Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant and Actor Ayushman Khurana presented ‘Satyajit Ray Life Time Achievement Award’ to the American Actor and Film Producer Michael Douglas during the concluding function of the 54th IFFI 2023, at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa.
The two-time Academy Award winner, 79, said he was “humbled” and with everything going on the world, the festival was “a reminder of the magic of moviemaking.”
“Cinema is one of the few mediums that has the power to unite and transform us. It transcends divisions, whether that be geography, race language and even time,” he said in his acceptance speech.
“Today our global language of cinema is more meaningful than ever,” Douglas added.
“Endless Borders,” an Iranian film directed by Abbas Amini, won the Golden Peacock for best film at the festival held annually in coastal Goa, India’s scenic tourist hotspot.
“The film is about how complicated physical borders might be yet nothing can be more complicated than the emotional and moral borders that you impose upon yourself,” the jury said in its citation.