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.
This, the seventh edition, would take place on the banks of the river Ganges at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, Dec 2-4.
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Award conferred at Kautik 2023
Best Feature Film
Bobby Sarma’s If only trees could talk
Best Short Fiction Film
Gregory Lecocq’s Loneliness of the Bear
Best Documentary Film
Maxim Bujnicki’s Anastasia’s Diary
Best Animation Film
Anna Shveigolz’s Oh, Whose is the Rye
Audience Choice award for Best Short Fiction Film
Mukund Narayan & Santosh Singh’s Pataal-Tee (Holy-water)
House of Illusions Award
Karolina Belka’s Hide and Seek
Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) awards
FCCI award for Best Debut Short Fiction:
Divyesh Gandhi’s Bandit’s Bazooka
FCCI Special Mention – Debut Short Fiction:
Parisa Shams’ Louse
FCCI Best Debut Documentary:
Marcin Zydek’s We Need To Focus
FCCI Best Debut Animation:
Anna Shveigolz’s Oh, Whose is the Rye
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Solmaz Etemad Etemad
December 2023 -
January 2023
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Cenk İzgören
December 2022 -
December 2022
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December 2021
