PIFF---The Legacy Of Growth


The Pune International Film Festival was launched in 2002, with an idea of attracting the best in celluloid to Pune. The first “International Film Festival” received a response brimming with success. Slowly, event by event, PIFF has evolved into a major annual event.

Year

No. of Films

Countries

Delegates

Life Time Achievement Awardies

1st PIFF 2002

50

8

1800

Mrinal Sen
Dilip Kumar

2nd PIFF 2003

80

10

2200

Lata  Mangeshkar
Dev Anand

3rd PIFF 2005

90

12

3800

Waheeda Rehman
Shakti Samanta

4th PIFF 2006

95

14

3500

Vyjayantimala
Yash Chopra

5th PIFF 2007

100

20

3800

Asha Parekh
Dharmendra

6th PIFF 2008

176

36

4000

Sharmila Tagore
Shammi Kapoor

7th PIFF 2009

160

43

4300

Shashi Kapoor
Sulochana Didi
Hema Malini


Goverment of Maharashtra Award Winners

Cash Awards

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Prabhat- Best international Film - 10 Lacs

Yesterday
(South Africa)

The Child
( Belgium )

The Old Barbar
(China)

Sleepwalking Land (Mozambique)

Lake Tahoe
Mexico

Prabhat- Best International Director - 5 Lacs

Josue Mendez

Jean- Pierre &
Luc Dardenne

Costa Gavras

Teressa Prata

Sergey Dvortsevoy

Sant Tukaram-Best Marathi Film - 5 Lacs

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Dombivali Fast

Shevri

Tingya

Gabhricha Paus