# National Film Award for Best Animation Film

The National Film Award for Best Animation Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).
The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

## Awards

All the awardees are awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Award winners include Producer, Director and Animator of the film.
Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:
| Year (Period) | Cash Prize |
| 1967–1973 | Producer: A Medal and ₹5,000 (US$58) Director: A Plaque and ₹2,000 (US$23) |
| 1974–1976 | Producer: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$58) Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹4,000 (US$46) |
| 1977–1980 | Producer: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$58) Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$58) Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹4,000 (US$46) |
| 1981–1983 | Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$58) Each |
| 1982–2005 | Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹10,000 (US$120) Each |
| 2006–2021 | Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹50,000 (US$580) Each |
| 2022–present | Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹2 lakh (US$2,300) Each |
Following are the winners over the years:
* Indicates a joint award for that year
List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and animator(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) | Animator(s) |
| 1967 (15th) | Inquiry | Music only | C. T. Baptista | C. T. Baptista | |
| 1968 (16th) | Nag Aur Kauwa | Hindi | Children's Film Society | S. B. Nayampally | |
| 1969 (17th) | Umbrella | English | G. K. Gokhale for Films Division | B. R. Shendge | |
| 1970 (18th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1971 (19th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1972 (20th) | You Said It | English | Prasad Productions | Ram Mohan | |
| 1973 (21st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1974 (22nd) | Synthesis | English | B. R. Shendge | • A. R. Sen • B. R. Dohling | |
| 1975 (23rd) | Business is People | English | Akbar Films | Kantilal Rathod | |
| 1976 (24th) | | | | | |
| 1977 (25th) | Prakriti Ka Niyam | Hindi | G. P. Asthana for Films Division | B. R. Shendge | V. G. Samant |
| 1978 (26th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1979 (27th) | | | | | |
| 1980 (28th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1981 (29th) | The Thinker? | English | B. R. Shendge for Films Division | A. R. Sen | M. Paralkar |
| 1982 (30th) | Raju and Tinku | English | Children's Film Society | Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty | Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty |
| 1983 (31st) | Fire Games | English | Ranabir Ray | Ram Mohan | • Naik Satam • Bapu Parulekar |
| 1983 (31st) | A Race With Death | English | B. R. Shedge | Yash Choudhary | • V. G. Samant • V. K. Wankhede |
| 1984 (32nd) | National Highway | English | National Institute of Design | R. N. Mistry | R. N. Mistry |
| 1985 (33rd) | Karuna Ki Vijay | Hindi | Children's Film Society | K. S. Bansod | K. S. Bansod |
| 1986 (34th) | A. B. See | English | P. B. Pendharkar for Films Division | Arun Gongade | Arun Gongade |
| 1987 (35th) | End Game | English | B. R. Shendge for Films Division | Arun Gongade | Arun Gongade |
| 1988 (36th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1989 (37th) | My Tree | Music only | Vijay B. Chandra | • B. R. Shendge • R. R. Swamy | • R. R. Swamy • V. S. Shankardas |
| 1990 (38th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1991 (39th) | Ballu Shah | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Rajesh Aggarwal | S. M. Hasan |
| 1992 (40th) | Gaaye Ki Sachai | Hindi | Climb Films and N'CYP | Bhimsain | Bhimsain |
| 1992 (40th) | The Threads | English | B. R. Shendge for Films Division | Girish Rao | Girish Rao |
| 1993 (41st) | Chetak | Hindi | N'CYP | V. G. Samant | V. G. Samant |
| 1994 (42nd) | Mahagiri | Hindi | Bhimsain | Kireet Khurana | S. M. Hasan |
| 1995 (43rd) | O | English | Bhimsain | Kireet Khurana | Kireet Khurana |
| 1996 (44th) | The Lost Horizon | Music only | Arun Gongade | Arun Gongade | Arun Gongade |
| 1997 (45th) | Trade: Commerce | Music only | Bhimsain | Kireet Khurana | |
| 1998 (46th) | Education Only Her Future | Music only | Arun Gongade for Films Division | Arun Gongade for Films Division | Arun Gongade for Films Division |
| 1999 (47th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2000 (48th) | The Landscape | Music only | Bankim for Films Division | Ravi Jadhav for Films Division | |
| 2001 (49th) | The Pink Camel | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Paushali Ganguli | Paushali Ganguli |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | Jeo Aur Jeene Do | Hindi | Children's Film Society | B. R. Sarnaik | Harshad Sayeed Noori |
| 2004 (52nd) | Raju and I | English and Hindi | Aseema Charitable Trust | Gayatri Rao | Chetan Sharma |
| 2005 (53rd) | Kachua Aur Khargosh | Hindi | • Ramesh Sharma • Uma Gajapati Raju | C. B. Arun | Moving Picture Company Animation team |
| 2006 (54th) | Nokpokliba | English | Children's Film Society | Meren Imchen | |
| 2007 (55th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2008 (56th) | Prince and The Crown of Stones | English | Children's Film Society | Gautam Benegal | Gautam Benegal |
| 2009 (57th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2010 (58th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2011 (59th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2012 (60th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2013 (61st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2014 (62nd) | Sound of Joy | English | Aura Cinematics | Sukankan Roy | Rishi Sahany |
| 2015 (63rd) | Fisherwoman And Tuktuk | Music only | Nilima Eriyat | Suresh Eriyat | Studio Eeksaurus Productions |
| 2016 (64th) | Hum Chitra Banate Hai | Hindi | IDC, IIT Bombay | Nina Sabnani | • Piyush Varma • Shyam Sundar Chatterjee |
| 2017 (65th) | Tokri – The Basket | Music only | Nilima Eriyat | Suresh Eriyat | Studio Eeksaurus Productions |
| 2017 (65th) | The Fish Curry | Hindi | Munish Tewari | Abhishek Verma | Abhishek Verma |
| 2018 (66th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2019 (67th) | Radha | Music only | Fairy Cows | Bimal Poddar | Nitin Kharkar |
| 2020 (68th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2021 (69th) | Kandittundu | Malayalam | Studio Eeksaurus Productions | Adithi Krishnadas | |
| 2022 (70th) | A Coconut Tree | English | JB Productions | Joshy Benedict | Joshy Benedict |