Pune International Film Festival
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| Location | Pune, India |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Awards | Prabhat, Sant Tukaram |
| Website |
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The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is held every year in the city of Pune, in the state of Maharashtra in India.
The festival has taken place annually in January since 2002.[1] Dr. Jabbar Patel is the Director of the festival.[2]
Awards
- Government of Maharashtra Prabhat Best International Film
- Government of Maharashtra Prabhat Best International Film Director
- Government of Maharashtra Sant Tukaram Best International Marathi Film [3]
Sant Tukaram Best International Marathi Film Award winners
Since 2006, the Government of Maharashtra started awarding the best film in the Marathi competition section at the festival. An international jury watches the competing Marathi films to decide the winner. The award is named after the Marathi film Sant Tukaram, the first Indian entry to be screened at an international film festival.[4]
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dombivali Fast | Nishikanth Kamat |
| 2007 | Shevri | Gajendra Ahire |
| 2008 | Tingya | Mangesh Hadawale |
| 2009 | Gabhricha Paus | Satish Manwar |
| 2010 | Natarang | Ravi Jadhav |
| 2011 | Baboo Band Baaja | Rajesh Pinjani |
| 2012 | Ha Bharat Maza | Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukhtankar |
| 2013 | Kaksparsh | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| 2014 | Fandry | Nagraj Manjule |
| 2015 | Elizabeth Ekadashi | Paresh Mokashi |
| 2016 | Ranga Patanga | Prasad Namjoshi |
International Award Winners
The festival started an International Competition section from 2005. The Government of Maharashtra started awarding the best film and the best director in the International Competition. An international jury panel decides the awards. Select awards are listed below.
| Year | Award | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Best Film | Yesterday | Darrell Roodt |
| 2005 | Jury Award | Earth and Ashes | Atiq Rahimi |
| 2005 | Best Director | Dias de Santiago | Josué Méndez |
| 2006 | Best Film | L'Enfant (The Child) | Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne |
| 2006 | Best Director | L'Enfant (The Child) | Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne |
| 2007 | Best Film | The Old Barber | Hasi Chaolu |
| 2007 | Best Director | The Axe | Costa-Gavras |
| 2008 | Best Film | XXY | Lucía Puenzo |
| 2008 | Best Director | Sleepwalking Land | Teresa Prata |
| 2009 | Best Film | Lake Tahoe | Fernando Eimbcke |
| 2009 | Best Director | Tulpan | Sergey Dvortsevoy |
| 2010 | Best Film | White Lightnin' | Dominic Murphy |
| 2010 | Best Director | Who Is Afraid of the Wolf? | Maria Procházková |
| 2011 | Best Film | Dooman River | Zhang Lu |
| 2011 | Best Director | Reverse | Borys Lankosz |
| 2012 | Best Film | If Not Us, Who? | Andres Veiel |
| 2012 | Best Director | A Separation | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2013 | Best Film | Barbara | Christian Petzold |
| 2013 | Best Director | The Delay | Rodrigo Plá |
| 2014 | Best Film | Papusza | Krzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze |
| 2014 | Best Director (shared) | Papusza | Krzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze |
| 2014 | Best Director (shared) | Foreign Bodies | Mirko Locatelli |
| 2015 | Best Film | Behaviour | Ernesto Daranas |
| 2015 | Best Director (shared) | Like Never Before | Zdeněk Tyc |
| 2015 | Best Director (shared) | Test | Alexander Kott |
| 2016 | Best Film | Immortal (Mamiroo) | Hadi Mohaghegh |
| 2016 | Best Director | Thithi | Raam Reddy |