3rd_International_Film_Festival_of_India

3rd International Film Festival of India

3rd International Film Festival of India

Indian film festival

The 3rd International Film Festival of India was held from 8 to 21 January 1965 in New Delhi.[1][2] The third edition was the first competitive film festival ever held in India, inaugurated by the then President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The festival Chaired by Satyajit Ray for the first time was graded ‘A’ category by the Paris - based Federation International de Producers de Films.[1][2] With this recognition the festival in India came on par with Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary and Moscow International film festivals.[3]

Quick Facts Awarded for, Presented by ...

Winners

Opening film

  • "Ivaylo" by "Nikola Valchev"

Closing film

References

  1. [1]
    "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "International Film Festival in India". rrtd.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    "One of Asia's First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years". International Film Festival of India, Goa. 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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