National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation 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 Rajat Kamal (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.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
	Awarded as Best Scientific Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film
	Awarded as Best Agricultural Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film

List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation	Refs.
1989 (37th)	The Deer on the Lake	English	Aribam Syam Sharma	Aribam Syam Sharma	For the creative use of the cinematic medium in explaining the complexities of the ecosystem of the Loktak lake, its floating islands and the greed of man that led to the near extinction of the Sangai, the Deer of Manipur.	[1]
1990 (38th)	Pratikriya	Desiya	Rahat Yusufi	Rahat Yusufi	For dealing with the problem of the environment at the grassroots level, combining the talent to handle ordinary people and get excellent performances out of them, with a clarity of message and commitment to the cause.	[2]
1991 (39th)	Mudialy Ekti Bikalpa Pantha (The Mudialy Alternative)	English	Dilip Kumar Roy	Samiran Dutta	For faithfully presenting people's participation in improving and conserving the environment.	[3]
1992 (40th)	Ladhakh: The Forbidden Wilderness	English	Bedi Films	Naresh Bedi	For an authentic rendition of civilisation and wildlife on the roof of the world.	[4]
1993 (41st)	Orchids of Manipur	Manipuri	Tomchou Singh	Aribam Syam Sharma	For a colorful and extremely aesthetic presentation of the exalting abundance of the wild orchids of Manipur.	[5]
1994 (42nd)	Visuddha Vanangal	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Development Corporation	K. R. Mohanan	For its analytical clarity and rigorous research in addressing a specific ecological issue.	[6]
1995 (43rd)	Amrit Beeja	• English  • Kannada	Meera Dewan	Meera Dewan	For successfully recording our traditions in the field of preservation of environment by women.	[7]
1996 (44th)	Rabia Chalikkunnu	Malayalam	Abraham Benhur	Ali Akbar	For its credible and inspiring portrayal of a young girl who overcomes her physical and social disabilities and becomes a role model for society.	[8]
1997 (45th)	Nature's Sentinels: Bishnoi	Hindi	Y. N. Engineer for Films Division	• Late P. C. Sharma  • Shankar Patnaik	For a forceful portrayal of a little known community's longstanding crusade for environmental conservation.	[9]
1998 (46th)	Willing To Sacrifice	English	Dayakar Rao	B. V. Rao	For an honest portrayal of the sacred convictions of a people for whom conservation is a way of life.	[10]
1999 (47th)	And The Bamboo Blooms	English	Films Division	Joshy Joseph	For its creative approach to the importance of bamboo in the economic and social lives of the people of Manipur and Mizoram.	[11]
2000 (48th)	The Nest	Bengali	Sparsh Productions	Supriyo Sen	For painstaking effort on capturing the uncompromising dedication oh Jatin Mahato (Midnapore, West Bengal), a heroic conservator and protector of migratory and endangered birds.	[12]
2001 (49th)	The Holy Ganga	Hindi	Y. N. Engineer for Films Division	Viplove Bhatia	For its thought provoking content which makes the viewers realize how badly the mother Ganga is treated.	[13]
2002 (50th)	Urumattram	Tamil	• G. Meenakshi Sundaram  • B. Sivakumar	B. Sivakumar	For moving short fiction that captures the depth of human emotions embodied in mans relationship to nature that nurtures him. Even as all seems lost to the family patriarch as trees must make way for a plastic factory, the grand son offers seeds of hope.	[14]
2003 (51st)	The 18 Elephant: Three Monologues	Malayalam	Savithri Divakaran	P. Balan	For using the novel method of elephants narrating their own story (in human voice) to raise a cry against "man centric" concept of development. The film also succeeds in raising bigger issues of ecological balance, and cruelty to animals.	[15]
2004 (52nd)	Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe Crab	English	Riverbank Studios	Gautam Pandey	For venturing to explore the most enigmatic creature, very scientific and analytic manner effectively urging mankind to conserve this unique species.	[16]
2005 (53rd)	Under This Sun	Bengali	Nilanjan Bhattacharya	Nilanjan Bhattacharya	For a thought provoking film on environmental diversity with excellent Cinematography, Music, Editing and Sound Design.	[17]
2006 (54th)	Kalpavriksha: Legacy Of Forests	English	Mike Pandey	Nina Subramani	For bringing out the symbiotic relationship between forests and human life and underlining the need for conserving the rich bio diversity still existing in our remaining forests.	[18]
2007 (55th)	Bhanga Ghara	Bengali	FTII	Nilanjan Datta	For championing the cause of environmental conservation. The film depicts the contrast between two regions of the Malda district as they come to terms with the inevitable flow of nature. While one faces the eroding onslaught of the river Ganga, the other renews itself to survive amidst the scarcity of water.	[19]
2008 (56th)	No Award					[20]
2009 (57th)	In For Motion	English	Amlan Dutta	Anirban Dutta	For portraying the changing scenario in the urban environment where burgeoning and mindless development is swallowing agricultural lands.	[21]
2010 (58th)	Iron is Hot	English	Meghnath Bhattacharjee	• Biju Toppo  • Meghnath Bhattacharjee	For the film which is well documented with a forthright exposition of the grievous impact of pollution due to sponge iron industry on the inhabitants dwelling around that area. With clarity and veracity, the film maker is able to express empathy and concern on the acute prevailing problem over human existence.	[22]
2011 (59th)	Tiger Dynasty	English	S. Nallamuthu	S. Nallamuthu	For the filmmaker's powerful narrative that takes us deep into the jungle of Sariska and gives us an intimate and sensitive portrait of the life of tigers as they fight for survival in a challenging environment.	[23]
2012 (60th)	Timbaktu	English	Public Service Broadcasting Trust	• Rintu Thomas  • Sushmit Ghosh	For a film that chronicles an initiative to regenerate degraded land through the means of organic farming, portraying a miraculous transformation in a quietly convincing way.	[24]
2013 (61st)	Foresting Life	• Hindi  • Assamese	Humanity Watchdog Foundation	Aarti Shrivastava	For its earthy look at a man, the forest he created all by himself, and the heroic effort that is necessary to sustain that forest without any government help.	[25]
2014 (62nd)	I Cannot Give You My Forest	English	Top Quark Films Pvt. Ltd.	Nandan Saxena & Kavita Bahl	For its concerned and empathetic exploration of the tribal communities in Rayagada, Orissa, who derive their sustenance and identity from the forest.	[26]
2015 (63rd)	The Man Who Dwarfed The Mountains	English	• Rajiv Mehrotra  • PSBT	• Ruchi Shrivastava  • Sumit Sunderlal Khanna	An urge to embrace for a better habitat.	[27]
2015 (63rd)	God On The Edge	• Hindi  • English	Elements Picture Studio	Ashok Patel	For rediscovering the distances between man and the wild.

References

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives