3rd International Film Festival of India
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]
| 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 |
| Best Feature Film | Gamperaliya' |
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
- "America America" by "Elia Kazan"
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gollark: Can you trade CB Prizes? Obviously nobody would, but it's interesting.
gollark: Huh. Someone actually put up a trade request with a CB copper asking for the release.
gollark: I wonder what they'll look like as adults...
gollark: I think the first wave will have hit the tradehub by now. The release was five hours ago, I think.
References
- "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- "International Film Festival in India". rrtd.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "One of Asia's First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years". 3 October 2017.
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