles Guillaume Senez Belgium, France The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow Sulev Keedus Estonia, Lithuania The Unseen Nicholas Pueno Argentina Vang Goghs Sergey Livnev Russia When The Trees Fall Marysia Nikitiuk Ukraine, Poland Ee.Ma.Yau Lijo Jose Pellissery India-Malayalam To Let Chezhiyan India-Tamil Bhayanakam Jayaraj India-Malayalam
Indian Panorama Title Language Director(s) Olu Malayalam - Inaugural film Shaji N KarunSa Bengali Arijit SinghBunkar - The Last of the Varanasi WeaversEnglish with HindiSatyaprakash Upadhyay Nagarkirtan Bengali Kaushik Ganguly Uma Bengali Srijit Mukherjee Abyakto Bengali Arjun Dutta Somoy Bengali Suryoday De Uronchodi Bengali Abhishek Saha October Hindi Shoojit Sircar Bhor Hindi Kamakhya Narayanan Singh Sinjar Jasari Pampally Walking with the Wind Ladakhi Praveen Morchhale Bhayanakam Malayalam Jayaraj Makanna Malayalam Raheem Khader Poomaram Malayalam Abrid Shine Sudani From Nigeria Malayalam Zakariya Ee.Ma.Yau Malayalam Lijo Jose Pellissery Dhappa Marathi Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari Aamhi Doghi Marathi Pratima Joshi To Let Tamil Chezhiyan Baaram Tamil Priya Krishnaswamy Pariyerum Perumal Tamil Mari Selvaraj Peranbu Tamil Ram Paddayi Tulu Abhaya Simha
State Focus - Jharkhand (Special Section) Title Language Director(s) A Death in the Gunj Hindi Konkona Sen SharmaM.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Hindi Neeraj PandeyPanchlaitHindiPrem Prakash Modi Begum Jaan Hindi Srijit Mukherji
Mainstream Cinema Section Title Language Director(s)Mahanati Telugu Nag AshwinTiger Zinda Hai Hindi Ali Abbas ZafarPadmaavat Hindi Sanjay Leela BhansaliRaazi Hindi Meghna Gulzar
Controversy On 22 November 2018 delegates who had gathered to watch the Danish crime thriller The Guilty began protesting at Kala Academy when they were not allowed to enter the theater. This led to a clash between them and the organizers. In the resulting argument, Rajendra Talak, vice-chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), was quoted as asking delegates from Kerala to "go back home". A complaint was filed by Kerala-based director Kamal KM to IFFI CEO, Ameya Abhyankar. Following this, 29 other Malayali delegates, including 11 National Film winners like Dileesh Pothen and Dr Biju, signed a petition requesting a formal apology from Talak. When asked to comment, Talak replied that he had told the delegates to go back as the show was housefull.
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