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The first Steering Committee meeting for the 57th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held on 21 August 2026 at Kartavya Bhawan-2, New Delhi, chaired by Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
The 57th IFFI is scheduled to be held in Goa from 20 to 28 November 2026.
Ashutosh Gowariker is the Festival Director; Prakash Magdum, Managing Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), presented the preparations to the Committee.
Organises IFFI. A public sector undertaking set up by the Government of India in 1975 to plan, promote and organise the integrated development of the Indian film industry. Following a Government decision of 23 December 2020, four film media units - Films Division, Directorate of Film Festivals, National Film Archive of India and Children's Film Society, India - were merged into NFDC with effect from 30 March 2022.
Parent ministry for IFFI, NFDC and India's film and broadcasting policy; also organised the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) in 2025.
The Government of Goa body that co-hosts IFFI with NFDC and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting since the festival's permanent move to Goa in 2004.
India's flagship international film festival, founded in 1952 and held annually in Goa each November since 2004, showcasing Indian and world cinema and promoting creative exchange.
Key: Top award is the Golden Peacock, with the peacock adopted as the permanent festival insignia in 1975; organised by NFDC with the Government of Goa and the Entertainment Society of Goa.
A global summit for the media and entertainment sector organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to position India in the creative economy.
Key: The first edition was held in Mumbai from 1 to 4 May 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. It was built around four pillars - Broadcasting and Infotainment, AVGC-XR, Digital Media and Innovation, and Films - and drew participation from over 90 countries.
The term used in the release for the creative and cultural industries - film, music, animation, gaming, design. IFFI and WAVES are the two showcase events through which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is building that agenda.
Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality is one of WAVES' four pillars and the fastest-growing segment of India's media and entertainment economy.
The 2022 merger of Films Division, the Directorate of Film Festivals, the National Film Archive of India and the Children's Film Society into NFDC is why a single corporation now runs the festival, the archive and film production support alike.
The former Chief Minister of Goa credited in the release with the vision that brought IFFI permanently to Goa in 2004.
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IFFI recurs in SSC and Railway general awareness almost every year around November, usually as venue, award name or edition number.
International Film Festival of India, founded 1952, held in Goa every November since 2004; its 57th edition runs 20-28 November 2026.
IFFI's highest award for best film; the peacock became the festival's permanent insignia at the fifth edition in 1975.
National Film Development Corporation of India, a PSU under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting set up in 1975; absorbed four film media units on 30 March 2022.
The Government of Goa body that co-hosts IFFI.
The creative and cultural industries - film, music, animation, gaming and design - which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is promoting through IFFI and WAVES.