Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) has been a much awaited event on the yearly calendar for the Puneites, organized jointly, by Pune Film Foundation and Government of Maharashtra. 

PIFF has exhibited National and International films, some of them the first time and of diverse subjects. The other events incorporated are competition in World cinema, exhibitions, and artist’s personal interactions with media, participation by the concerned film directors and after film screening artist's interactions with audiences at the venue. Marathi cinema and for students with cash awards, it is a perfect platform for discussions, net working with film personalities, through the seminar many innovative thoughts & film knowledge are delivered to the film lovers

PIFF has witnessed growing popularity each year. PIFF is acknowledged as the official festival of Government of Maharashtra hence it is supported by the culture department, Publicity department, Directorate of cultural, Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari, Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Chitrapat Maha-Mandal and other various department of Government of Maharashtra.

An event initially started as showcasing Pune has support from various embassies and consulates in India. The International distributors, film foundations, film makers are very keen to remit film packages at PIFF.