Awards & Winners

National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director

National Film Awards

The National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus. The award was instituted in 1989, at 37th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Check all the winners of National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director presented under National Film Awards since 1994 .


Pranjal Dua

Honored for : Chidiya Udh

Veenu Bhushan, Lipika Singh Darai

Honored for : A Tree a Man a Sea

Borun Thokchom

Honored for : The Silent Poet

Nagraj Manjule

Honored for : Pistulya

Film and Television Institute of India, Kaushal Oza

Honored for : Vaishnav Jan Toh

Film and Television Institute of India, Tathagata Singha

Honored for : Ekti Kaktaliyo Golpo

Vinoo Choliparambil, Manu Pushpendran

Honored for : Vitthal

N. Dinesh Rajkumar, Jacob Varghese

Honored for : Andhiyum

Ashim Ahluwalia

Honored for : John & Jane

Gomantak Marathi Academy, Laxmikant Shetgaonkar

Honored for : Ek Sagar Kinaree... A Seaside Story

Vinu Abraham, Suja

Honored for : An Encounter With A Life Living

P. T. M. Payyoli, Vinod Mankara

Honored for : Beyond or Within

Vinod Sukumaran, Asha Joseph

Honored for : Diary of a Housewife

Film and Television Institute of India, V. Sudhakar Rao

Honored for : Yeh woh sahar to nahin

Amulya Kakati, Ranjit Das

Honored for : All Alone If Need Be