IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
International honor for contributions to World cinema
Awarded for"Outstanding film which promotes peace and inter-cultural dialogue"
Sponsored byInternational Film Festival of India
First awarded2015 (2015)
Last awarded2023
Most recent winnerDrift
Highlights
Total awarded10
First winnerCinemawala

The IFFI ICFT UNSESCO Gandhi Medal is an international honor instituted since the 46th International Film Festival of India.[1][2] The annual award is presented to an outstanding film which promotes peace and inter-cultural dialogue.[3][4][5]

History

In the year 1994, UNESCO issued a commemorative medal, marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.[6] Subsequently, since 2015, ICFT, the UNESCO international advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and news media, headquartered in Paris France, in collaboration with International Film Festival of India, honors the commemorative Fellini Award to an outstanding film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.[7][6]

Medal Winners

YearFilmOriginal TitleDirectorCountry
2015CinemawalaKaushik Ganguly India
2016Cold of KalandarMustafa Kara Turkey
2017Kshitij A HorizonManouj Kadaamh India
2018Walking With the WindPraveen Morchhale India
2019Rwanda
72 Hoorain (Special Mention)
Riccardo Salvetti
Sanjay Puran Singh
 Italy
 India
2020200 MetersAmeen Nayfeh Palestine
2021Lingui, The Sacred BondsLingui, les liens sacrésMahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
 France
 Belgium
 Germany
2022NargesiPayam Eskandar Iran
2023DriftAnthony Chen United Kingdom
 France
 Greece

References

  1. "Kaushik wins Unesco Fellini award at Iffi - Times of India". The Times of India. December 2015.
  2. "Indian Panorama Selections for IFFI Goa 2016". 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. "8 films vie for Unesco Gandhi Medal Prize | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 November 2016.
  4. "iffi 2016 Archive - IFFI Goa". IFFI Goa. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  5. "IFFI Goa 2016 International Competition Selections". 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Gandhi Medal 2022".
  7. ""Lingui, the Sacred Bonds" wins ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at IFFI 52".
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