51st International Film Festival of India

51st International Film Festival of India
Opening film	Another Round
Closing film	Wife of a Spy
Location	Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium at Panaji, Goa, India
Founded	1952
Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award: (Vittorio Storaro); Golden Peacock-Best Film:; Into the Darkness Silver Peacock; Best Director: Chen-Nien Ko; Best Actor: Tzu-Chuan Liu; Best Actress: Zofia Stafiej; ICFT INESCO Gandhi Medal: 200 Meters by Ameen Nayfeh;
Hosted by	Government of Goa ; Directorate of Film Festivals
No. of films	Screened: 224 ; Premiered: 162
Festival date	16–24 January 2021
Website	iffigoa.org

The 51st International Film Festival of India was held from 16 to 24 January 2021 in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival went hybrid, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. Bangladesh was country of focus in the festival with four films of the country included in 'country of focus' section.

The festival highlighted autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by premiering a film by Shreedhar, In Our World in non-feature film, Indian Panorama section on 18 January 2021.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the festival were aired live on DD India and DD National channels on 16 January and 24 January 2021, respectively.

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