Cult Critic Movie Awards

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Cult Critic Movie Awards
Location Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Founded2016
LanguageInternational

Cult Critic Movie Awards is an IMDb Award listing live screening award event that takes place in Kolkata and features art-house cult films from across the world. The Cult Critic Films Magazine started this award event in 2017 in Kolkata. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The JEAN LUC GODARD AWARDS is given out each year for significant movies and people in a variety of categories. [5] [6]

Awardees

The award is given out each year for significant movies and people in a variety of categories. [7]

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