The 38th

International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is an annual film festival currently held in Goa, on the western coast of India. The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excel ...

was held from November 23 - December 3 2007 in

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

. Hungarian cinema was the "Country Focus" in this edition. Filmmaker

Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like '' Bagh Bahadur'', '' Tahader Katha'', '' Charachar'' and ''Uttara''. Five of his films have won the Nation ...

was the chief guest for this edition.

Winners

* Golden Peacock (Best Film): "The Wall" by "Lin Chih Ju" (Taiwanese film) * Life Time Achievement Award - "

Dilip Kumar Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor and film producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated Hindi cinema from the 1950s throughout t ...

" and "

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He ...

" * Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Director: to "Golam Rabanny Biplab" for "On The Wings of Dreams" (Bangladeshi film) * Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Actress: to Julia Urbini for "More Than Anything In The World" (Mexican film) * Silver Peacock Award for the Most Promising Asian Director:"

Pongpat Wachirabunjong Pongpat Wachirabunjong (; ) is a Thai singer, actor, film director and TV series director and producer. He graduated in bachelor in health of physical education from Srinakharinwirot University. He is well known in Thailand for his role in the ...

" for " Me... Myself" (Thai film).

Official selections

Special screenings

Opening film

*"4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days" by "Cristian Mungiun" (Romanian film).

Closing film

*"Fados" by "Carlos Saura" (Portugal-Spain film).

References

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