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.


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