Press & Recognition
Recognition
Awards, festival selections and coverage across documentary, feature and broadcast work.
Awards
- Diversity in Cannes Top 10 Filmmakers of the Decade · 2020
- Fright Night Film Fest, USA Best Supernatural Film · 2024 Vadakkan
- RED Movie Awards, Reims Best Feature · 2024 Vadakkan
- Kerala Film Critics Association Best Sound — Resul Pookutty, CAS, MPSE (Academy Award®, BAFTA & National Award Winner), Robin Kunjukutty · 2025 Vadakkan
- World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Forests — Jackson Wild ↗ Special Jury Award · 2021 The Man Who Planted A Forest
- 69th Montecatini International Film Festival, Italy Best Documentary — Popular Award · 2018 Monsoon
- Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Infotainment Programme, India · 2020 Lockdown: India Fights Coronavirus, National Geographic
- Asian Television Awards Best Social Awareness Programme · 2019 Planet Healers, Discovery Channel
- Asian Television Awards Best Reality Show · 2011 Girls Night Out, MTV
- Indian Television Academy Awards Best Thriller · 2011 Girls Night Out, MTV
Festival Selections
- Fantastic Pavilion, Marché du Film · 2024 Vadakkan
- 79th Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno · 2024 Vadakkan
- Abruzzo Horror Film Festival · 2024 Vadakkan
- BIF Market, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival · 2024 Vadakkan
- Anatolia International Film Festival · 2025 Vadakkan
- Florence International Film Festival · 2025 Vadakkan
- Frostland Film Festival · 2025 Vadakkan
- Twelve Lions Film Festival, Lexington · 2025 Vadakkan
- Tianjin International Academic Film Festival · 2025 Vadakkan
- Open World Toronto Film Festival, Best Feature Film · 2025 Vadakkan
- Jackson Wild On Tour · 2023 The Man Who Planted A Forest
- In The Palace International Short Film Festival · 2019 The Man Who Planted A Forest
- 44th Ekotop Film Festival, Bratislava and Banská Bystrica · 2019 The Man Who Planted A Forest
- Festival Internazionale del Cinema Documentario 'Marcellino De Baggis' · 2017 MC Kash
- Scandinavian International Film Festival, Helsinki · 2017 MC Kash
- Kaohsiung Film Festival · 2017 MC Kash
- Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase · 2018 MC 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