Festival · Awards & Jury
Eight awards, decided in Kathmandu.
Three main competition awards sit above five specialist honours covering tone, genre, region and emerging authorship. The jury for the 2026 edition is announced in October.
Awards & prizes
What a selected film can win.
Awards are presented on the closing night, 02 November 2026, at the festival venue in the Kathmandu Valley.
Best Feature Film
Main competition
Best Short Film
Main competition
Best Micro Film
Main competition
Best Thriller / Suspense Film
Short or feature
Best Fantasy / Mythological
Short or feature
Best Sci-Fi / Dystopian
Short or feature
Best South Asian Film
Short or feature
Best Youth Voice
Director award
The jury
JURY for KHFF 2026
Three jurors watch the full feature competition and deliberate in Kathmandu during the festival. Names, portraits and biographies are published with the jury announcement in October 2026.
Portrait
4:5
Name to be announced
HEAD OF JURY · COUNTRY
Name and portrait published with the full jury announcement in October 2026.
Portrait
4:5
Name to be announced
JUROR · COUNTRY
Name and portrait published with the full jury announcement in October 2026.
Portrait
4:5
Name to be announced
JUROR · COUNTRY
Name and portrait published with the full jury announcement in October 2026.
The KHFF 2026 selection committee and programmers hold full jurisdiction over the final selection; the jury decides the awards from the selected programme.
Primary contact
Talk to the programmers before you submit
Questions about eligibility, premiere status, subtitles or DCP delivery are answered directly by the KHFF programming desk in Kathmandu. Write once and a person replies.