39th International Film Festival of India
# 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.

## Winners

* 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

* My Mother's Tears
* Rupant
* The Shaft
* Kanchivaram
* Mahasatta
* The Song of Sparrows
* The Red Spot
* Tulpan
* Pensil
* Ploning
* Akasa Kusum
* The Coffin
