The 2017 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2017.
[1] The list of winners were announced on 25 October 2018.
[2] The jury panel headed by director N. S. Shankar submitted the list of winners to the Chief Minister H. D.
[3] 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.