IFFI Best Debut Director Award explained

IFFI Best Debut Director Award
Subheader:	International award for contributions to World Cinema
Awarded For:	Outstanding Debut Film of a Director
Sponsor:	Directorate of Film Festivals
Firstawarded:	2016
Lastawarded:	2023
Reward:	Silver Peacock Award
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	Rêger Azad Kaya
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	9
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Papa San Martin
Award3 Type:	Last winner

The IFFI Award for Best Debut Director (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Debut Film of a Director)^[1] is an honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since the 47th IFFI 2016 for the best debut film direction in World cinema.^{[2] [3]}

Recipients

IFFI Best Debut Director Award (since 2016)

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Recipient(s)	Work(s)	Language(s)
2016	Papa San Martin	Rara	Spanish	^[4]
2017	Kiro Russo	Dark Skull	Spanish	^[5]
2018	Treb Monteras II	Respeto	Filipino	^[6]
2019	Amin Sidi-Boumédiène Marius Olteanu	Abou Leila Monsters.	French Romanian	^[7]
2020	Cassio Pereira dos Santos	Valentina	Portuguese	^[8]
2021	Marí Alessandrini	Zahorí	Italian	^[9]
2022	Asimina Proedrou	Behind the Haystacks	Greek	^[10]
2023	Rêger Azad Kaya	When The Seedlings Grow	Arabic	^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IFFI Goa 2016 International Competition Selections. 1 November 2016. 20 December 2017. 29 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129220710/https://iffigoa.org/2016-international-competition-selections/. dead.
2. Web site: iffi 2016 Archive - IFFI Goa. IFFI Goa. 2017-12-20. 2020-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918031246/https://iffigoa.org/tag/iffi-2016/. dead.
3. Web site: Indian Panorama Selections for IFFI Goa 2016. 29 October 2016. 20 December 2017. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918182003/https://iffigoa.org/indian-panorama-selections-iffi-2016/. dead.
4. Web site: 47th IFFI Concluded in Goa. 29 November 2016.
5. Web site: IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'.
6. News: Donbass wins Golden Peacock at IFFI . 23 August 2019 . The Hindu . 28 November 2018 . en-IN.
7. Web site: Particles wins the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 - Times of India. The Times of India. en. 2019-12-05.
8. Web site: 51st International Film Festival of India: Winners list. 24 January 2021. 24 January 2021. Indian Express.
9. Web site: Japanese movie 'Ring Wandering' wins Golden Peacock Award at 52nd edition of IFFI. 28 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Devdiscourse.
10. Web site: IFFI 2022 winners list: I Have Electric Dreams wins big. 28 November 2022.
11. News: Winners at IFFI54. Press Information Bureau. 29 November 2023. 29 November 2023.