48th International Film Festival of India
The 48th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2017 in Goa. Celebrating the Future of Cinema was set as the festival's theme and registrations were opened in early October 2017.
Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who was appointed head of the jury of the Indian panorama section, resigned from the position on 14 November after alleging that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, that co-organizes the festival, dropped two films S Durga and Nude from screening in the Indian Panorama section, despite being chosen by the jury and without consulting them. Two other members Apurva Asrani and Gyan Correa quit the jury the following day.
== Winners ==
Golden Peacock (Best Film): BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo
IFFI Best Director Award: Vivian Qu for Angels Wear White
IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Nahuel Pérez Biscayart for BPM (Beats per Minute)
IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Parvathy for Take Off
IFFI Best Debut Director Award: Kiro Russo for Dark Skull
Silver Peacock Special Jury Award: Mahesh Narayanan for Take Off
== Special Awards ==
IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Film Kshitij A Horizon by Manouj Kadaamh.
Life Time Achievement Award - Atom Egoyan
IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award: Amitabh Bachchan
== Juries-mentor ==
=== Indian Panorama ===
==== Feature films ====
Suresh Heblikar, filmmaker and actor
Rahul Rawail, film director
Satarupa Sanyal, film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist
Gopi Desai, film director and actress
Nishikant Kamat, filmmaker
Merlvin Mukhim, actor and film producer
Nikkhil Advani, Film producer, director and screenwriter
Hari Viswanath, film director, screenwriter and producer
Sachin Chatte, film critic
Ruchi Narain, film director and screenwriter
==== Non-feature films ====
Sudhir Mishra, film director and screenwriter; President
Tuhinabha Majumdar, film director and film writer
Shankhajeet De, filmmaker
Mithunchandra Chaudhari, film director
Shiny Jacob Benjamin, film producer, film director and writer
Tinni Mitra, film editor
K. G. Suresh, journalist and columnist
== Official selections ==
=== Special screenings ===
=== Opening film ===
Beyond the Clouds 
=== Closing film ===
Thinking of Him 
==== BRICS ====
Out of the 30 films that were screened at the second BRICS Film Festival in June 2017 in China, seven award-winning were chosen to be screened.
==== Bond Retrospective ====
Nine James Bond films were chosen to be featured to celebrate over 50 years of James Bond's legacy.Dr. No (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Octopussy (1983)
Licence to Kill (1989)
GoldenEye (1995)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Skyfall (2012)
== Committees ==
Three committees — Preview, Steering and Technical — were constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting prior to inviting films for the festival. The Preview Committee, headed by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri was set up to shortlist films for the festival. Filmmakers Jahnu Barua and Nagesh Kukunoor were named conveners of the Steering and Technical Committees.
=== Steering Committee ===
A Steering Committee was set up composed of noted entertainment industry professionals:Jahnu Barua, convener
Shoojit Sircar
Shaji N. Karun
Anand Gandhi
Piyush Pandey
Prasoon Joshi
Siddharth Roy Kapur
Vani Tripathi Tikoo
Meren Imchen
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Bharat Bala
Director, National Film Development Corporation of India
=== Film Preview Committee ===
A 40-member Film Preview Committee was set up to enhance the involvement of the Indian film industry. Its members included:Vivek Agnihotri, filmmaker; convener
Nitesh Tiwari, filmmaker
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, filmmaker
Bhaskar Hazarika, filmmaker
Gautami Tadimalla, actress
Hrishitaa Bhatt, actress
Pallavi Joshi, actress
Khalid Mohamed, film critic
Saibal Chatterjee, film critic
Bhawana Somaaya, film critic and writer

== External links ==
Official website