National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film

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National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1989
Final award2021
Most recent winnerMunnam Valavu
Highlights
Total awarded32
First winnerThe Deer on the Lake

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

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The award was instituted in 1989, at 37th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values. [1]

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
Awarded as Best Scientific Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film
Awarded as Best Agricultural Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Refs.
1989
(37th)
The Deer on the LakeEnglish Aribam Syam Sharma Aribam Syam Sharma [2]
1990
(38th)
PratikriyaDesiyaRahat YusufiRahat Yusufi [3]
1991
(39th)
Mudialy Ekti Bikalpa Pantha
(The Mudialy Alternative)
EnglishDilip Kumar RoySamiran Dutta [4]
1992
(40th)
Ladhakh: The Forbidden WildernessEnglishBedi Films Naresh Bedi [5]
1993
(41st)
Orchids of Manipur Manipuri Sh. Tomchou Singh Aribam Syam Sharma [6]
1994
(42nd)
Visuddha Vanangal Malayalam Kerala State Film Development Corporation K. R. Mohanan [7]
1995
(43rd)
Amrit Beeja English
  Kannada
Meera Dewan Meera Dewan [8]
1996
(44th)
Rabia ChalikkunnuMalayalamAbraham BenhurAli Akbar [9]
1997
(45th)
Nature's Sentinels: BishnoiHindiY. N. Engineer for Films Division  Late P. C. Sharma
 Shankar Patnaik
[10]
1998
(46th)
Willing To SacrificeEnglishDayakar RaoB. V. Rao [11]
1999
(47th)
And The Bamboo BloomsEnglishFilms DivisionJoshy Joseph [12]
2000
(48th)
The Nest Bengali Sparsh ProductionsSupriyo Sen [13]
2001
(49th)
The Holy GangaHindiY. N. Engineer for Films DivisionViplove Bhatia [14]
2002
(50th)
Urumattram Tamil   B.Sivakumar
 G. Meenakshi Sundaram
B.Sivakumar [15]
2003
(51st)
The 18 Elephant: Three MonologuesMalayalamSavithri DivakaranP. Balan [16]
2004
(52nd)
Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe CrabEnglish Riverbank Studios Gautam Pandey [17]
2005
(53rd)
Under This SunBengaliNilanjan BhattacharyaNilanjan Bhattacharya [18]
2006
(54th)
Kalpavriksha: Legacy Of ForestsEnglish Mike Pandey Nina Subramani [19]
2007
(55th)
Bhanga GharaBengali FTII Nilanjan Datta [20]
2008
(56th)
No Award [21]
2009
(57th)
In For MotionEnglish Amlan Dutta Anirban Dutta [22]
2010
(58th)
Iron is HotEnglishMeghnath Bhattacharjee  Biju Toppo
 Meghnath Bhattacharjee
[23]
2011
(59th)
Tiger DynastyEnglishS. NallamuthuS. Nallamuthu [24]
2012
(60th)
TimbaktuEnglishPublic Service Broadcasting Trust Rintu Thomas
 Sushmit Ghosh
[25]
2013
(61st)
Foresting Life Hindi
  Assamese
Humanity Watchdog Foundation Aarti Shrivastava [26]
2014
(62nd)
I Cannot Give You My ForestEnglishTop Quark Films Pvt. Ltd. Nandan Saxena
 Kavita Bahl
[27]
2015
(63rd)
The Man Who Dwarfed The MountainsEnglish  Rajiv Mehrotra
  PSBT
 Ruchi Shrivastava
 Sumit Sunderlal Khanna
[28]
God On The Edge Hindi
 English
Elements Picture StudioAshok Patel
2016
(64th)
The Tiger Who Crossed The LineEnglishKrishnendu BoseKrishnendu Bose [29]
2017
(65th)
The Pangti Story Naga Rajiv Mehrotra Sesino Yhoshü
2018
(66th)
The World's Most Famous TigerNatural History Unit IndiaS. Nallamuthu
2019
(67th)
The Stork SavioursHindi  Rajiv Mehrotra
  PSBT
  Ajay Bedi
  Vijay Bedi
[30]
2020
(68th)
Manah Aru Manuh (Manas and People)AssameseDirectorate, Manas National Park and AaranyakDip Bhuyan [31]
2021
(69th)
Munnam ValavuMalayalamSree Gokulam MoviesR S Pradeep [32]

References

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  4. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  8. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  9. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  11. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  12. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  13. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  14. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  15. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  16. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  17. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  18. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  19. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  20. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  21. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  22. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  23. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  24. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  25. "60th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  26. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  27. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  28. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  29. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  30. "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  31. "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  32. "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.