Kautik International Film Festival

Kautik International Film Festival was founded by the Himalayan Society for Art, Culture, Education, Environment and Film Development, primarily to promote cinema culture.

The first two editions were conducted at, and in association with, the Cell for Ethnomusicography and Film Making, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Since the third edition, the Festival has been happening at the outer zone of the Jim Corbett National Park, Marchula, Uttarakhand.

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0024356/2021/1/

The 3-day Kautik International Film Festival happened Dec 2-4, 2022. Around 50 short fiction, documentary, animation, and feature films from all over the world were exhibited parallel in two screens.

Festival director
Rajesh Shah

Artistic director
Shalini Shah

Advisory board member
Christopher Dalton

Jury — Best Feature Film
Beena Paul
Surendar Chawdhary
Yogesh Mathur

Jury — Best Cinematography
CK Murlidharan
Anil Mehta
Sunny Joseph

Jury — Best Editing
Nishant Radhakrishnan
Suresh Pai
Prashant Naik

Jury — Best Screenplay
Swanand Kirkire
Charudutt Acharya
Aleksandra Biernacka

Jury — Best Actor /Actress
Chandra Prakash
Simone Mariani
Mukesh Tiwari

Jury — Best Short Fiction
Virendra Saini
Zachary Coffin
Manik Ratna

Jury — Best Documentary
Sudhir Tandon
Mike Pandey
Naresh Bedi

Jury — Best Animation
Sudheer Palsani
Sourav Sarangi
Resul Pookutty

Jury — House of Illusions Awards for Best Student Films & Best Woman Director
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Sunil Puranik
Umamaheshwara Rao

Jury — Film Critics Circle of India Awards for Best Debut Films
Saibal Chatterjee
Piyush Roy
MK Raghavendra