The 2016 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2016.
[1] The list of winners were announced on 11 April 2017.
[3] The jury committee for selecting the lifetime achievement awards was headed by actress Jayanthi.
[4] A committee headed by director Kavitha Lankesh was appointed to evaluate the awards.
Other jury members were actress Rekha Rao, cinematographer Basavaraj, Director KN Vaidyanath and singer Chandrika Gururaj.