National Film Award for Best Short Film (Up to 30 Min)
(Redirected from National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film)
| 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) |
|
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.