Claim: At the 56th National Film Awards the film "Three of Us" was nominated but did not win the Best Non-Feature Film Direction award, while AFSPA 1958 won the Best Non Feature Film award.
Evidence: The 56th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India to celebrate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2008. Best Non-Feature Film Direction Three of Us Only Music Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni ₹ 50,000/- Citation: With immense sensitivity, the film offers a slice of life of a physically challenged person, which transcends into a telling cinematic practice of minimalism and control. A poetic exploration that breathes the indomitable spirit of these real characters playing themselves, way above its bleak mise-en-scene. Short films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section. Best Cinematography Three Of Us Only Music Cameraman: Shariqva Badar Khan
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