title: 39th International Film Festival of India
text: # 39th International Film Festival of India
  
  The 39th International Film Festival of India was held in Panaji, Goa from 22 November 2008 to 1 December 2008.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Golden Peacock (Best Film): "Tulpan" by "Sergey Dvortsevoy"
  * Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Malani Fonseka for the film "Akasa Kusum"
  * Silver Peacock Award for the Most Promising Asian Director: "Sergey Dvortsevoy" for the film "Tulpan"
  
  ## Jury
  
  * Niki Karimi
  * Tabassum Hashmi
  * Marco Mueller
  * Lav Diaz
  * Peter Ho-Sun Chan
  
  ## In competition
  
  The competition section had 15 films including
  
  * My Mother's Tears
  * Rupant
  * The Shaft
  * Kanchivaram
  * Mahasatta
  * The Song of Sparrows
  * The Red Spot
  * Tulpan
  * Pensil
  * Ploning
  * Akasa Kusum
  * The Coffin
  