IFFI - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Which film won the Golden Peacock award at the 47th IFFI?

a. Daughter
b. Mother
c. Brother
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Daughter

Explanation:
Iranian film Daughter, directed by Reza Mirkarimi, won the coveted Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

The film also won the best actor [male] award for Farhad Aslani, who won the Silver Peacock prize and INR 10 lakh in cash.

The best actor [female] award was bagged by Elina Vasca for her performance in the Latvian film Mellow Mud.

Set in South Iran, Daughter is a family drama bringing out intergenerational conflict between a strict father and a young daughter.

IFFI Winners 2016

  • Best director award : Soner Caner and Baris Kaya for Turkish film “Rauf”.
  • Special jury award: Lee Joon-ik, South Korean director for the film The Throne.
  • The ICFT–Unesco Gandhi medal: Cold of Kalandar, Turkish film, directed by Mustafa Kara.
  • Centenary Award for best debut feature film : Rara, directed by Pepa San Martin’s.
2)   Which adventure drama film has won the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa?

a. Embrace of the Python
b. Embrace of the Serpent
c. Embrace of the Cobra
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Embrace of the Serpent

Explanation:
The Best Film Award comprises the Golden Peacock and a citation with prize money of 40 lakhs rupees to be shared between the producer and the director of the movie namely Christina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. The film depicts the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and eventually life transcending friendship between Amazonian shaman Karamakate and two scientists.
3)   At the 46th IFFI, retrospective honours were paid to which eminent film maker?

a. Steven Spielberg
b. Amos Gitai
c. Both of the above
d. Neither a nor b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Amos Gitai

Explanation:
The 46th IFFI paid Retrospective Honours to well known Israeli film maker Amos Gitai with the screening of the movie “Rabin, the Last Day.” Amos Gitai’s ten films are being screened including Alia, Berlin-Jerusalem, Devarim, Esther, Golem, the Spirit of the Exile, Kadosh, Lullaby to my Father, Tsili, Yom Yom. He was born in the 1950s in haifa and has created many fiction and documentary films which have brought him worldwide fame.

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