National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

| {{small|President's Silver Medal for Best Non-Feature Film}}

| {{small|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Non-Feature Film}}

| {{small|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Non-Feature Film}}

| {{small|Certificate of Merit for the Best Non-Feature Film}}

| {{small|Indicates a joint award for that year}}

! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

! scope="row" | Mahabalipuram

| English

| Films Division

| Jagat Murari

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/113_1stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Spirit of the Loom

| English

| Films Division

| V. R. Sarma

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/112_2ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Magic of Mountains

| English

| Films Division

| Mushir Ahmed

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/111_3rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=3rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Gotama The Buddha

| English

| Bimal Roy Productions for Films Division

| Rajbans Khanna

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/110_4thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | A Himalayan Tapestry

| English

| Burmah Shell

| Mohan Bhavnani

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/109_5thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Radha Krishna

| English

| Films Division

| J. S. Bhownagary

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/108_6thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Kathakali

| English

| Films Division

| Mohan Wadhwani

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/107_7thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=7th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Kangra and Kulu

| English

| Films Division

| N. S. Thapu

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/106_8thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=8th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Rabindranath Tagore (film)

| English

| Films Division

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/105_9thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Four Centuries Ago

| English

| Films Division

| Shanti Verma

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/104_10thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=10th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Song of the Snow

| English

| Films Division

| N. S. Thapu

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/103_11thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=11th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | One Day

| English

| Jagat Murari

| S. N. S. Sastry

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/102_12thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=12th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Cloven Horizon

| English

| Kantilal Rathod

| Kantilal Rathod

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/101_13thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

| colspan="4" |

| align="center" |

! scope="row" | India '67

| {{dash}}

| P. Sukhdev

| P. Sukhdev

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/100_15thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=15th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Everest

| English

| Arun Chowdhury for Films Division

| N. S. Thapa

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/99_16thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Amrita Sher-Gil

| English

| B. D. Garga

| B. D. Garga

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/98_17thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/97_18thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

|Bhutan

|

|

|

| align="center" |

! scope="row" | The Inner Eye

| English

| Satyajit Ray

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/96_20thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=20th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | The Flame Burns Bright

| English

| Ashish Mukherjee

| Ashish Mukherjee

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/95_21stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Man in Search of Man

| English

| G. P. Asthana for Films Division

| Prem Vaidya for Films Division

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/94_22ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=22nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Winged Wonderland

| English

| Shanti Varma

| Shanti Varma

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/93_23rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

| colspan="4" |

| align="center" |

! scope="row" | Deshratna Rajendra Prasad

| Hindi

| Arvind Kumar Sinha

| M. Prabhat

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/92_25thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=25th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Rumtek: A Monastery Wrethed in a Hundred Thousand Rainbows

| English

| Romesh Sharma

| Romesh Sharma

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/91_26thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

| colspan="5" |

! scope="row" | Daldal

| Hindi

| Krystyna Khote

| Pradeep Dixit

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/89_28thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=28th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Faces After The Storm

| Hindi

| Yash Chaudhary for Films Division

| Prakash Jha

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/88_29thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=29th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | An Indian Story

| English

| Suhasini Mulay

| Tapan K. Bose

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/87_30thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=30th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | The Procession

| English

| Aurora Films Corporation

| Anjan Bose

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/86_31stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Music of Satyajit Ray

| English

| NFDC

| Utpalendu Chakrabarty

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/85_32ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Bombay: Our City

| English

| Anand Patwardhan

| Anand Patwardhan

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/84_33rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | The Land of Sand Dunes

| English

| Orchid Films Pvt. Ltd.

| Gautam Ghose

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/83_34thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Bhopal: Beyond Genocide

| English

| Cinemart Foundation

| {{•}}Tapan K. Bose
{{•}}Suhasini Mulay
{{•}}Salim Shaikh

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/82_35thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Kanaka Purandara

| Kannada

| Girish Karnad for Films Division

| Girish Karnad

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/81_36thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Aar Koto Din

| Bengali

| {{•}}Department of Information and Cultural Affairs India
{{•}}Government of West Bengal

| Shashi Anand

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/80_37thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Graven Image

| English

| {{•}}Sumitendra Nath Tagore
{{•}}Shyamasree Tagore

| Abhijit Chattopadhyay

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/79_38thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Sons of Abotani: The Misings

| Mishing

| Dilip Doley

| Gautam Bora

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/78_39ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | In Search of Indian Theatre

| English

| Arundhati Chatterjee

| Abhijit Chattopadhyay

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/77_40thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Maihar Raag

| Bengali

| Sunil Shanbag

| Arun Bhattacharjee

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Rasayatra

| {{•}}Hindi
{{•}}English

| Interaction Video Communication

| Nandan Kudhyadi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/75_42ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Tarana

| English

| Y. N. Engineer for Films Division

| Rajat Kapoor

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Sham's Vision

| English

| Manu Grover

| Shaji N. Karun

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Jataner Jami

| Bengali

| Raja Mitra and Associates

| Raja Mitra

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/72_45thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | In The Forest Hangs a Bridge

| English

| Sanjay Kak

| Sanjay Kak

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/71_46thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein
(Between the Devil and the Deep River)

| Hindi

| Arvind Sinha

| Arvind Sinha

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/70_47thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Rasikpriya

| {{•}}Hindi
{{•}}English

| Ministry of External Affairs

| Arun Vasant Khopkar

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/69_48thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Sonal

| {{•}}Hindi
{{•}}English

| Films Division

| Prakash Jha

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/68_49thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Narayan Gangaram Surve

| Marathi

| Khayal Trust

| Arun Khopkar

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/67_50thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 51st National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | War and Peace

| English

| Anand Patwardhan

| Anand Patwardhan

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/66_51stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Kaya Poochhe Maya Se

| Hindi

| Arvind Sinha

| Arvind Sinha

! scope="row" | Girni

| Marathi

| Tripurari Sharan for FTII

| Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/50_52thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Riding Solo to the Top of the World

| English

| {{•}}Gaurav A. Jani
{{•}}P. T. Giridhar Rao

| Gaurav A. Jani

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/49_53Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Bishar Blues

| English

| Amitabh Chakraborty

| Amitabh Chakraborty

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/48_54sthNfaArchives.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | Hope Dies Last in War

| {{•}}English
{{•}}Hindi

| Supriyo Sen

| Supriyo Sen

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/47_55Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | AFSPA 1958

| {{•}}Meitei
{{•}}Hindi

| {{•}}Bachaspa Timayun Sunzu
{{•}}Haobam Paban Kumar

| Haobam Paban Kumar

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/46_56thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 57th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | The Postman

| Tamil

| K. Hariharan

| B. Manohar

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Bilal

| {{•}}Bengali
{{•}}Hindi

| Sourav Sarangi

| Sourav Sarangi

! scope="row" | Germ

| Hindi

| Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute

| Snehal R. Nair

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/44_58thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

! scope="row" | And We Play On

| {{•}}Hindi
{{•}}English

| Pramod Purswane

| Pramod Purswane

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012}}

! scope="row" | Shepherds of Paradise

| {{•}}Gujari
{{•}}Urdu

| Raja Shabir Khan

| Raja Shabir Khan

| align="center" |{{cite press_release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}

! scope="row" | Rangbhoomi

| Hindi

| Films Division

| Kamal Swaroop

| align="center" |{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014}}

! scope="row" | Tender Is The Sight

| Bengali

| Films Division

| Torsha Banerjee

| align="center" |{{cite press_release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}

! scope="row" | Amdavad Ma Famous

| {{•}}Gujarati
{{•}}Hindi

| {{•}}Akanksha Tewari
{{•}}Arya A. Menon

| Hardik Mehta

| align="center" |{{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}

! scope="row" | FireFlies in the Abyss

|English

|Chandrasekhar Reddy

|Chandrasekhar Reddy

| align="center" |{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=7 April 2017|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017}}

| colspan="5" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Son Rise

|

| V2 Films and Design Pvt. Ltd.

| Vibha Bakshi

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{cite press release|title=66th National Film Awards|url=https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2021|df=dmy-all|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809152118/https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf|url-status=dead}}

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | The Secret Life of Frogs

|

| Bedi Universal

| {{•}}Ajay Bedi
{{•}}Vijay Bedi

! scope="row" | An Engineered Dream

|Hindi

|Hemant Gaba

|Hemant Gaba

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title=67th National Film Awards announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1706663 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

! scope="row" | Testimony of Ana

|Dangi

|Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda

|Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=68th National Film Awards announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1843932 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

! scope="row" | Ek Tha Gaon

|Hindi

|Shreya Kapadiya

|Ankit Kothari

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1951758 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

! scope="row" | Ayena

|

• Hindi
• Urdu

|Teh Films

|Siddhant Sarin

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2045960 |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}