Press & Recognition
Recognition
Awards, festival selections and coverage across documentary, feature and broadcast work.
Awards
- Diversity in CannesTop 10 Filmmakers of the Decade · 2020
- Fright Night Film Fest, USABest Supernatural Film · 2024Vadakkan
- RED Movie Awards, ReimsBest Feature · 2024Vadakkan
- Kerala Film Critics AssociationBest Sound — Resul Pookutty, CAS, MPSE (Academy Award®, BAFTA & National Award Winner), Robin Kunjukutty · 2025Vadakkan
- World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Forests — Jackson Wild ↗Special Jury Award · 2021The Man Who Planted A Forest
- 69th Montecatini International Film Festival, ItalyBest Documentary — Popular Award · 2018Monsoon
- Asian Academy Creative AwardsBest Infotainment Programme, India · 2020Lockdown: India Fights Coronavirus, National Geographic
- Asian Television AwardsBest Social Awareness Programme · 2019Planet Healers, Discovery Channel
- Asian Television AwardsBest Reality Show · 2011Girls Night Out, MTV
- Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Thriller · 2011Girls Night Out, MTV
Festival Selections
- Fantastic Pavilion, Marché du Film · 2024Vadakkan
- 79th Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno · 2024Vadakkan
- Abruzzo Horror Film Festival · 2024Vadakkan
- BIF Market, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival · 2024Vadakkan
- Anatolia International Film Festival · 2025Vadakkan
- Florence International Film Festival · 2025Vadakkan
- Frostland Film Festival · 2025Vadakkan
- Twelve Lions Film Festival, Lexington · 2025Vadakkan
- Tianjin International Academic Film Festival · 2025Vadakkan
- Open World Toronto Film Festival, Best Feature Film · 2025Vadakkan
- Jackson Wild On Tour · 2023The Man Who Planted A Forest
- In The Palace International Short Film Festival · 2019The Man Who Planted A Forest
- 44th Ekotop Film Festival, Bratislava and Banská Bystrica · 2019The Man Who Planted A Forest
- Festival Internazionale del Cinema Documentario 'Marcellino De Baggis' · 2017MC Kash
- Scandinavian International Film Festival, Helsinki · 2017MC Kash
- Kaohsiung Film Festival · 2017MC Kash
- Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase · 2018MC Kash
Press
- Cannes' Fantastic Pavilion Gala Screenings Feature a Woman Who Will 'Crash and Burn Cannes'… ↗Variety · May 2024
- Malayalam Horror Film 'Vadakkan' Debuts At The Cannes Marché Du Film Fantastic Pavilion ↗Outlook India · May 2024
- Malayalam movie 'Vadakkan' explores the paranormal rooted in Kerala ↗The Hindu · Mar 2025
- Malayalam film 'Vadakkan' bags Best Supernatural Thriller award at Fright Night Film Festival ↗The Times of India · 2024
- Vadakkan — paranormal thriller first look poster ↗Mathrubhumi · 2024
- It's a wrap for Offbeet Studios' Dravidian legend-based supernatural thriller 'Vadakkan'ThePrint · 2024
- The man behind 'Lazy Lad' — Sajeed A ↗The Times of India · Jul 2013
- Ghostbuster and his spooky trail ↗The Hindu · Dec 2011
- Dancing with code ↗The New Indian Express · 17 Oct 2025
- Resul Pookutty on Vadakkan's sound design ↗Moneycontrol