The Karnataka State Film Awards 2015 were presented by the Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2015. The awards ceremony was held in Bengaluru on 13 November 2016.
For the first time, a separate jury was appointed to select the Lifetime Achievement Awards under the chairmanship of veteran director S. K. Bhagavan.
A committee headed by Naganna was appointed to evaluate the awards.