The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film is 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 is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).
| National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film | |
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| National award for contributions to Short films | |
| Awarded for | Best Non-Feature Film of the year |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Formerly called | President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film (1953–1966) Best Information Film (1967–1983) |
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| First awarded | 1953 |
| Last awarded | 2018 |
| Most recent winner | Son Rise The Secret Life Of Frogs |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 87 |
| First winner | Mahabalipuram |
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 edit
Award includes 'Swarna Kamal' (Golden Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
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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), director(s) and citation | ||||||
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| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) | Citation | Refs. |
| 1953 (1st) |
Mahabalipuram | English | Films Division | Jagat Murari | – | [1] |
| Holy Himalayas | English | Films Division | K. L. Khandpur | – | ||
| Tree of Wealth | English | Information Films of India | A. Bhaskar Rao | – | ||
| 1954 (2nd) |
Spirit of the Loom | English | Films Division | V. R. Sarma | – | [2] |
| Darjeeling | English | Films Division | K. L. Khandpur | – | ||
| Golden River | English | Films Division | P. V. Pathy | – | ||
| 1955 (3rd) |
Magic of Mountains | English | Films Division | Mushir Ahmed | – | [3] |
| Wonder of Work | English | Films Division | – | – | ||
| Education for Life | English | Ama Ltd. | – | – | ||
| 1956 (4th) |
Gotama The Buddha | English | Bimal Roy Productions for Films Division | Rajbans Khanna | – | [4] |
| Khajuraho | English | Films Division | M. Wadhwani | – | ||
| A Village In Travancore | English | Art Films of Asia Private Ltd. for Burmah-Shell | Fali Billimoria | – | ||
| 1957 (5th) |
A Himalayan Tapestry | English | Burmah Shell | Mohan Bhavnani | – | [5] |
| Mandu | English | Films Division | Neil Gokhale | – | ||
| Dharti Ki Jhankar | English | Films Division | Bhaskar Rao | – | ||
| 1958 (6th) |
Radha Krishna | English | Films Division | J. S. Bhownagary | – | [6] |
| The Story of Dr. Karve | English | Films Division | • Neil Gokhale • Ram Gabale |
– | ||
| Call of the Mountains | Hindi | Films Division | A. K. Chaudhuri | – | ||
| 1959 (7th) |
Kathakali | English | Films Division | Mohan Wadhwani | – | [7] |
| Mayurakshi Dam | Hindi | Films Division | N. K. Issar | – | ||
| 1960 (8th) |
Kangra and Kulu | English | Films Division | N. S. Thapu | – | [8] |
| Saga of Service | English | Films Division | Dilip Jamdar | – | ||
| The Weavers | English | Films Division | F. R. Bilimoria | – | ||
| 1961 (9th) |
Rabindranath Tagore (Longer Version) |
English | Films Division | Satyajit Ray | – | [9] |
| Our Feathered Friends | English | Films Division | Gopal Datt | – | ||
| Romance of the Indian Coin | English | Films Division | G. H. Saraiya | – | ||
| 1962 (10th) |
Four Centuries Ago | English | Films Division | Shanti Verma | – | [10] |
| Himalayan Heritage | English | Films Division | N. S. Thapu | – | ||
| The Telco Story | English | Hunnar Films | Clement Baptista | – | ||
| 1963 (11th) |
Song of the Snow | English | Films Division | N. S. Thapu | – | [11] |
| Malwa | English | Films Division | S. N. S. Sastry | – | ||
| Jain Temples of India | English | Films Division | Arun Chaudhari | – | ||
| 1964 (12th) |
One Day | English | Jagat Murari | S. N. S. Sastry | – | [12] |
| All Under Heaven By Force | English | J. B. H. Wadia | J. B. H. Wadia | – | ||
| And Miles To Go | English | S. Sukhdev | S. Sukhdev | – | ||
| 1965 (13th) |
Cloven Horizon | English | Kantilal Rathod | Kantilal Rathod | – | [13] |
| Across India | English | Films Division | Gopal Datt | – | ||
| 1966 (14th) |
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| 1967 (15th) |
India '67 | – | P. Sukhdev | P. Sukhdev | – | [14] |
| 1968 (16th) |
Everest | English | Arun Chowdhury for Films Division | N. S. Thapa | – | [15] |
| 1969 (17th) |
Amrita Sher-Gil | English | B. D. Garga | B. D. Garga | – | [16] |
| 1970 (18th) |
No Award | [17] | ||||
| 1971 (19th) |
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| 1972 (20th) |
The Inner Eye | English | Satyajit Ray | Satyajit Ray | – | [18] |
| 1973 (21st) |
The Flame Burns Bright | English | Ashish Mukherjee | Ashish Mukherjee | – | [19] |
| 1974 (22nd) |
Man in Search of Man | English | G. P. Asthana for Films Division | Prem Vaidya for Films Division | – | [20] |
| 1975 (23rd) |
Winged Wonderland | English | Shanti Varma | Shanti Varma | – | [21] |
| 1976 (24th) |
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| 1977 (25th) |
Deshratna Rajendra Prasad | Hindi | Arvind Kumar Sinha | M. Prabhat |
For an objective account of the national struggle for Independence as reflected in the personal life of India first President. The film is an excellent example of historical documentation, while it portrays with much sensitivity Rajendra Prasad as a human being. |
[22] |
| 1978 (26th) |
Rumtek: A Monastery Wrethed in a Hundred Thousand Rainbows | English | Romesh Sharma | Romesh Sharma |
For an outstanding film in which all the elements are so perfectly blended to create an evocative and informative picture of the continuity of life at this beautiful monastery. |
[23] |
| 1979 (27th) |
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| 1980 (28th) |
Daldal | Hindi | Krystyna Khote | Pradeep Dixit |
For powerful indictment of a social malaise-bonded labor-very sensitively handled and well researched. |
[24] |
| 1981 (29th) |
Faces After The Storm | Hindi | Yash Chaudhary for Films Division | Prakash Jha |
For a hard-hitting comment on a social problem capturing the anguish and horror of communal violence, made without compromise but with humanism and sincerity. |
[25] |
| 1982 (30th) |
An Indian Story | English | Suhasini Mulay | Tapan K. Bose |
For an outstanding investigate report into a subject of national concern and for its moving, graphic and sensitive treatment of a controversial subject. |
[26] |
| 1983 (31st) |
The Procession | English | Aurora Films Corporation | Anjan Bose |
For portraying the innocence of the Indian villager and making a political comment, with telling images of evocative sensitivity that needs no words. |
[27] |
| 1984 (32nd) |
Music of Satyajit Ray | English | NFDC | Utpalendu Chakrabarty | – | [28] |
| 1985 (33rd) |
Bombay: Our City | English | Anand Patwardhan | Anand Patwardhan |
For its deep concern for the problem of urban slums and the courageous presentation of the theme in an objective manner. |
[29] |
| 1986 (34th) |
The Land of Sand Dunes | English | Orchid Films Pvt. Ltd. | Gautam Ghose |
For the sensitivity and feel for the subject expressed in its effective cinematic style. |
[30] |
| 1987 (35th) |
Bhopal: Beyond Genocide | English | Cinemart Foundation | • Tapan K. Bose • Suhasini Mulay • Salim Shaikh |
For its sincere, conscientious study of a very important socio-technological issue of recent times, which explores its subject with a multi-faceted and humanistic approach. |
[31] |
| 1988 (36th) |
Kanaka Purandara | Kannada | Girish Karnad for Films Division | Girish Karnad |
For communicating, through the lives of Kanakadas and Purandaradas, the many facets of Bhakti, transcending all barriers of caste and creed, encompassing the love of man for man and man for God, using an [sic] unique fusion of different elements of cinema of the documentary genre. |
[32] |
| 1989 (37th) |
Aar Koto Din | Bengali | • Department of Information and Cultural Affairs India • Government of West Bengal |
Shashi Anand |
For a brilliant cinematic exposition of deep anguish and helplessness at the fate of large section of the children of our country. |
[33] |
| 1990 (38th) |
Graven Image | English | • Sumitendra Nath Tagore • Shyamasree Tagore |
Abhijit Chattopadhyay |
For combining the intimate portrayal of a sculptor in terms of biographical detail, bringing in the nuances of his art, summing up to an excellent portrait of a person, an artist, a period, and achieing this with high cinematic values. |
[34] |
| 1991 (39th) |
Sons of Abotani: The Misings | Mishing | Dilip Doley | Gautam Bora |
For effectively portraying the life of tribe which lives on the banks of river Bramhaputra and its struggle to survive. The film is marked by its lyrical quality, serenity, sculpted sound and imaginative music. |
[35] |
| 1992 (40th) |
In Search of Indian Theatre | English | Arundhati Chatterjee | Abhijit Chattopadhyay |
For a deep and sensitive insight into contemporary Indian theatre. |
[36] |
| 1993 (41st) |
Maihar Raag | Bengali | Sunil Shanbag | Arun Bhattacharjee |
For presenting a candid and spontaneous portrayal of the decay of our heritage, as it is being engulfed by clouds of heartless commercialism. |
[37] |
| 1994 (42nd) |
Rasayatra | • Hindi • English |
Interaction Video Communication | Nandan Kudhyadi |
For its sensitive and imaginative transposition of music, into a dignified cinematic expression. |
[38] |
| 1995 (43rd) |
Tarana | English | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | Rajat Kapoor |
For its excellent cinematic interpretation of a traditional, mystic music form. |
[39] |
| 1996 (44th) |
Sham's Vision | English | Manu Grover | Shaji N. Karun |
For its moving portrayal of an artist's rich inner vision which lights his outer world of darkness. |
[40] |
| 1997 (45th) |
Jataner Jami | Bengali | Raja Mitra and Associates | Raja Mitra |
For its moving portrayal of a landless peasant's empowerment and his ultimate betrayal. |
[41] |
| 1998 (46th) |
In The Forest Hangs a Bridge | English | Sanjay Kak | Sanjay Kak |
For the excellent cinematic documentation of the triumph of the collective spirit of human endeavor. |
[42] |
| 1999 (47th) |
Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein (Between the Devil and the Deep River) |
Hindi | Arvind Sinha | Arvind Sinha |
For its in-depth portrayal of an environmental disaster in North Bihar, of lives uprooted and rendered 'amphibian' due to the blind imposition of the development model of embankment of rivers. |
[43] |
| 2000 (48th) |
Rasikpriya | • Hindi • English |
Ministry of External Affairs | Arun Vasant Khopkar |
For its sensitive treatment of Hindustani art music, tracing its evolution and cultural confluence to the present times, rendered with an exceptional collage of visuals and sounds. |
[44] |
| 2001 (49th) |
Sonal | • Hindi • English |
Films Division | Prakash Jha |
For its excellent use of the cinematic medium to give an insight into one of the greatest dancers of India. |
[45] |
| 2002 (50th) |
Narayan Gangaram Surve | Marathi | Khayal Trust | Arun Khopkar |
For the innovative telling of the story of the life of the great Marathi poet juxtaposed with the evocative visualization of his poems. The film makes brilliant use of image and metaphor as it evolves a complex and powerful narrative. |
[46] |
| 2003 (51st) |
War and Peace | English | Anand Patwardhan | Anand Patwardhan |
For setting out to search for the roots of violence manifest in many forms in the current times- from communal forces to nuclear race, Shot in India, Pakistan, Japan and USA, the film achieves a multi-layered understanding of these deep rooted tensions- at the same time recording the aspirations for peace, harmony and secularism, in the backdrop of Gandhian thought. |
[47] |
| Kaya Poochhe Maya Se | Hindi | Arvind Sinha | Arvind Sinha |
For a probing, thoughtful, intense, yet a non-judgmental record of the myriad faces of humanity floating around the Howrah Station that lies by the side of the river Ganga. The director with just his keen eye and an unpredictable symmetry of images, gains an inner eye into the mystery called people. It is as though an entire civilization is reconstructed through images of floating faces, people and sounds. | ||
| 2004 (52nd) |
Girni | Marathi | Tripurari Sharan for FTII | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni |
For projecting the impact of noise over a child's mind with excellent visualization and fine cinematic dramatization. |
[48] |
| 2005 (53rd) |
Riding Solo to the Top of the World | English | • Gaurav A. Jani • P. T. Giridhar Rao |
Gaurav A. Jani |
Made in the best tradition of Cinema verity, personal, vivid and natural. The film leads the viewer from revelation to revelation giving us an opportunity to come to love and know the "Changpas" and their unique lifestyle. |
[49] |
| 2006 (54th) |
Bishar Blues | English | Amitabh Chakraborty | Amitabh Chakraborty |
For courageously treating a sensitive subject in a poetic form. It demolishes the myth that the practice of Islam is monolithic and not multifaceted. |
[50] |
| 2007 (55th) |
Hope Dies Last in War | • English • Hindi |
Supriyo Sen | Supriyo Sen |
For its sensitive albeit searching exploration of those in prisons in alien countries; a complex polyphony of variegated voices, the film is an endeavour to find hope in the midst of a struggle against despair. |
[51] |
| 2008 (56th) |
AFSPA 1958 | • Meitei • Hindi |
• Bachaspa Timayun Sunzu • Haobam Paban Kumar |
Haobam Paban Kumar |
For a courageous depiction of the non-violent resistance of the people of Manipur to protest against a legislation, which undermines the values of self respect and the fundamentals of democracy. The documentation process by various crews and the way it is chronicled offers multiple perspectives. |
[52] |
| 2009 (57th) |
The Postman | Tamil | K. Hariharan | B. Manohar |
For a charming and heartwarming tale of a village postman caught in the web of changing times brought in by technology. |
[53] |
| Bilal | • Bengali • Hindi |
Sourav Sarangi | Sourav Sarangi |
For showing effectively that disability is not an impedance to overcome the trials and tribulations of life. | ||
| 2010 (58th) |
Germ | Hindi | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Snehal R. Nair |
Through abstract visualization and endearing black and white tones, the film depicts the human existence, afflicted by cancer, in a very sublime and somber tone. Along with the perception and growth, from child to youth and by the curious collection of thrown passport photographs, the film maker presents the changing perspective of the vision of the modern growing world in a very engaging manner. |
[54] |
| 2011 (59th) |
And We Play On | • Hindi • English |
Pramod Purswane | Pramod Purswane |
For creating a moving and compelling narrative of life and loss of a celebrated Olympian from a dedicated sports family. With simple yet emotive cinematic idiom, the film transcends the game of hockey and captures the aspirations of youth in small town India. |
[55] |
| 2012 (60th) |
Shepherds of Paradise | • Gujari • Urdu |
Raja Shabir Khan | Raja Shabir Khan |
For portraying the life of a nomadic shepherd family of Kashmir with an energy that goes far beyond empathy, creating a moving and compelling narrative that is vividly committed to its subject, illuminating extreme difficulties that are furtherdeepened by a politically vitiated social context. |
[56] |
| 2013 (61st) |
Rangbhoomi | Hindi | Films Division | Kamal Swaroop |
For an innovative and artistic exploration of the themes and concerns of the celebrated pioneer of Indian cinema, during a relatively unknown phase of his life, which leaves the viewer moved and shaken. |
[57] |
| 2014 (62nd) |
Tender Is The Sight | Bengali | Films Division | Torsha Banerjee |
For its sensitive and lyrical portrayal of ten-year-old Hassirbullah, who, though visually challenged, creates a symphony of sounds. The film captures his universe, his life and his talent, softly and gently. |
[58] |
| 2015 (63rd) |
Amdavad Ma Famous | • Gujarati • Hindi |
• Akanksha Tewari • Arya A. Menon |
Hardik Mehta |
The kites soar high bringing alive the colours of the land. |
[59] |
| 2016 (64th) |
FireFlies in the Abyss | English | Chandrasekhar Reddy | Chandrasekhar Reddy |
An intimately told story of a young boy’s quest for his dreams, vividly depicted in the claustrophobic environment of illegal coal mines. |
[60] |
| 2017 (65th) |
No Award | |||||
| 2018 (66th) |
Son Rise | V2 Films and Design Pvt. Ltd. | Vibha Bakshi |
For its powerful portrayal of the mindset and effects of female infanticide, one of the country’s most heinous mass crimes, and for portraying the courage of those who stand to fight against it where it is most prevalent. |
[61] | |
| The Secret Life of Frogs | Bedi Universal | • Ajay Bedi • Vijay Bedi |
For telling the tale, with profundity and beauty, of one of the world’s most unique and hitherto neglected amphibians. | |||
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