Cannes World Film Festival –
Awards
2026
Winner- Best Documentary Short & Best Environment Film
Cannes World Film Festival - Lunch Is served
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
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
2014
CMS Vatavaran Award for Best environment film titled Saving the Ganga.
The CMS VATAVARAN 2014 Award winners were selected by a jury comprising 13 eminent personalities from widely divergent sectors and streams representing environment & wildlife, film, media and communication headed by veteran actor Amol Palekar.
2010
Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF)
Bahar was conferred the Vasundhara Eco Journalist Award in 2012 at the Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF) that’s held in Pune every year.
2010
Global Punjabi Society Media Award
2009
Sanskriti Award
The Sanskriti Awards are given to young talents between 25 and 35 years of age in the fields of Literature, Journalism, Art, Music-Dance- Theatre, and Social and Cultural Achievements. Bahar Dutt was given this award in 2009 for her work with the snake charmers, a community she worked with for over ten years.
2009
Sanctuary-RBS Wildlife Awards
The Sanctuary-RBS Wildlife Awards were instituted to recognise the best in the field of wildlife conservation and to celebrate the unsung heroes of India who are defending her wildernesses and consequently safeguarding her food and water security.
2008
Indian Telly Award for The Best Talk Show
The Indian Telly Awards Show is held every year and recognises the best of the talent on television. Bahar Dutt won the best talk show award in 2008 the first show of its kind that reflected the mood of the nation on green issues.
2007
National Television Award
Best Show On Environment Awareness (English) for her documentary ‘A Question of Land’