3rd International Film Festival of India

3rd International Film Festival of India
Awarded for Best of World cinema
Presented by Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented on 21st January 1965
Official website www.iffigoa.org
Best Feature Film Gamperaliya'

The 3rd International Film Festival of India was held from 8 to 21 January 1965 in New Delhi.[1][2] The third edition was the first competitive film festival ever held in India inaugurated by the then President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The festival Chaired by Satyajit Ray for the first time was graded ‘A’ category by the Paris - based Federation International de Producers de Films.[1][2] With this recognition the festival in India came on par with Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary and Moscow International film festivals.[3]

Winners

  • Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: "Gamperaliya" (Sri Lankan film)
  • Best Short Film: Golden Peacock Award: "Cyclone" (Cuban film)

Opening film

  • "Ivaylo" by "Nikola Valchev"

Closing film

References

  1. 1 2 "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  2. 1 2 http://rrtd.nic.in/iffi-2002.htm
  3. ↑ "One of Asia's First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years". 3 October 2017.
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