The IFFI Award for Best Director (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Director Award) is an honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since the 40th IFFI 2009 for the best direction in World cinema. Earlier the award was presented as the "Silver Peacock for the Most Promising Asian Director" during "31st IFFI 2000" to "39th IFFI 2008"
Recipients IFFI Best Director Award (2009–Present) +List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s) and Country YearRecipient(s)Work(s)Language(s)Country 2009Ounie Lecomte A Brand New Life Korean 2010Susanne Bier "In a Better World" Danish 2011Asghar Farhadi "A Separation" Persian 2012 Jeon Kyu-hwan The Weight Korean 2013 Kaushik Ganguly Apur PanchaliBengali 2014Nadav Lapid "The Kindergarten Teacher" Hebrew 2015Peter Greenaway "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" Spanish 2016 Soner Kanar and Baris Kaya "Rauf" Turkish 2017Vivian Qu Angels Wear White Chinese 2018 Lijo Jose Pellissery"Ee.Ma.Yau." Malayalam 2019 Lijo Jose Pellissery "Jallikattu" Malayalam 2020 Chen-Nien Ko "The Silent Forest" Taiwanese 2021 Václav Kadrnka Saving One Who Was Dead Czech 2022 Nader Saeivar "No End" Persian 2023 Stephan Komandarev Blaga's Lessons Bulgarian 2024 Bogdan Mureșanu The New Year That Never Came Romanian 2025 Santosh DavakharGondhalMarathi
IFFI Most Promising Asian Director Award (2000–2008) +List of Silver Peacock award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s) and Country YearRecipient(s)Work(s)Language(s)Country 2000Nonzee Nimibutr "Nang Nak" Thai 2002Reza Mirkarimi "zir e noor e maah" ("Under the Moonlight") Persian 2003Ra'anan Alexandrowicz "James' Journey to Jerusalem" Hebrew 2004Ekachai Uekrongtham "Beautiful Boxer" Thai 2005Vera Fogwill "Kept and Dreamless" Spanishthehindu.com 2006An Kung-Lee "A Short Life" Korean 2007Pongpat Wachirabunjong "Me... Myself" Thai 2008Sergey Dvortsevoy "Tulpan" Kazakh
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