Goa International Film Festival 2025: Transgender drama ‘Skin Of Youth’ wins Golden Peacock

GOA: The Vietnamese film 'Skin of Youth' directed by Ash Mayfair has bagged the Golden Peacock Award for Best Film at the 56th International Film Festival of Goa. Santosh Davakhar won the Silver Peacock Award for Best Director for his Marathi film 'Gondhal'.

Skin of Youth director Ash Mayfair and producer Fran Borgia received the Golden Peacock trophy, certificate and a cash award of Rs. 40,00,000 from Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant at the closing ceremony held at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Goa.

Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting; and Parliamentary Affairs Dr. L. Murugan was also present. Superstar Rajinikanth, who completed 50 years in the film industry, was felicitated at the event.

Other major awards:

👉 Silver Peacock Award for Best Actress: Jara Sofia Ostan (Little Trouble Girls-Slovenian)
👉 Special Jury Award: Akinola Davies Jr. (My Father's Shadow-English)
👉 Debut Director: Hesam Farahmand (My Daughter's Hair-Iranian), Tonis Pill (Frank-Estonian)
👉 ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Safe House (Norwegian, directed by Eirik Svensson)
👉 Best Debut Director in Indian Cinema: Karan Singh Tyagi (Kesari Chapter 2)
👉 Best Web Series in OTT Category: Bandish Bandits Season 02