The Festival was founded primarily to promote cinema culture in Uttarakhand. The first two editions, Kautik Student Film Festival and Kautik International Student Film Festival, respectively, were conducted at, and in association with, The Hermitage, Kumaun University. This, the third edition, Kautik International Film Festival, is being organised in association with, and alongside, the Marchula Festival.
Participants are encouraged to interact with each other and experience unknown cultures, to interact with seniors from the film industry and open avenues for near-future professional endeavors, and to accept invaluable tips and techniques from them gathered through years of real-life filming experience.
The virgin, serene hills of Uttarakhand has long enticed peoples from far lands; distinguished Indian filmmakers and actors too. And street theater here is almost a natural art. It is hoped, therefore, fondly, that this Festival would eventually be able to revive the rich folk heritage of this mountainous land and its peoples, and turn the area into a major center for the discussion, exhibition, and preservation of world folk practices.
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