{"id":349611,"date":"2025-11-10T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349611"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:30:28","slug":"icft-unesco-gandhi-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icft-unesco-gandhi-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has officially announced the nominees for the esteemed ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal. This year\u2019s 10 notable films will be judged by an esteemed Jury panel.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>About the ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349613\" style=\"width: 942px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-349613 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_10-11-2025_142429_www.pib_.gov_.in_.jpeg?resize=750%2C107&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_10-11-2025_142429_www.pib_.gov_.in_.jpeg?resize=300%2C43&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_10-11-2025_142429_www.pib_.gov_.in_.jpeg?resize=768%2C110&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_10-11-2025_142429_www.pib_.gov_.in_.jpeg?w=787&amp;ssl=1 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal<\/strong> is an <strong>international honor<\/strong> presented annually at the <strong>International Film Festival of India (IFFI)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>History:<\/strong> The <strong data-start=\"4\" data-end=\"27\">UNESCO Gandhi Medal<\/strong> was first introduced in <strong data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"60\">1994<\/strong> to mark the <strong data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"118\">125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong>, celebrating his legacy of <strong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"184\">peace, non-violence, and tolerance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The award is a <strong data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"547\">collaborative initiative between UNESCO<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"646\">International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT), Paris<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Each year, the <strong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1168\">CICT\u2013ICFT Jury<\/strong>, consisting of <strong data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1233\">five distinguished international film experts<\/strong>, selects the winning film from <strong data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1293\">ten pre-selected entries<\/strong> proposed by IFFI.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It recognizes films that <strong>best reflect Gandhi\u2019s vision<\/strong> of harmony, intercultural dialogue, and non-violent resolution of conflict.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It honors filmmakers who use cinema as a medium to <strong>bridge divides and inspire harmony<\/strong> in a conflicted world.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal<\/strong> celebrates films that advance the message of <strong>peace, human dignity, compassion, and intercultural understanding<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has officially announced the nominees for the esteemed ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal. This year\u2019s 10 notable films will be judged by an esteemed Jury panel. About the ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal The ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal is an international honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icft-unesco-gandhi-medal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICFT\u2013UNESCO Gandhi Medal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1236,12039,7965],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-349611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}