IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) explained

IFFI Best Actor Award (Female)
Subheader:International award for contributions to World Cinema
Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actor
Sponsor:Directorate of Film Festivals
Firstawarded:1965
Lastawarded:2023
Reward:Silver Peacock Award
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:25
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:Sharmila Tagore
Award3 Type:Last winner

The IFFI Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Actor Award (Female)) is an honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since 2010 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role in World cinema.[1] Earlier the award was presented on various occasions at the 3rd IFFI for ensemble cast in "Nirjan Saikate", and Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres at 11th IFFI.[2]

List of award winners

Year! scope="col"
Recipient(s)Work(s)Language(s)
1965
Sharmila Tagore
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Chhaya Debi
Renuka Debi
Bharati Debi
"Nirjan Saikate"Bengali[3]
1987
Fernanda Torres"Love Me Forever or Never"Brazilian[4]
2010
Magdalena Boczarska"Little Rose"Polish[5]
2011
Nadezhda Markina"Elena"Russian[6]
2012
Anjali Patil"Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka"Sinhala[7]
2013
Magdalena Boczarska"In Hiding"Polish[8]
2014
Alina Rodriguez
Sarit Larry
"Behavior"
"The Kindergarten Teacher"
Spanish
Hebrew
[9]
2015
Gunes Sensoy
Doga Doguslu
Tugba Sunguroglu
Elit İşcan
İlayda Akdoğan
"Mustang"Turkish[10]
2016
Elina Vaska"Mellow Mud"Latvian[11]
2017
"Take Off"Malayalam[12]
2018
Anastasiia Pustovit"When the Trees Fall"Ukrainian[13]
2019
Usha Jadhav"Mai Ghat: Crime No 103/2015"Marathi[14]
2020
Zofia StafiejI Never CryPolish[15]
2021
Ángela MolinaCharlotteSpanish[16]
2022
Daniela Marin NavarroI Have Electric DreamsSpanish[17]
2023
Party of FoolsFrench[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 41st International Film Festival begins at GOA from 22nd November 2010.. pib.nic.in.
  2. Web site: IFFI Best actress awards .
  3. Web site: Best actress awards 1965.
  4. Web site: Best actress awards 1965.
  5. Web site: India wins Golden Peacock after 10 yrs – Times of India.
  6. Web site: 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) – Goa – 2011 – Shadow Play India. www.shadowplayindia.com.
  7. Web site: 43rd IFFI closes with Meera Nair’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. pib.nic.in.
  8. Web site: 'Beatriz's War' wins Golden Peacock at 44th International film festival of India – Times of India.
  9. Web site: Russian film Leviathan wins Golden Peacock at IFFI 2014. 30 November 2014.
  10. Web site: Key highlights of the 46th International Film Festival of India. pib.nic.in.
  11. Web site: 47th IFFI Concluded in Goa. 29 November 2016.
  12. Web site: IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'.
  13. News: Donbass wins Golden Peacock at IFFI . 23 August 2019 . The Hindu . 28 November 2018 . en-IN.
  14. Web site: Particles wins the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 - Times of India. The Times of India. en. 2019-12-05.
  15. Web site: 51st International Film Festival of India: Winners list. 24 January 2021. 24 January 2021. Indian Express.
  16. Web site: Japanese movie 'Ring Wandering' wins Golden Peacock Award at 52nd edition of IFFI. 28 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Devdiscourse.
  17. Web site: IFFI 2022 winners list: I Have Electric Dreams wins big. 28 November 2022.
  18. News: Winners at IFFI54. Press Information Bureau. 29 November 2023. 29 November 2023.