National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film

National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called
  • Best Educational Film (1960–1967)
  • Best Educational/Instructional Film (1968–1985)
  • Best Educational/Motivational Film (1986–1988)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • 50,000 (US$600)
First awarded1960
Last awarded2021
Most recent winnerSirpigalin Sirpangal
Highlights
Total awarded55
First winnerPond Culture

The National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1960, at 8th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.[1]

  1. ^ Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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