Pune International Film Festival

Pune International Film Festival
LocationPune, India
Founded2002
Most recent2025
AwardsPrabhat, Sant Tukaram
Websitewww.piffindia.com

The Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Open to the general public, screenings take place at venues such as the NFAI, INOX and PVR cinemas across the city. The festival is chaired and directed by Dr Jabbar Patel. The festival's trustees are Jabbar Patel, Satish Alekar, Mohan Agashe, Sabina Sanghvi, Ravi Gupta, Rajendra Kelshikar and Samar Nakhate. The deputy director — Programme and Films is Vishal Shinde, and the deputy director — International Cinema & Relations is Aditi Akkalkotkar.

The festival commences on the second Thursday and concludes on the third Thursday of January. First Edition of PIFF was started in year 2002[1] and has been running annually except for 2004.

The latest (24th edition) of the PIFF took place from 15th to 22nd January 2026.

Festival categories

  • World Competition - Films released in earlier year compete for much-coveted 'Prabhat Best International Film Award'
  • Marathi Competition - Marathi films released in earlier year compete for 'Sant Tukaram Best International Marathi Film Award'
  • Student Section - Short films from film schools in India like FTII are screened.
  • Global Cinema - Non-competition category for cinema around the globe
  • Country Focus - A handful of films from one country
  • Theme Section - Films relating to the theme of the festival that year
  • Retrospective - Retrospective on Indian and Foreign director/actor
  • Indian Cinema - Offbeat films produced in India (usually excludes Bollywood and other Indian language mainstream films)
  • Tribute Section - Tribute to film personalities passed that year
  • Special Screening
  • PIFF Workshops - Talks, Seminars, and Workshops on varied subjects by Film Industry persons.
  • Student Animation Section - Short animation films for competition by students.This section was for few years.

Awards

Sant Tukaram Best International Marathi Film Award winners

Since 2006, the Government of Maharashtra started awarding the best film in the Marathi competition section at the festival. An international jury watches the competing Marathi films to decide the winner. The award is named after the Marathi film Sant Tukaram, the first Indian entry to be screened at the 5th Venice International Film Festival.

Award-winners
PIFF EditionYearFilmDirectorRef.
42006Dombivali FastNishikanth Kamat[2]
52007ShevriGajendra Ahire
62008TingyaMangesh Hadawale
72009Gabhricha PausSatish Manwar[3]
82010NatarangRavi Jadhav[4]
92011Baboo Band BaajaRajesh Pinjani[5]
102012Ha Bharat MazaSumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukhtankar[6]
112013KaksparshMahesh Manjrekar[7]
122014FandryNagraj Manjule[8]
132015Elizabeth EkadashiParesh Mokashi[9]
142016Rangaa PatangaaPrasad Namjoshi[10]
152017Lathe Joshi Mangesh Joshi[11]
162018PimpalGajendra Ahire[12]
172019ChumbakSandeep Modi[13]
182020Anandi GopalSameer Vidwans[14]
192021Happy My Son (Porga Majetay)Makarand Mane[15]
202022PotraShankar Arjunn Dhotre[16]

Prabhat International Award Winners

The festival started an International Competition section from 2005. The Government of Maharashtra started awarding the best film and the best director in the International Competition. An international jury panel decides the awards. Select awards are listed below.

Edition YearAwardFilmDirectorRef.
3 2005Best FilmYesterdayDarrell Roodt
Jury AwardEarth and AshesAtiq Rahimi
Best DirectorDias de SantiagoJosué Méndez
4 2006Best FilmL'Enfant (The Child)Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Best DirectorL'Enfant (The Child)Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
5 2007Best FilmThe Old BarberHasi Chaolu
Best DirectorThe AxeCosta-Gavras
6 2008Best FilmXXYLucía Puenzo
Best DirectorSleepwalking LandTeresa Prata
7 2009Best FilmLake TahoeFernando Eimbcke[17]
Best DirectorTulpanSergey Dvortsevoy
8 2010Best FilmWhite Lightnin'Dominic Murphy
Best DirectorWho Is Afraid of the Wolf?Maria Procházková[18]
9 2011Best FilmDooman RiverZhang Lu[19]
Best DirectorReverseBorys Lankosz
10 2012Best FilmIf Not Us, Who?Andres Veiel[20]
Best DirectorA SeparationAsghar Farhadi
11 2013Best FilmBarbaraChristian Petzold
Best DirectorThe DelayRodrigo Plá
12 2014Best FilmPapuszaKrzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
Best Director (shared)PapuszaKrzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
Best Director (shared)Foreign BodiesMirko Locatelli
13 2015Best FilmBehaviourErnesto Daranas
Best Director (shared)Like Never BeforeZdeněk Tyc[21]
Best Director (shared)Test (Ispytanie)Alexander Kott
14 2016Best FilmImmortalSeyed Hadi Mohaghegh[22]
Best DirectorThithiRaam Reddy
15 2017 Best Film Lost in Munich Petr Zelenka
Best Director The Student Kirill Serebrennikov
16 2018 Best Film Free and Easy Geng Jun
Best Director Zama Lucrecia Martel
17 2019 Best Film Girls of the Sun Eva Husson
Best Director A Translator Rodrigo Barriuso & Sebastian Barriuso
18 2020 Best Film A Son (Bik Eneich: Un Fils) Mehdi Barsaoui [23]
Best Director Supernova Bartosz Kruhlik
19 2021 Best Film Should the Wind Drop (French: Si le vent tombe) Nora Martirosyan [24]
Best Director Barah By Barah Gaurav Madan [25]
20 2022 Best Film Between Two Dawns Selman Nacar [26]
Best Director 107 Mothers Peter Kerekes [27]

PIFF Distinguished Award

PIFF Distinguished Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema.

Edition Year Awardees References
12002Dilip Kumar[28]
Mrinal Sen
22003Lata Mangeshkar[29]
Dev Anand
32005Waheeda Rehman[30]
Shakti Samanta
42006Vyjayantimala[31]
Yash Chopra
52007Asha Parekh
Dharmendra
62008Sharmila Tagore[32]
Shammi Kapoor
72009Shashi Kapoor[33]
Sulochana Didi
Hema Malini
82010Shriram Lagoo[34]
Rajesh Khanna
92011Shashikala[35]
Saira Banu
102012Amitabh Bachchan[36]
Asha Bhosale
112013Ramesh Deo[37]
Jeetendra
122014Adoor Gopalakrishnan[38]
Vinod Khanna
132015N. D. Mahanor[39]
Shatrughan Sinha
Tanuja Mukerjee
Krzysztof Zanussi
142016Soumitra Chatterjee[40]
Shyam Benegal
152017Aparna Sen[41]
Seema Deo
162018Ramesh Prasad[42]
Ramesh Sippy
Rajdutt
172019Dilip Prabhavalkar[43]
Govind Nihalani
182020B. P. Singh[44]
Vikram Gokhale
192021Ashok Saraf[45]
232025Anupam Kher[46]
Shubha Khote

S.D. Burman PIFF Award

Edition Year Awardees References
82010Pyarelal Sharma[47]
92011Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
102012Ilaiyaraaja
112013Shivkumar Sharma[48]
Hariprasad Chaurasia
122014Hridaynath Mangeshkar[49]
132015Anandji Virji Shah
142016Uttam Singh
152021Zakir Hussain[50]
162017S. P. Balasubrahmanyam[51]
172018Raamlaxman[52]
182019Usha Khanna[53]
232025Kavita Krishnamurti[46]

See also

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