3rd International Film Festival of India

{{short description|Indian film festival}}

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{{Infobox film awards

| number =3

| 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 =21 January 1965

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

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| best_feature = Gamperaliya

| last = 2nd

| next = 4th

}}

The 3rd International Film Festival of India was held from 8 to 21 January 1965 in New Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm3IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=3IIFA.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=iffi.nic.in|access-date=2018-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822074133/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm3IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=3IIFA.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-22|url-status=dead}}{{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}} The third edition was the first competitive film festival ever held in India, inaugurated by the then President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The festival Chaired by Satyajit Ray for the first time was graded ‘A’ category by the Paris - based Federation International de Producers de Films. With this recognition the festival in India came on par with Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary and Moscow International film festivals.{{cite web|url=https://iffigoa.org/asias-first-film-festivals-iffi-over-years/|title=One of Asia’s First Film Festivals – IFFI over the years.|date=3 October 2017|publisher=International Film Festival of India, Goa|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117000059/https://www.iffigoa.org/asias-first-film-festivals-iffi-over-years/|url-status=dead}}