S. No Festival
Place/date
Sponsors/ Organisers Status
Chairman of    the Jury
No. of Partici-
pating Countries
Awards/ Golden Peacok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
i)
Bombay

24January-
1 February,
1952
Films Division
Non-Competitive
& Non-Exclusive
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21
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ii)

New Delhi

27 October - 2 November, 1961
Ministry of I&B & Film Federation of India
-do-
---
38
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iii)

New Delhi

5-18 January, 1965
-do-
Competitive & Exclusive
Satyajit Ray
( India )
30
'Gam Peraliya'
(Sri Lanka )
Cyclone
Cube
iv)
New Delhi
5-18 December,
1969
-do-
-do-
Raj Kapoor
(India)
33
'The
Damned'
(USA/Italy)
'Taking off
at 1800 Hours
(Cuba )
v)

New Delhi

30 December, 1974 - 12 January, 1975
-do-
-do-
Satyajit Ray
(India )
46
'Dreaming Youth'
( Hungary )
'Automatic'
(Czecho
slovakia )
vi)

New Delhi

3-17 January, 1977
Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I&B, IMPEC & the Indian Film Industry
-do-
Satyajit Ray
( India )
54
'Men and Ino'
( Japan )
'After the Silence'
( India )
vii)

New Delhi

3-17 January, 1979
Directorate of Film Festivals and Film Finance Corporation
-do-
Ousmano Sambene (Senegal )
39
'Hunarian'
( Hungary )
'An Encounter with Faces
( India )
& 'Olympic Games'
(Poland )
viii)

New Delhi

3-17 January, 1979
-do-
-do-
Grigory Tohukhrai
61
'The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes'
( Bulgaria ) &
'Aakrosh'
( India )
'A Period of Transition'
(Denmark )
ix)

New Delhi

3-17 January, 1983
Directorate of Film  Festivals, NFDC
Competitive &
Exclusive
Lindsay Andersong ( UK )
52
Not Awarded
Not Awarded
x)

New Delhi

3-17 January, 1985
NFDC, Ministry of I&B and Indian Film Industry
-do-
Jeanne Moreau
( France )
42
'Bostonians' ( UK ) and 'Ruthless Romance'
(USSR )
'Narcissus'
(Canada )
xi)

New Delhi

10-24 January, 1987
-do-
-do-
Humberto Solas
( Cuba )
47
'Farewell Green Summer'
( USSR )
Not Awarded
xii)

New Delhi

10-24 January, 1989
Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I&B, NFDC, and Indian Film Industry
Non-Competitive
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xxi)

Calcutta

10-20 January, 1990
Ministry of I&B, Government of West Bengal & Indian Film Industry
-do-
---
30
---
---
xxii)

Madras

10-20 January, 1991
DFF, Ministry of I&B, Tamil Nadu Government, Indian Film Industry & NFDC
-do-
---
38
---
---
xxiii)

Bangalore

10-20 January, 1992
DFF, Ministry of I&B, Govt. of Karnataka, Film Federation of India & NFDC
-do-
---
38
---
---
xxiv)

Delhi  

10-20 January, 1993
DFF, Ministry of I&B, Film Federation of India & NFDC
-do-
---
35
---
---
xxv)

Calcutta

10-20 January, 1994
DFF, Ministry of I&B, Govt. of West Bengal and NFDC
-do-
---
40
---
---
xxvi)

Bombay

10-20 January,  1995
DFF, Ministry of I&B, Govt. of Maharashtra and NFDC
-do-
---
44
---
---
xxvii)

Delhi

10-20 January, 1996
DFF, Ministry of I&B, NFDC and Film Federation of India Competition restricted to Asian Women Directors
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43
---
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xxviii)

Thiruvanantha-  puram

10-20 January, 1997
DFF, Ministry of I&B, Govt. Kerala and NFDC -do-
---
48
---
---
xxix)

Delhi

10-20 January, 1998
DFF, Ministry of I&B, NFDC and Film Federation of India Competition restricted to Asian Directors
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35
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