The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) - Best Arts/Cultural Film winners:
| Year | Film | Director | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Naina Jogin - The Ascetic eye | Praveen Kumar | Hindi and Maithili |
| 2004 | [[]] | [[]] | [[]] |
| 2003 | The Eye of the Fish - The Kalaries of Kerala | Priya Krishna Swamy | English |
| 2002 | [[]] | [[]] | [[]] |
| 2001 | Tribal Women Artist | Brij Bhushan | English |
| 2000 | [[]] | [[]] | [[]] |
| 1999 | A Painter of eloquent Silence:Ganesh Pyne | Budhdhadeb Dasgupta | English |
| 1995 | Pakarnnattam-Ammannur The Actor | M.R.Rajan, C.S. Venkiteswaran | Malayalam |
| 1993 | Suchitra Mitra | Raja Sen [1] | |
| 1987 | Kudiattam | Prakash Jha | Hindi[2] |