And thus, the festival came to an end.

Press Conference – Age of Shadows

Age of Shadows is the festival’s closing film. The cast and crew attended a press conference in advance, to answer any questions by the press.

MoS I&B, Rajyavardhan Rathore attends NFAI Exhibition

Minister Of State for Information & Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Rathore attended NFAI’s Multimedia Exhibition at IFFI 2016, earlier today.

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International Jury at the IFFI

Closing Ceremony

As the festival finally came to a close, the ceremony was a grand success. Brought in with a powerful performance by Sachin-Jigar, the festival then immediately moved on to the winners of the night.

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Pooja Hegde

Hosted by Shriya Saran and Gaurav Kapur;

  • The first award of the night (Special Jury Award) went to The Throne directed by Lee Joon-ik.
  • Elina Vaska won the award for Best Actor (female) for the film Mellow Mud.
  • Farhad Aslani won the award for Best Actor (male) for the film Daughter.
  • The award for the Best Director went to Soner Caner and Baris Kaya for the film Rauf.
  • The ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award went to Mustafa Kara for the film – Cold of Kalandar.
  • The ICFT UNESCO Special Mention Award went to Tiffany Hsiung for the film – The Apology.
  • The Centenary Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director went to Pepa San Martin for the film
  • The award for the Best Film went to Daughter directed by Reza Mirkarimi.

After a note by Rajyavardhan Rathore, the ceremony was brought to a close by yet another powerful performance by Sachin-Jigar, who were joined by Benny Dayal for their last act of the evening.

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Benny Dayal at the IFFI

The Closing Film was then screened at Kala Academy, and additional shows were aired at INOX.