Arrival of chief guest

Minsiter of culture and tourism, Satpal Maharaj, arrives at the festival.

Grand Jury Awards

Best Film
Butterfly on the Windowpane — Sujit Bidari | 1:36:00

Special Mention for Best Film
Magoado — Ruben Sainz | Spain | 1:16:00

Best Cinematography
Ananta — Abhinandan Dutta | India | 1:50:00

Best Editing
Butterfly on the Windowpane — Sujit Bidari | 1:36:00

Special Mention for Best Editing
Cage: Between Two Battles — Cenk Zgören | 1:23:00

Best Screenplay
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs — Pushpendra Singh | India | 1:39:00

Best Actor | shared
Dinesh Khatri in Butterfly on the Windowpane | directed by Sujit Bidari | 1:36:00

Ashraf Mahdy in Cream of the Crop | directed by Dina Abd Elsalam | 1:40:00

Best Actress | shared
Kanchan Chimariya in Butterfly on the Windowpane | directed by Sujit Bidari | 1:36:00

Doaa Elzeiny in Cream of the Crop | directed by Dina Abd Elsalam | 1:40:00

Best Short Fiction Film
Children of Wild Orchid — Farshad Mohammadi | 15:00

Best Documentary
The Iron Digger — Anil Budha Magar | 51:00

Best Animation Film
Thou Shalt Dance — Abtin Yaghmaian | 8:54

Audience Choice Award

Best Short Fiction Film
Kefsan — Akbar Shahbazi | Iran | 14:58

House of Illusions Awards at Kautik

Best Student Animation Film
Dream Eaters — Mike da Silva Wanderroscky | 7:45

Best Woman Director
Aimee Baruah

Best Student Short Fiction Film
Resurrection | Spain

Film Critics Circle of India Awards at Kautik

Best Debut Feature Film
Pebbles | India

Special Mention Award for Best Debut Feature Film
The Cloud and the Man — Abhinandan Banerjee | India | 1:31:00

Best Debut Short Fiction
Sabina | Spain

Best Debut Animation Film
Dream Eaters — Mike da Silva Wanderroscky | 7:45

Best Debut Documentary
Ora: Daughters on Rent — Olivia Das | India | 25:27

Nominations | 2022

 

A Few Steps Further — Omid Moallem | Iran | Short Fiction | 14:00
After Normalcy — Saeed Seiri | Iran | Short Fiction | 15:00
Allergy — Mohammad Davoud Askari | Iran | Feature | 1:19:00
Attila — Omid Shenavar | Iran | Documentary | 17:23
Barefoot with Godfather of Soccer — Khalid Hasan Khan | USA | Documentary | 30:00
Chabiwala — Raja Ghosh | India | Feature | 1:59:00
Fobi — Elham Aminian | Iran | Animation | 12:50
How Should One Wait For Godot — Arshia Zeinali | Iran  | Short Fiction | 28:04
Khadiga — Morad Mostafa | Eqypt | Short Fiction | 19:55
Mark of Love: Celestial Burial — Hermann Kayode | Senegal | Animation | 11:25
My Partner Giraffe — Salaheddin Noori | Iran | Short Fiction | 13:28
Pound of Flesh — India | Short Fiction | 16:47
Rendu Tea — Venugopal Kesavan | India | Short Fiction | 13:06
Screaming Butterflies — Aimee Baruah | India | Documentary | 42:40
The Forgotten Children of Congo — Alex Tweddle | UK | Documentary | 45:52
The Good News — India | Short Fiction | 10:00
The Horse From Heaven — Maharshi Kashyap | India | Short Fiction | 15:00
The Ribbon — Kyungmin Cho | USA | Animation | 4:25
The Sprayer — Farnoosh Abedi | Iran | Animation | 9:00
Toli — Diana Mashanova | Russia | Short Fiction | 20:00
Wolf + Lamb — Giuseppe Schettino | Italy | Short Fiction | 14:59
Woman of Your Dreams — Samantha Locock | UK | Short Fiction | 7:31
World Cup — Maryam Khodabaksh | Iran | Short Fiction | 17:42
Writing with Fire — India | Documentary | 1:32:00
Zenerù — Andrea Grasselli | Italy | Documentary | 30:00

Panelist Judy Gladstone from Canada receives memento from the Minister of Culture & Tourism. 

Contact

festival.director.kautik@gmail.com

+91 – 94113 44136 | Kaku
+91 – 807 577 6287 | Dalton

 

Early Bird Submissions

Jan 26 – Feb 10
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