Pune International Film Festival

The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at NFAI, Inox, City Pride, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune city. The films are screened in various formats like DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD, and 8/16/35mm films.

Pune International Film Festival
LocationPune, India
Founded2002
AwardsPrabhat, Sant Tukaram
Directed byJabbar Patel
Websitewww.piffindia.com

Dr Jabbar Patel is the Chairman and Director and Samar Nakhate is creative director of festival.[1]

The festival commences on second Thursday and concludes on third Thursday of January. First Edition of PIFF was started in year 2002 and has been running annually except for 2004.[2]

Latest PIFF was concluded on 16 January 2020 in its 18th edition. The theme of year was '60 Years of Foundation of Maharashtra'. It celebrated the centenary year of legends - Federico Fellini, Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shamshad Begum, and Pandit Ravi Shankar. It also paid tribute to late Dr Sriram Lagoo.

Festival Categories
  • World Competition - Films released in earlier year compete for much coveted 'Prabhat Best International Film Award'
  • Marathi Competition - Marathi films released in earlier year compete for 'Sant Tukaram Best International Marathi Film Award'
  • Student Section - Short films from film schools in India like FTII are screened.
  • Global Cinema - Non competition category for cinema acound the globe
  • Country Focus - A handful of films from one country
  • Theme Section - Films relating to theme of festival that year
  • Retrospective - Retrospective on Indian and Foreign director/actor
  • Indian Cinema - Offbeat films produced in India (usually excludes Bollywood and other Indian language mainstream films)
  • Tribute Section - Tribute to film personalities passed that year
  • Special Screening
  • PIFF Workshops - Talks, Seminars, and Workshops on varied subjects by Film Industry persons.

Awards

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 the 5th Venice International Film Festival.[4]

Award-winners
PIFF EditionYearFilmDirector
42006Dombivali FastNishikanth Kamat
52007ShevriGajendra Ahire
62008TingyaMangesh Hadawale
72009Gabhricha PausSatish Manwar
82010NatarangRavi Jadhav
92011Baboo Band BaajaRajesh Pinjani
102012Ha Bharat MazaSumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukhtankar
112013KaksparshMahesh Manjrekar
122014FandryNagraj Manjule
132015Elizabeth EkadashiParesh Mokashi
142016Ranga PatangaPrasad Namjoshi
15 2017 Lathe Joshi Mangesh Joshi
16 2018 Pimpal Gajendra Ahire
17 2019 Chumbak Sandeep Modi
18 2020[5] Anandi Gopal Sameer Vidwans

Prabhat 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.

Edition YearAwardFilmDirector
3 2005Best FilmYesterdayDarrell Roodt
Jury AwardEarth and AshesAtiq Rahimi
Best DirectorDias de SantiagoJosué Méndez
4 2006Best FilmL'Enfant (The Child)Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Best DirectorL'Enfant (The Child)Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
5 2007Best FilmThe Old BarberHasi Chaolu
Best DirectorThe AxeCosta-Gavras
6 2008Best FilmXXYLucía Puenzo
Best DirectorSleepwalking LandTeresa Prata
7 2009Best FilmLake TahoeFernando Eimbcke
Best DirectorTulpanSergey Dvortsevoy
8 2010Best FilmWhite Lightnin'Dominic Murphy
Best DirectorWho Is Afraid of the Wolf?Maria Procházková
9 2011Best FilmDooman RiverZhang Lu
Best DirectorReverseBorys Lankosz
10 2012Best FilmIf Not Us, Who?Andres Veiel
Best DirectorA SeparationAsghar Farhadi
11 2013Best FilmBarbaraChristian Petzold
Best DirectorThe DelayRodrigo Plá
12 2014Best FilmPapuszaKrzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
Best Director (shared)PapuszaKrzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
Best Director (shared)Foreign BodiesMirko Locatelli
13 2015Best FilmBehaviourErnesto Daranas
Best Director (shared)Like Never BeforeZdeněk Tyc
Best Director (shared)Test (Ispytanie)Alexander Kott
14 2016Best FilmImmortalSeyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Best DirectorThithiRaam Reddy
15 2017 Best Film Lost in Munich Petr Zelenka
Best Director The Student Kirill Serebrennikov
16 2018 Best Film Free and Easy Geng Jun
Best Director Zama Lucrecia Martel
17 2019 Best Film Girls of the Sun Eva Husson
Best Director A Translator Rodrigo Barriuso & Sebastian Barriuso
18 2020[6] Best Film A Son (Bik Eneich: Un Fils) Mehdi Barsaoui
Best Director Supernova Bartosz Kruhlik

See also

References
  1. "Pune International Film Festival". www.piffindia.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. "Pune International Film Festival". www.piffindia.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. "Pune International Film Festival". www.piffindia.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. "5th Venice International Film Festival", Wikipedia, 12 November 2019, retrieved 27 November 2019
  5. https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/18th-edition-of-piff-tunisian-family-drama-a-son-wins-best-film-award-6220529/
  6. https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/18th-edition-of-piff-tunisian-family-drama-a-son-wins-best-film-award-6220529/


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