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.^[1]

The Chief Guest and renowned film actor Shri Kamal Haasan addressing at the closing ceremony during the 39th IFFI-2008 at Panaji, Goa on December 02, 2008

39th International Film Festival of India
Awarded for	Best of World cinema
Presented by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented on	22 November- 1 December 2008
Official website	www.iffigoa.org
Best Feature Film	Tulpan
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Winners

Kamal Haasan presenting the Golden Peacock award to Director Sergie Dvortsevoy

• 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^[2]

• My Mother's Tears
• Rupant
• The Shaft
• Kanchivaram
• Mahasatta
• The Song of Sparrows
• The Red Spot
• Tulpan (Golden Peacock winner)
• Pensil
• Ploning
• Akasa Kusum
• The Coffin