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. The third to sixth edition happened at the outer zone of the Jim Corbett National Park, Marchula, Uttarakhand. The seventh edition, on the banks of the river Ganges at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh.

This, the eighth edition, is happening Jan 2-4 at The Hermitage, UGC-MMTTC, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Awards & Prizes

Films | 8th Kautik International Film Festival

251 — Bauddhayan Mukherji, India | 16 mins
A man from Rash Harme — Borhan Ahmadi, Iran | 21 mins
A night after all — Anshul Agrawal, India | 15 mins
Addhumare — Hermes Mangialardo, Italy | 5 mins
Another day — Luis Enrique Jiménez, Mexico | 15 mins
Baggage — Hamid Bahrami, Iran | 20 mins
Bahadur the brave — Diwa Shah, India | 90 mins
Cala, cala son — Lucía Venero, Spain | 12 mins
Canvas — Sanjai Chandrasekaran, India | 19 mins
Daisy — A Dixit, JA Zamora, & SD Aguilera, Spain | 5 mins
Dilli Dark — Dibakar Das Roy, India | 100 mins
Echo — Charly Delporte, France | 6 mins
Guras — Saurav Rai, India | 115 mins
I know tomato is red — Dharmendra Singh, India | 30 mins
Idrissa Abara — Jordi Rullan, Spain | 11 mins
Love has nothing to do with it — Yotam Knispel, Israel | 15 mins
Melody's murmur — Fabio Barber, Spain | 10 mins
Mithya — Sumanth Bhat, India | 100 mins
One slight change — Elmira Azad, Iran | 15 mins
Phool dei — Kartik Mahajan, India | 8 mins
Puspa the herb gatherer — Prakaash IH, Nepal | 33 mins
The cabbage miracle — Inna Evlannikova, Russia | 16 mins
The march of the penguins — Daniela Lugo & José Ansareo, Mexico | 19 mins
The music of the summer night — Aleksandr Vasilyev, Russia | 14 mins
The statue — Mohsen Salehi Fard, Iran | 10 mins
The voice of dogs — Mohammadreza Nazi, Iran | 15 mins
Tooth for a Tooth — Sergio Garai, Spain | 13 mins
Translucent women — Agustín Domínguez, Spain | 25 mins
Waves — Himanshu Tomar, India | 20 mins
Which role do you want to play — Álvaro de la Hoz, Spain | 15 mins
Wingka — Ernesto Garrat Vines, Chile | 17 mins
Zumbwi — Baraka Misheck Kayala, Tanzania | 24 mins

22 Reviews
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  • Shambhala Exchanger

    Thank you for your hospitality and the award of the 'best social drama'.

    January 2025
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  • Solmaz Etemad Etemad

    Good film with good atmosphere 👍🏻

    December 2023
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  • Olivia Das

    Happy and honored to have received the Film Critics Circle of India Award for Best Debut Documentary for my film "Ora: Daughters on Rent".

    January 2023
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  • Cenk İzgören

    All in all, a great festival.Thank you for your hospitality.

    December 2022
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  • Salaheddin Noori

    I am happy that I was present at the festival and that my film MY PARTNER, GIRAFFE was noticed, and besides that, the reception atmosphere and being in nature is also very interesting and a new experience.

    December 2022
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