39th International Film Festival of India explained

Number:	39
Award:	International Film Festival of India
Awarded For:	Best of World cinema
Presenting Org:	Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented Date:	22 November- 1 December 2008
Last:	38th
Next:	40th

The 39th International Film Festival of India was held in Panaji, Goa from 22 November 2008 to 1 December 2008.^[1]

Winners

• Golden Peacock (Best Film)

"Tulpan" by "Sergey Dvortsevoy"

• Silver Peacock Special Jury Award

Malani Fonseka for the film "Akasa Kusum"

• Silver Peacock Award for the Most Promising Asian Director

"Sergey Dvortsevoy" for the film "Tulpan"

Jury

• • Niki Karimi Tabassum Hashmi
• Marco Mueller
• Lav Diaz
• Peter Ho-Sun Chan

In competition

The competition section had 15 films including^[2]

• My Mother's Tears
• Rupant
• The Shaft
• Kanchivaram
• Mahasatta
• The Song of Sparrows
• The Red Spot
• Tulpan (Golden Peacock winner)
• Pensil
• Ploning
• Akasa Kusum
• The Coffin

References

1. News: IFFI 2008 kicks off with 'Warlords' in Goa. 22 November 2008. The Economic Times. 26 November 2009.
2. News: IFFI 2008 kicks off in Goa. 22 November 2008. The Hindu. 26 November 2009. 7 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107155417/http://www.hindu.com/holnus/009200811221921.htm. dead.