11th International Film Festival of India

Indian film festival

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]

Winners

  • Golden Peacock (Best Film): Golden Peacock Award: "Farewell Green Summer" by Elyer Ishmukhamedov (Russian film)
  • Golden Peacock (Best Short Film) Not Awarded
  • IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) (Silver Peacock) "Raghubir Yadav" for "Massey Sahib" (Indian film)[4]
  • IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) (Silver Peacock) "Fernanda Torres" for "Love Me Forever or Never" (Brazilian film)[5]

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".
  5. ^ "Best actress awards 1987".