Bahar Dutt

Conservation Biologist • Environmental Journalist • Author
Awards
2026

Winner- Best Documentary Short & Best Environment Film

Cannes World Film Festival - Lunch Is served

Cannes World Film Festival –

2026

Winner -Honorable Mention

World Whale Film Festival SOS: Save Our Sharks

2026

Winner- Best Environment Film

Montreal Women Film Festival Dog V.S. Wild

2026

Official Selection

Lisbon Underwater film festival

2026

Winner- Best Documentary Short

Miami Women Film Festival

2025

Winner- Best Wildlife Short

Golden Lion International Film Festival

2025

Winner – Best Documentary Short / Best Cinematography

South Film and art Academy festival Lunch is served

2025

Winner- Best Documentary Jury

Indian Cine Film festival

2025

Winner- Outstanding Excellence- Human Animal Interactions

Nature Without Borders International Film Festival Lunch is Served

2025

Official Selection

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival Lunch is served

2025

Official Selection- Short Documentary

NDFF film festival Lunch is served

2025

Finalist – New York International Film Awards (NYIFA)

Lunch is served

2025

Winner- Best Documentary Jury

Indian Cine Film Festival Lunch is served

2023

Winner – Video: Spot Reporting

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Kavli Science Award Science in Action: Saving the Bhimanama.

2020

Finalist – Best Global Voices Film

Jackson Wild Film festival- USA The Stork Saviours The nature equivalent to the Oscars, The Jackson Wild media awards celebrates excellence and innovation in science and nature storytelling.

2020

Winner – Golden Hessian Lion – Best Natural & Environment Film

NATOURALE Film Festival 2020 – Germany

The Stork Saviours

2020

Winner – Environment Film

UVAA Virtual Film Festival - Mumbai The Stork Saviours

2020

Winner – Film on Women

CICFF, India The Stork Saviours

2020

Finalist – Environmental Film Festival

DCEFF - USA The Stork Saviours

2020

Finalist – Best Human & Nature Film

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival New York The Stork Saviours

2020

Official Selection- International Science Film Festival of India

The Stork Saviours

2020

Official Selection -MIFF; Mumbai International Film Festival

The Stork Saviours

2020

Official Selection Scientific documentaries

International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő – Budapest The Stork Saviours

2020

Official Selection

Natural Environment Eugene Environmental Film Festival - USA The Stork Saviours

2020

Silver Trophy – Biodiversity

Deauville GREEN Awards – Paris, France The Stork Saviours

2020

Best Cinematography

Golden Fox Awards 2020 The Stork Saviours

2019

Best Environment Film

The Stork Saviours 66th National Film Awards 2019- India

2019

Best Director – Documentary Film

9th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival The Stork Saviours

2019

Best of Festival – Discovery

10th CMS Vatavaran Film festival

2019

Best Wildlife Conservation Film

10th CMS Vatavaran Film festival

2019

Best Film – Wildlife & Forest

Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF)

2019

Outstanding Achievement Award – Documentary Film/ Outstanding Achievement Award – Cinematography / Outstanding Achievement Award – Editor

CICFF 2019

2019

Official Selection International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő 2– Hungary

2018

Silver Winner – Nature, Environment & Ecology

Cannes Media & TV Awards – France

2018

Best Documentary Non Fiction, Best Cinematography and Best Sound.

The Secret Life of Frogs This Film has won the National Film Awards -India

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremonies in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973 and are presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India.  Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. It holds the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the national scale of the National Film Awards, it is considered the Indian equivalent of the American Academy Awards.