11th International Film Festival of India

{{short description|Indian film festival}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number =11

| award = International Film Festival of India

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| awarded_for = Best of World cinema

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| presenting_org = Directorate of Film Festivals

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| presented_date =24 January 1987

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| website = {{URL|http://www.iffigoa.org/}}

| lifetime_achievement =

| best_feature = "Farewell Green Summer"

| last = 10th

| next = 12th

}}

The 11th International Film Festival of India was held from 10-24 January 1987 in New Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=130560|title=English Releases|publisher=}} The festival gave a breakthrough for commercial cinema, through the introduction of "Indian Mainstream section".{{cite web|url=http://rrtd.nic.in/iffi-2002.htm|title=International Film Festival in India|website=rrtd.nic.in|access-date=31 March 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121093039/http://rrtd.nic.in/iffi-2002.htm|archive-date=21 November 2004}} India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986 - "Swati Mutyam" was screened in the mainstream section.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=11IIFA.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=iffi.nic.in|access-date=2018-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415014912/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=11IIFA.pdf|archive-date=2016-04-15|url-status=dead}}