The IFFI ICFT UNSESCO Gandhi Medal is an international honor instituted since the 46th International Film Festival of India. The annual award is presented to an outstanding film which promotes peace and inter-cultural dialogue.
History In the year 1994, UNESCO issued a commemorative medal, marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Subsequently, since 2015, ICFT, the UNESCO international advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and news media, headquartered in Paris France, in collaboration with International Film Festival of India, honors the commemorative Fellini Award to an outstanding film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.
Medal Winners Year Film Original Title Director Country2015 Cinemawala Kaushik Ganguly 2016 Cold of Kalandar Mustafa Kara 2017 Kshitij A Horizon Manouj Kadaamh 2018 Walking with the Wind Praveen Morchhale 2019 Rwanda72 Hoorain (Special Mention) Riccardo SalvettiSanjay Puran Singh 2020 200 Meters Ameen Nayfeh 2021 Lingui, The Sacred Bonds Lingui, les liens sacrés Mahamat-Saleh Haroun 2022 Nargesi Payam Eskandar 2023 Drift Anthony Chen 2024 Crossing Levan Akin 2025 Safe House Før mørket Eirik Svensson
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India