The National Film Award – Best Non-Feature Film is given by the Directorate of film festivals under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The winners are given a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) and a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000.[1]
List of winners by year of awards:
| Year | Film | Language | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | AFSPA, 1958[2] | Manipuri, English | Haobam Paban Kumar[3] |
| 2008 | Hope Dies Last in War[4] | English | Supriyo Sen[5][6] |
| 2007 | Bishar Blues [7] | English | Amitabh Chakraborty[1] |
| 2006 | Riding Solo to the Top of the World | English | Gaurav A Jani [8] |
| 2005 | Girni | – | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni |
| 2004 | War And Peace Kaya Poochhe Maya Se |
English Hindi |
Anand Patwardhan Arvind Sinha [9] |
| 2003 | ' | – | |
| 2002 | Sonal [10] | – | Prakash Jha |
| 2001 | Rasikpriya | – | Arun Vasant Khopkar |
| 2000 | ' | – | |
| 1994 | Maihar Raag | Hindi | Arun Bhattacharjee |
| 1999 | In the Forest Hangs a Bridge | English | Sanjay Kak |
| 1997 | Sham's Vision | English | Shaji N. Karun [11] |
| 1989 | Siddheshwari Kanaka Purandara |
– Kannada |
Mani Kaul [12] Girish Karnad[13] |
| 1982 | Face After Storm | English | Prakash Jha [14] |
| 1974 | My King of Drums | English | Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
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