56th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA 2025

 

IFFI 2025 will open with an outdoor ceremony and a colourful cultural parade celebrating India’s traditions. It is going to be held in Panaji between 20-28th November. The festival will bring together guests and filmmakers from more than 80 countries and 270 PLUS films from India and abroad. Brazilian film The Blue Trail will start the event, while Japan will be the country of focus along with a few other nations, including Spain and Australia. The festival will honour legendary film artists – Guru Dutt, Raj Khosla, Bhanumati, Bhuwan, Ritwik and long-time contributors Rajnikanth and Balakrishna for completing 50 years in Indian Cinema. In a press conference on the 56th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2025,  MoS for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan said, it will also feature the WAVES Film Bazaar, and special platforms to support young creators, women directors, and new experiments in AI-driven filmmaking.

 

Goa’s Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant was also present on this occasion and informed that IFFI 2025 will be held across five main venues in Goa. Celebrating its 56th edition, the festival’s theme is the Convergence of Creativity and Technology. Two Goan films- Claudia and  Pilot, selected from 17 entries – will be screened. The festival will open with the IFFI Float Parade on 20 November, featuring Goan cultural groups. Free transport for delegates, public engagement stalls, and various cultural activities are planned throughout the event.

Ensuing Film Festivals listed by Art Book Cinema

 

78th Cannes Film Festival 2025- winners

 

2025 Cannes Film Festival winners:

This year’s Palme was presented by Cate Blanchett and European Film Academy president Juliette Binoche, who also led the Main Competition jury. She was joined by Halle Berry, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sang-soo, Payal Kapadia, Carlos Reygadas, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, and Jeremy Strong.

Palme d’Or: “It Was Just an Accident”

"It Was Just an Accident" is a 2025 Iranian thriller directed by Jafar Panahi, exploring themes of trauma and revenge, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Grand Prix: “Sentimental Value”

Acclaimed director Joachim Trier's “Sentimental Value” won the grand Prix.It is  centred on reconciliation and family, topics the 51-year-old reflected on while working on the script with long-time collaborator Eskil Vogt.

Jury Prize: *TIE* “Sirât” & “Sound of Falling”

Best Actress: Nadia Melliti, “The Little Sister”

Best Actor: Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”

Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho, “The Secret Agent”

Best Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, “Young Mothers”

Camera d’Or: Hasan Hadi, “The President’s Cake”

Camera d’Or Special Mention: Akinola Davies Jr., “My Father’s Shadow”

Special Award: Bi Gan, “Resurrection”

Short Film Palme d’Or: “I’m Glad You’re Dead Now,” Tawfeek Barhom

Short Film Special Mention: “Ali,” Adnan Al Rajeev

Golden Eye Documentary Prize: “Imago,” Déni Oumar Pitsaev

Golden Eye Documentary 10th Anniversary Prize: “The Six Billion Dollar Man”

Queer Palm: Hafsia Herzi, “La Petite Dernière” 

The 78th Festival de Cannes- winners on Certain regard section.

 

The 78th Festival de Cannes

The 2025 selection on Certain regard (Cannes)section has included 20 feature films – 9 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This year, the opening film was Erige Sehiri's Promised Sky. 

Chaired by British director, screenwriter and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, the Jury included French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam Vanja Kaludjercic, Italian director, producer and screenwriter Roberto Minervini and Argentinian actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Un Certain Regard Prize LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO) Diego Céspedes 1st film Jury Prize UN POETA (A POET) Simón Mesa Soto   Best Directing ARAB & TARZAN NASSER in Once Upon a Time in Gaza   Best Actor FRANK DILLANE in Urchin directed by Harris Dickinson   Best Actress CLEO DIÁRA in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) directed by Pedro Pinho   Best Screenplay PILLION Harry Lighton 1st film

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Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Sports & Youth Affairs Shri Anurag Singh Thakur said that the 54 edition of International film festival of India (IFFI 54) was a celebration of unity in diversity, embodying the spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: One Earth, One Family One Future’, bringing together creative minds, filmmakers, cinema lovers, and cultural enthusiasts from across the globe. This edition of IFFI was truly extraordinary, filled with notable firsts and ground breaking achievements that showcased the best of filmmaking”, he said while delivering a video message at the closing ceremony of IFFI. Shri Thakur noted that the 54 IFFI showcased around 250 films, totaling close to 30,000 minutes of viewing, representing 68 international and 17 Indian languages from 78 countries. “The festival featured 23 Masterclasses, In-Conversation sessions, some accessible both physically and virtually. Close to 50 Gala Red carpets organised during the festival provided a boost to the whole celebration,” he said. The Minister also acknowledged the support of the esteemed jury members whose valuable time and dedicated efforts played a pivotal role in shaping this edition of the festival. Highlighting the efforts towards inclusivity and accessibility made by IFFI, the Minister said that films were specially curated for differently abled film-lovers so that they could enjoy the beauty of cinema at big screens with the help of sign language and audio descriptions. “We made sure to include more than 40 movies directed by women, celebrating their talent”, he added. 

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