National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

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National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film
National award for contributions to non-feature films
Awarded forBest Non-Feature Film of the year
Sponsored by National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly calledPresident's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film (1953–1966)
Best Information Film (1967–1983)
Reward(s)
  • Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
  • ₹3,00,000
First award1953
Final award2022
Most recent winnerAyena
Highlights
Total awarded87
First winnerMahabalipuram

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).

Contents

The award was instituted in 1953, at 1st National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

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

Awards legends
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President's Silver Medal for Best Non-Feature Film
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Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Non-Feature Film
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Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Non-Feature Film
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Certificate of Merit for the Best Non-Feature Film
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Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Refs.
1953
(1st)
Mahabalipuram English Films Division Jagat Murari [1]
Holy HimalayasEnglishFilms DivisionK. L. Khandpur
Tree of WealthEnglishInformation Films of IndiaA. Bhaskar Rao
1954
(2nd)
Spirit of the LoomEnglishFilms DivisionV. R. Sarma [2]
DarjeelingEnglishFilms DivisionK. L. Khandpur
Golden RiverEnglishFilms DivisionP. V. Pathy
1955
(3rd)
Magic of MountainsEnglishFilms DivisionMushir Ahmed [3]
Wonder of WorkEnglishFilms Division 
Education for LifeEnglishAma Ltd. 
1956
(4th)
Gotama The BuddhaEnglishBimal Roy Productions for Films DivisionRajbans Khanna [4]
KhajurahoEnglishFilms DivisionM. Wadhwani
A Village In TravancoreEnglishArt Films of Asia Private Ltd. for Burmah-ShellFali Billimoria
1957
(5th)
A Himalayan TapestryEnglishBurmah ShellMohan Bhavnani [5]
ManduEnglishFilms DivisionNeil Gokhale
Dharti Ki JhankarEnglishFilms DivisionBhaskar Rao
1958
(6th)
Radha KrishnaEnglishFilms DivisionJ. S. Bhownagary [6]
The Story of Dr. KarveEnglishFilms Division Neil Gokhale
 Ram Gabale
Call of the Mountains Hindi Films DivisionA. K. Chaudhuri
1959
(7th)
KathakaliEnglishFilms DivisionMohan Wadhwani [7]
Mayurakshi DamHindiFilms DivisionN. K. Issar
1960
(8th)
Kangra and KuluEnglishFilms DivisionN. S. Thapu [8]
Saga of ServiceEnglishFilms DivisionDilip Jamdar
The WeaversEnglishFilms DivisionF. R. Bilimoria
1961
(9th)
Rabindranath Tagore
(Longer Version)
EnglishFilms Division Satyajit Ray [9]
Our Feathered FriendsEnglishFilms DivisionGopal Datt
Romance of the Indian CoinEnglishFilms DivisionG. H. Saraiya
1962
(10th)
Four Centuries AgoEnglishFilms DivisionShanti Verma [10]
Himalayan HeritageEnglishFilms DivisionN. S. Thapu
The Telco StoryEnglishHunnar FilmsClement Baptista
1963
(11th)
Song of the SnowEnglishFilms DivisionN. S. Thapu [11]
MalwaEnglishFilms DivisionS. N. S. Sastry
Jain Temples of IndiaEnglishFilms DivisionArun Chaudhari
1964
(12th)
One DayEnglishJagat MurariS. N. S. Sastry [12]
All Under Heaven By ForceEnglish J. B. H. Wadia J. B. H. Wadia
And Miles To GoEnglishS. SukhdevS. Sukhdev
1965
(13th)
Cloven HorizonEnglish Kantilal Rathod Kantilal Rathod [13]
Across IndiaEnglishFilms DivisionGopal Datt
1966
(14th)
1967
(15th)
India '67 P. SukhdevP. Sukhdev [14]
1968
(16th)
EverestEnglishArun Chowdhury for Films DivisionN. S. Thapa [15]
1969
(17th)
Amrita Sher-GilEnglish B. D. Garga B. D. Garga [16]
1970
(18th)
No Award [17]
1971
(19th)
Bhutan
1972
(20th)
The Inner Eye English Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray [18]
1973
(21st)
The Flame Burns BrightEnglishAshish MukherjeeAshish Mukherjee [19]
1974
(22nd)
Man in Search of ManEnglishG. P. Asthana for Films DivisionPrem Vaidya for Films Division [20]
1975
(23rd)
Winged WonderlandEnglishShanti VarmaShanti Varma [21]
1976
(24th)
1977
(25th)
Deshratna Rajendra PrasadHindiArvind Kumar SinhaM. Prabhat [22]
1978
(26th)
Rumtek: A Monastery Wrethed in a Hundred Thousand RainbowsEnglish Romesh Sharma Romesh Sharma [23]
1979
(27th)
1980
(28th)
DaldalHindiKrystyna KhotePradeep Dixit [24]
1981
(29th)
Faces After The StormHindiYash Chaudhary for Films Division Prakash Jha [25]
1982
(30th)
An Indian StoryEnglish Suhasini Mulay Tapan K. Bose [26]
1983
(31st)
The ProcessionEnglish Aurora Films Corporation Anjan Bose [27]
1984
(32nd)
Music of Satyajit RayEnglish NFDC Utpalendu Chakrabarty [28]
1985
(33rd)
Bombay: Our City English Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan [29]
1986
(34th)
The Land of Sand DunesEnglishOrchid Films Pvt. Ltd. Gautam Ghose [30]
1987
(35th)
Bhopal: Beyond GenocideEnglishCinemart Foundation Tapan K. Bose
  Suhasini Mulay
 Salim Shaikh
[31]
1988
(36th)
Kanaka Purandara Kannada Girish Karnad for Films Division Girish Karnad [32]
1989
(37th)
Aar Koto Din Bengali  Department of Information and Cultural Affairs India
  Government of West Bengal
Shashi Anand [33]
1990
(38th)
Graven ImageEnglish Sumitendra Nath Tagore
 Shyamasree Tagore
Abhijit Chattopadhyay [34]
1991
(39th)
Sons of Abotani: The Misings Mishing Dilip DoleyGautam Bora [35]
1992
(40th)
In Search of Indian TheatreEnglishArundhati ChatterjeeAbhijit Chattopadhyay [36]
1993
(41st)
Maihar RaagBengali Sunil Shanbag Arun Bhattacharjee [37]
1994
(42nd)
Rasayatra Hindi
 English
Interaction Video CommunicationNandan Kudhyadi [38]
1995
(43rd)
TaranaEnglishY. N. Engineer for Films Division Rajat Kapoor [39]
1996
(44th)
Sham's VisionEnglishManu Grover Shaji N. Karun [40]
1997
(45th)
Jataner JamiBengaliRaja Mitra and AssociatesRaja Mitra [41]
1998
(46th)
In The Forest Hangs a BridgeEnglish Sanjay Kak Sanjay Kak [42]
1999
(47th)
Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein
(Between the Devil and the Deep River)
HindiArvind SinhaArvind Sinha [43]
2000
(48th)
Rasikpriya Hindi
 English
Ministry of External Affairs Arun Vasant Khopkar [44]
2001
(49th)
Sonal Hindi
 English
Films Division Prakash Jha [45]
2002
(50th)
Narayan Gangaram Surve Marathi Khayal TrustArun Khopkar [46]
2003
(51st)
War and PeaceEnglish Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan [47]
Kaya Poochhe Maya SeHindiArvind SinhaArvind Sinha
2004
(52nd)
GirniMarathiTripurari Sharan for FTII Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni [48]
2005
(53rd)
Riding Solo to the Top of the World English Gaurav A. Jani
 P. T. Giridhar Rao
Gaurav A. Jani [49]
2006
(54th)
Bishar BluesEnglishAmitabh ChakrabortyAmitabh Chakraborty [50]
2007
(55th)
Hope Dies Last in War English
 Hindi
Supriyo SenSupriyo Sen [51]
2008
(56th)
AFSPA 1958  Meitei
 Hindi
 Bachaspa Timayun Sunzu
  Haobam Paban Kumar
Haobam Paban Kumar [52]
2009
(57th)
The Postman Tamil K. Hariharan B. Manohar [53]
Bilal Bengali
 Hindi
Sourav SarangiSourav Sarangi
2010
(58th)
GermHindi Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Snehal R. Nair [54]
2011
(59th)
And We Play On Hindi
 English
Pramod PurswanePramod Purswane [55]
2012
(60th)
Shepherds of Paradise  Gujari
 Urdu
Raja Shabir KhanRaja Shabir Khan [56]
2013
(61st)
RangbhoomiHindiFilms Division Kamal Swaroop [57]
2014
(62nd)
Tender Is The SightBengaliFilms DivisionTorsha Banerjee [58]
2015
(63rd)
Amdavad Ma Famous  Gujarati
 Hindi
 Akanksha Tewari
 Arya A. Menon
Hardik Mehta [59]
2016
(64th)
FireFlies in the AbyssEnglishChandrasekhar ReddyChandrasekhar Reddy [60]
2017
(65th)
No Award
2018
(66th)
Son RiseV2 Films and Design Pvt. Ltd. Vibha Bakshi [61]
The Secret Life of FrogsBedi Universal Ajay Bedi
  Vijay Bedi
2019
(67th)
An Engineered DreamHindiHemant GabaHemant Gaba [62]
2020
(68th)
Testimony of Ana Dangi Sachin Dheeraj MudigondaSachin Dheeraj Mudigonda [63]
2021
(69th)
Ek Tha GaonHindiShreya KapadiyaAnkit Kothari [64]
2022
(70th)
Ayena
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
Teh FilmsSiddhant Sarin [65]

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