# National Film Award for Best Short Film (Up to 30 Min)

The National Film Award for Best Short Film (upto 30 mins) 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 Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1987, at 35th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Short Film (upto 30 mins)".

## Awards

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:
| Year (Period) | Cash Prize |
| 1987–2005 | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹10,000 (US$120) Each |
| 2006–2021 | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹50,000 (US$580) Each |
| 2022–present | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹2 lakh (US$2,300) Each |

### Winners

Following are the award winners over the years:
* Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1987 (35th) | The Eight Column Affair | English | FTII | Sriram Raghavan |
| 1988 (36th) | The Story of Tiblu | Idu Mishmi | Santosh Sivan for Films Division | Santosh Sivan |
| 1989 (37th) | Behula | Bengali | Raja Mitra | Raja Mitra |
| 1990 (38th) | Aamukh | Hindi | FTII | Rajkumar |
| 1991 (39th) | Punaravritti | Hindi | FTII | Imo Singh |
| 1991 (39th) | Totanama | Hindi | Vikas Satwalekar | Chandita Mukherjee |
| 1992 (40th) | Agar Aap Chahein | Hindi | Shahnaz Rahim for Films Division | Mazahir Rahim |
| 1993 (41st) | Sunday | Hindi | National Center of Films for Children and Young People | Pankaj Advani |
| 1994 (42nd) | Still Life | • Hindi • English | FTII | Subhadro Chowdhary |
| 1995 (43rd) | The Rebel | Hindi | John Shankarmangalam | Rajashree |
| 1996 (44th) | Vidiyalai Nokki | Tamil | • F and T • V. T. I. N. Chennai | P. Venkatesh |
| 1996 (44th) | Athmeeyam | Malayalam | FTII | Nandakumar Kavil |
| 1997 (45th) | Hypnothesis | Hindi | FTII | Rajat Kapoor |
| 1998 (46th) | Jee Karta Tha | Hindi | Mohan Agashe for Films Division | Hansa Thapliyal |
| 1999 (47th) | Blind Folded | Tamil | A. Sriram | S. Sri Ram |
| 2000 (48th) | Bhor | Bengali | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Ritubarna Chudgar |
| 2001 (49th) | Chaitra | Marathi | FTII | Kranti Kanade |
| 2002 (50th) | Sunder Jibon | Bengali | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Sandeep Chattopadhyay |
| 2003 (51st) | Sati Radhika | Assamese | Anjali Das | Anjali Das |
| 2004 (52nd) | Cradle Song | • English • Hindi | Tripurari Sharan for FTII | Nimisha Pandey |
| 2005 (53rd) | Thackkayin Meedha Naangu Kangal | Tamil | • Doordarshan • Ray Cinema | Vasanth |
| 2006 (54th) | Ek Aadesh: Command For Choti | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Ramesh Asher |
| 2007 (55th) | Udedh Bun | Bhojpuri | FTII | Siddharth Sinha |
| 2008 (56th) | Stations | • Hindi • Marathi • English | FTII | Emmanuel Palo |
| 2009 (57th) | Boond | Hindi | Kumar Mangat | Abhishek Pathak |
| 2010 (58th) | Kal 15 August Dukan Band Rahegi | Hindi | FTII | Prateek Vats |
| 2011 (59th) | Panchakki | Hindi | Sanjeev Rattan | Sanjeev Rattan |
| 2012 (60th) | Kaatal | Marathi | FTII | Vikrant Pawar |
| 2013 (61st) | Mandrake ! Mandrake ! | Hindi | FTII | Ruchir Arun |
| 2014 (62nd) | Mitraa | Marathi | Athaansh Communications | Ravindra Jadhav |
| 2015 (63rd) | Aushadh | Marathi | Amol Deshmukh | Amol Deshmukh |
| 2016 (64th) | Aaba | English | Raj Kumar Gupta | Amar Kaushik |
| 2017 (65th) | Mayat | Marathi | Suyash Shinde | Suyash Shinde |
| 2018 (66th) | Kharvas | Marathi | Aditya Suhas Jambhale | Aditya Suhas Jambhale |
| 2019 (67th) | Custody | Hindi | Ambiecka Pandit | Ambiecka Pandit |
| 2020 (68th) | Kachichinithu (The Boy with a Gun) | Karbi | Khanjan Kishore Nath | Khanjan Kishore Nath |
| 2021 (69th) | Dal Bhat | Gujarati | Nemil Shah | Nemil Shah |
| 2022 (70th) | Xunyota | Assamese | HM Production | Nabapan Deka |