IFFI Best Debut Director Award

IFFI Best Debut Director and Best Indian Debut Director Awards
International award for contributions to World Cinema and Indian Cinema
Awarded forOutstanding Debut Film of a Director
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
RewardSilver Peacock Award
First award2016
Final award2025
Most recent winnerHesam Farahmand
Tõnis Pill
Karan Singh Tyagi
Highlights
Total awarded
14
First winner
Papa San Martin

The IFFI Award for Best Debut Director (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Debut Film of a Director) is an honor that has been presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since the 47th IFFI 2016 for the best debut film direction in World cinema. The IFFI Award for Best Indian Debut Director was instituted from the 55th IFFI (2024) for the best debut film direction in Indian cinema.

Recipients

IFFI Best Debut Director Award (since 2016)

List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s) and Country
Year Recipient(s) Work(s) Language(s) Country Ref.
2016
(47th)		 Papa San Martin Rara Spanish Spain
2017
(48th)		 Kiro Russo Dark Skull Spanish Spain
2018
(49th)		 Treb Monteras II Respeto Filipino Philippines
2019
(50th)		 Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
Marius Olteanu		 Abou Leila
Monsters.		 French
Romanian		 France
Romania
2020
(51st)		 Cassio Pereira dos Santos Valentina Portuguese Brazil
2021
(52nd)		 Marí Alessandrini Zahorí Italian Italy
2022
(53rd)		 Asimina Proedrou Behind the Haystacks Greek Greece
2023
(54th)		 Rêger Azad Kaya When The Seedlings Grow Arabic Turkey
2024
(55th)		 Sarah Friedland Familiar Touch English USA
2025
(56th)		 Hesam Farahmand
Tõnis Pill		 My Daughter’s Hair
Fränk		 Iran
Estonian		 Iran
Estonia

IFFI Best Indian Debut Director Award (since 2024)

List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s) and language(s)
Year Recipient(s) Work(s) Language(s) Ref.
2024
(55th)		 Navjyot Bandivadekar Gharat Ganpati Marathi
2025
(56th)		 Karan Singh Tyagi Kesari Chapter 2 Hindi

References

  1. ↑ "IFFI Goa 2016 International Competition Selections". 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "iffi 2016 Archive - IFFI Goa". IFFI Goa. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Indian Panorama Selections for IFFI Goa 2016". 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Five International and Two Indian Debut Directors to Compete for Silver Peacock at IFFI 2024". Press Information Bureau. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "47th IFFI Concluded in Goa". 29 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'".
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  8. ↑ "Particles wins the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "51st International Film Festival of India: Winners list". Indian Express. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Japanese movie 'Ring Wandering' wins Golden Peacock Award at 52nd edition of IFFI". Devdiscourse. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "IFFI 2022 winners list: I Have Electric Dreams wins big". 28 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Winners at IFFI54". Press Information Bureau. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Naman Ramachandran, Patrick Frater (28 November 2024). "Lithuanian Drama 'Toxic' Wins Top Prize at 55th International Film Festival of India". Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  14. 1 2 Naman Ramachandran, Udita Jhunjhunwala (28 November 2025). "Transgender Vietnamese Drama 'Skin of Youth' Wins Top Prize at International Film Festival of India". Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
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  16. ↑ "Iffi institutes new award for debut Indian film directors". The Times of India. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.