National Film Award for Best Short Film (Up to 30 Min)

National Film Award for Best Short Film (upto 30 mins)
National award for contributions to non-feature films
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film (1987–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1987
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Xunyota
Highlights
Total awarded	32
First winner	The Eight Column Affair

The National Film Award for Best Short Film (upto 30 mins) 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 Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1987, at 35th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Short Film (upto 30 mins)". ^[1]

Awards

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:

Year (Period)	Cash Prize
1987–2005	Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹10,000 (US$120) Each
2006–2021	Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹50,000 (US$580) Each
2022–present	Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹2 lakh (US$2,300) Each

Winners

Following are the award winners over the years:

Indicates a joint award for that year

List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1987 (35th)	The Eight Column Affair	English	FTII	Sriram Raghavan	[2]
1988 (36th)	The Story of Tiblu	Idu Mishmi	Santosh Sivan for Films Division	Santosh Sivan	[3]
1989 (37th)	Behula	Bengali	Raja Mitra	Raja Mitra	[4]
1990 (38th)	Aamukh	Hindi	FTII	Rajkumar	[5]
1991 (39th)	Punaravritti	Hindi	FTII	Imo Singh	[6]
	Totanama	Hindi	Vikas Satwalekar	Chandita Mukherjee
1992 (40th)	Agar Aap Chahein	Hindi	Shahnaz Rahim for Films Division	Mazahir Rahim	[7]
1993 (41st)	Sunday	Hindi	National Center of Films for Children and Young People	Pankaj Advani	[8]
1994 (42nd)	Still Life	•Hindi  •English	FTII	Subhadro Chowdhary	[9]
1995 (43rd)	The Rebel	Hindi	John Shankarmangalam	Rajashree	[10]
1996 (44th)	Vidiyalai Nokki	Tamil	•F and T  •V. T. I. N. Chennai	P. Venkatesh	[11]
	Athmeeyam	Malayalam	FTII	Nandakumar Kavil
1997 (45th)	Hypnothesis	Hindi	FTII	Rajat Kapoor	[12]
1998 (46th)	Jee Karta Tha	Hindi	Mohan Agashe for Films Division	Hansa Thapliyal	[13]
1999 (47th)	Blind Folded	Tamil	A. Sriram	S. Sri Ram	[14]
2000 (48th)	Bhor	Bengali	Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute	Ritubarna Chudgar	[15]
2001 (49th)	Chaitra	Marathi	FTII	Kranti Kanade	[16]
2002 (50th)	Sunder Jibon	Bengali	Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute	Sandeep Chattopadhyay	[17]
2003 (51st)	Sati Radhika	Assamese	Anjali Das	Anjali Das	[18]
2004 (52nd)	Cradle Song	•English  •Hindi	Tripurari Sharan for FTII	Nimisha Pandey	[19]
2005 (53rd)	Thackkayin Meedha Naangu Kangal	Tamil	• Doordarshan  •Ray Cinema	Vasanth	[20]
2006 (54th)	Ek Aadesh: Command For Choti	Hindi	Children's Film Society	Ramesh Asher	[21]
2007 (55th)	Udedh Bun	Bhojpuri	FTII	Siddharth Sinha	[22]
2008 (56th)	Stations	•Hindi  •Marathi  •English	FTII	Emmanuel Palo	[23]
2009 (57th)	Boond	Hindi	Kumar Mangat	Abhishek Pathak	[24]
2010 (58th)	Kal 15 August Dukan Band Rahegi	Hindi	FTII	Prateek Vats	[25]
2011 (59th)	Panchakki	Hindi	Sanjeev Rattan	Sanjeev Rattan	[26]
2012 (60th)	Kaatal	Marathi	FTII	Vikrant Pawar	[27]
2013 (61st)	Mandrake ! Mandrake !	Hindi	FTII	Ruchir Arun	[28]
2014 (62nd)	Mitraa	Marathi	Athaansh Communications	Ravindra Jadhav	[29]
2015 (63rd)	Aushadh	Marathi	Amol Deshmukh	Amol Deshmukh	[30]
2016 (64th)	Aaba	English	Raj Kumar Gupta	Amar Kaushik	[31]
2017 (65th)	Mayat	Marathi	Suyash Shinde	Suyash Shinde
2018 (66th)	Kharvas	Marathi	Aditya Suhas Jambhale	Aditya Suhas Jambhale
2019 (67th)	Custody	Hindi	Ambiecka Pandit	Ambiecka Pandit
2020 (68th)	Kachichinithu (The Boy with a Gun)	Karbi	Khanjan Kishore Nath	Khanjan Kishore Nath	[32]
2021 (69th)	Dal Bhat	Gujarati	Nemil Shah	Nemil Shah	[33]
2022 (70th)	Xunyota	Assamese	HM Production	Nabapan Deka	[34]

References

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6. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
7. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
8. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
9. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
10. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
11. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
12. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
13. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
14. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
15. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
16. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
17. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
18. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
19. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
20. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
21. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
22. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
23. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
24. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
25. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
26. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
27. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
28. "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.
29. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
30. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
31. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
32. "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
33. "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
34. "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau . 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives