Pune International Film Festival


The Pune International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at NFAI, Inox, City Pride, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune city. The films are screened in various formats like DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD, and 8/16/35mm films.
Dr Jabbar Patel is the Chairman and Director and Samar Nakhate is creative director of festival.
The festival commences on second Thursday and concludes on third Thursday of January. First Edition of PIFF was started in year 2002 and has been running annually except for 2004.
Latest PIFF was concluded on 16 January 2020 in its 18th edition. The theme of year was '60 Years of Foundation of Maharashtra'. It celebrated the centenary year of legends - Federico Fellini, Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shamshad Begum, and Pandit Ravi Shankar. It also paid tribute to late Dr Sriram Lagoo.

Festival Categories

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.
PIFF EditionYearFilmDirector
42006Dombivali FastNishikanth Kamat
52007ShevriGajendra Ahire
62008TingyaMangesh Hadawale
72009Gabhricha PausSatish Manwar
82010NatarangRavi Jadhav
92011Baboo Band BaajaRajesh Pinjani
102012Ha Bharat MazaSumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukhtankar
112013KaksparshMahesh Manjrekar
122014FandryNagraj Manjule
132015Elizabeth EkadashiParesh Mokashi
142016Ranga PatangaPrasad Namjoshi
152017Lathe JoshiMangesh Joshi
162018PimpalGajendra Ahire
172019ChumbakSandeep Modi
182020Anandi GopalSameer Vidwans

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.
EditionYearAwardFilmDirector
32005Best FilmYesterdayDarrell Roodt
32005Jury AwardEarth and AshesAtiq Rahimi
32005Best DirectorDias de SantiagoJosué Méndez
42006Best FilmL'Enfant Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
42006Best DirectorL'Enfant Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
52007Best FilmThe Old BarberHasi Chaolu
52007Best DirectorThe AxeCosta-Gavras
62008Best FilmXXYLucía Puenzo
62008Best DirectorSleepwalking LandTeresa Prata
72009Best FilmLake TahoeFernando Eimbcke
72009Best DirectorTulpanSergey Dvortsevoy
82010Best FilmWhite Lightnin'Dominic Murphy
82010Best DirectorWho Is Afraid of the Wolf?Maria Procházková
92011Best FilmDooman RiverZhang Lu
92011Best DirectorReverseBorys Lankosz
102012Best FilmIf Not Us, Who?Andres Veiel
102012Best DirectorA SeparationAsghar Farhadi
112013Best FilmBarbaraChristian Petzold
112013Best DirectorThe DelayRodrigo Plá
122014Best FilmPapuszaKrzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
122014Best Director PapuszaKrzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
122014Best Director Foreign BodiesMirko Locatelli
132015Best FilmBehaviourErnesto Daranas
132015Best Director Like Never BeforeZdeněk Tyc
132015Best Director Test Alexander Kott
142016Best FilmImmortalSeyed Hadi Mohaghegh
142016Best DirectorThithiRaam Reddy
152017Best FilmLost in MunichPetr Zelenka
152017Best DirectorThe StudentKirill Serebrennikov
162018Best FilmFree and EasyGeng Jun
162018Best DirectorZamaLucrecia Martel
172019Best FilmGirls of the SunEva Husson
172019Best DirectorA TranslatorRodrigo Barriuso & Sebastian Barriuso
182020Best FilmA Son Mehdi Barsaoui
182020Best DirectorSupernovaBartosz Kruhlik