11th International Film Festival of India

The 11th International Film Festival of India was held from 10-24 January 1987 in New Delhi.[1] The festival gave a breakthrough for commercial cinema, through the introduction of "Indian Mainstream section".[2] India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986 - "Swati Mutyam" was screened in the mainstream section.[3]

11th International Film Festival of India
Awarded forBest of World cinema
Presented byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Presented on24 January 1987
Official websitewww.iffigoa.org
Best Feature Film"Farewell Green Summer"

Winners

  • Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: "Farewell Green Summer" by Elyer Ishmukhamedov (Russian film)
  • Best Short Film: Golden Peacock Award: Not Awarded
  • Best Actor: Silver Peacock Award: "Raghubir Yadav" for "Massey Sahib" (Indian film)[4]

References

  1. "English Releases".
  2. "International Film Festival in India". rrtd.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  4. Nair, Nithya (23 September 2017). "Raghubir Yadav's Oscars Connection: With Newton, He Is Part Of Six Indian Movies Sent For The Academy Awards".
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