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{{Infobox film award
| name = National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| subheader = National award for contributions to short film
| awarded_for =
| sponsor = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| firstawarded = 1985
| lastawarded = 2018
| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INRConvert|50|k}}}}
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = ''Bunkar: The Last of The Varanasi Weavers''
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 37
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = ''Warli Painting''
}}

The '''National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film''' is 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)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India]]. It is one of several awards presented for Non feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1985, at [[33rd National Film Awards]] and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

== Winners ==

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="7" | List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;" class="unsortable"| Citation
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | [[33rd National Film Awards|1985 {{small|(33rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Warli Painting''
| English
| B. R. Shendge
| V. K. Wankhede
| {{hidden||''For a perceptive exploration of the relationship between the life and art of the warli tribals.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="33rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[34th National Film Awards|1986 {{small|(34th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Our Islamic Heritage: Part II''
| English
| K. K. Garg for [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
| K. K. Garg
| {{hidden||''For its well researched treatment and the artistry and imagination employed in bringing an aspect of our great heritage into focus.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="34thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''[[Kudiattam|Classical Dance Forms of India: Koodiattam]]''
| English
| [[Doordarshan]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| {{hidden||''For its excellent visual treatment of a great traditional theatre form.''}}
|-
| align="center" | [[35th National Film Awards|1987 {{small|(35th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''The Kingdom of God''
| English
| Shilpabharati Publicity
| Ranabir Ray
| {{hidden||''For treating its subject with careful cinematic detail and with a deep sincerity towards the very rich folk painting scene in rural India.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="35thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[36th National Film Awards|1988 {{small|(36th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Scroll Painters of Birbhum (Patua)''
| English
| {{•}}Dilip Ghosh {{•}}Biswanath Bose
| Raja Mitra
| {{hidden||''For portraying with sensitivity and insight the vanishing tribe of the Muslim scroll painters whose essentially secular art harmonises painting and singing.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="36thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[37th National Film Awards|1989 {{small|(37th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Siddheshwari]]''
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| {{hidden||''For its innovative and stylised interpretation of a singer's work and her milieu.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="37thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[38th National Film Awards|1990 {{small|(38th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Figures of Thought''
| English
| Arun Khopkar
| Arun Khopkar
| {{hidden||''For exceptionally beautiful portrayal of the work of three painters, with verve, and unpretentious, but excellent visuals.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="38thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Vaastu Marabu''
| English
| Min Bimbangal
| Bala Kailasam
| {{hidden||''For portraying the philosophy of traditional "Shilpi", transcending the physical form of the sculpture, exploring the collective unconscious of Indian sculptors.''}}
|-
| align="center" | [[39th National Film Awards|1991 {{small|(39th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Sanchari''
| English
| Arun Khopkar
| Arun Khopkar
| {{hidden||''For memorable presentation of form and content of the Bharatnatyam dance through the exposition of [[Leela Samson]]'s art, brilliantly synthesising dance and cinematographic language.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="39thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[40th National Film Awards|1992 {{small|(40th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''The Recluse''
| Hindi
| Arvind Sinha
| Arvind Sinha
| {{hidden||''For a fine and moving tribute to one of the great living master of Dhrupad, Ustad Amiruddin Dagar.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Suchitra Mitra''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| Sailen Seth
| [[Raja Sen]]
| {{hidden||''For a cinematic tribute to the greatest living exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.''}}
|-
| align="center" | [[41st National Film Awards|1993 {{small|(41st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Anukampan''
| Hindi
| Balaka Ghosh
| Balaka Ghosh
| {{hidden||''For focussing attention on a unique intermingling of classical and folk dance traditions which is in danger of extinction through an appealing film form.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[42nd National Film Awards|1994 {{small|(42nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Painting in Time''
| English
| Topshots
| Sarbajit Sen
| {{hidden||''For using play of light to enter the surface of a culture, unobtrusively, allowing it to reveal its magical metaphysics.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="42ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[43rd National Film Awards|1995 {{small|(43rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Pakarnnattam Ammannur The Actor''
| [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| P. G. Mohan
| {{•}}M. R. Rajan {{•}}[[C. S. Venkiteswaran]]
| {{hidden||''For recording sensitively the ancient theatre form of Koodiyattam as interpreted by the legendary Koodiyattam actor Ammannur Madhava Chakyar.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[44th National Film Awards|1996 {{small|(44th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Nauka Charitramu''
| English
| Saroj Satyanarayan
| Saroj Satyanarayan
| {{hidden||''For its innovative cinematic portrayal of three women musicians of Carnatic tradition.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="44thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[45th National Film Awards|1997 {{small|(45th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''The Official Art Form''
| English
| [[National Gallery of Modern Art]]
| {{•}}[[Suhasini Mulay]] {{•}}R. M. Gharekhan
| {{hidden||''For an important documentation of a vital transitional period of our cultural heritage.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="45thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[46th National Film Awards|1998 {{small|(46th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''A Painter of Eloquent Silence: Ganesh Pyne''
| English
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| {{hidden||''For a moving tribute from one artist to another and an appreciation of a painter's hidden expression.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=12 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[47th National Film Awards|1999 {{small|(47th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''"Thang Ta"- The Martial Art of Manipur''
| English
| [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]]
| [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]
| {{hidden||''For its passionate cinematic expression of a traditional martial art of Manipur.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[48th National Film Awards|2000 {{small|(48th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Tribal Women Artists''
| Hindi
| Kuldeep Sinha for Films Division
| Brij Bhushan for Films Division
| {{hidden||''For highlighting the creative abilities of the tribal women of Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) in an effective manner.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="48thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[49th National Film Awards|2001 {{small|(49th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="49thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[50th National Film Awards|2002 {{small|(50th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''The Eye of the Fish: The Kalaries Of Kerala''
| English
| Films Division
| [[Priya Krishnaswamy]]
| {{hidden||''For the rich visual texture of the film on Kalarippayuttu with its simple and effective story telling powerfully counterpoints its message of the need to reject violence and war and develop a focused mind as a potent tool of self realisation.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="50thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[51st National Film Awards|2003 {{small|(51st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Picasso Metamorphoses''
| English
| Y. N. Engineer for Films Division
| Nandkumar Sadamate
| {{hidden||''For its rare attempt at interpreting the works of the legendary painter making him accessible even to those uninitiated to his art. The film examines the troubled times that Picasso lived in, his ideals, his relationships and the inevitable symbiosis of his life and work.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="51stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[52nd National Film Awards|2004 {{small|(52nd)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="52ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[53rd National Film Awards|2005 {{small|(53rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Naina Jogin''
| {{•}}Hindi {{•}}[[Maithili language|Maithili]]
| Praveen Kumar
| Praveen Kumar
| {{hidden||''For a seamless film aesthetically blending fact, fiction and reconstruction with perceptive interviews bringing out the life of the Madhubani painters of Bihar.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[54th National Film Awards|2006 {{small|(54th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Jatra Jeevan Jeevan Jatra''
| English
| Kailash Bhuyan
| Kapilas Bhuyan
| {{hidden||''For creatively presenting the transformation of Oriya Jatra from a folk form to a highly commercialised and mainstream form.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="54thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[55th National Film Awards|2007 {{small|(55th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[56th National Film Awards|2008 {{small|(56th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Karna Motcham''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|MGR Film and TV Institute]]
| S. Murali Manohar
| {{hidden||''For using powerful imagery and ironical juxtaposition, the film depicts the life of a Koothu artist. With subtlety, it captures the frustration and the hopelessness of a performer whose art is a misfit in a changing cultural world.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="56thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[57th National Film Awards|2009 {{small|(57th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="57thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[58th National Film Awards|2010 {{small|(58th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Leaving Home – the Life & Music of Indian Ocean|Leaving Home]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jaideep Varma]]
| [[Jaideep Varma]]
| {{hidden||''For an emotive and enthralling exposition of the passion and dedication of a group, bound by the spirit of music, who transcend the commercial boundary to embrace their original creative flair. Without compromising, the group led to the adventure with courage and guts. The film maker has journeyed through this adventure with dramatic sensibility and compassion.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="58thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[59th National Film Awards|2011 {{small|(59th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''[[Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show]]''
| {{•}}[[Meitei language|Manipuri]] {{•}}English
| [[Madhusree Dutta]]
| Mamta Murthy
| {{hidden||''For taking us on a journey that chronicles the struggle to produce films in strife torn Manipur and in the process painting a vivid canvas, which captures cinema in the state as a medium of popular culture.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="59thaward">{{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}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Lasya Kavvya: The World of Alarmel Valli''
| English
| Sankalp Meshram
| Sankalp Meshram
| {{hidden||''For aesthetic delineation of Bharatnatyam through the dance, performances and personal interpretation by one of the greatest living exponents of this classical art form.''}}
|-
| align="center"| [[60th National Film Awards|2012 {{small|(60th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Modikhanyachya Don Goshti''
| Marathi
| Gouri Patwardhan
| Gouri Patwardhan
| {{hidden||''For a nuanced depiction of the art, life and socio-historical context of two artists, father and daughter who negotiate their Dalit identity in very different ways through their work.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press_release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[61st National Film Awards|2013 {{small|(61st)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''[[The Lost Behrupiya]]''
|English
|Holybull Entertainment LLP
|[[Sriram Dalton]]
| {{hidden||''For a near surreal depiction of a dying art form in a globalised society. The film combines elements of drama and visual art with a lament for a rich cultural tradition''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="61staward">{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|format=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|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''[[O Friend, This Waiting !]]''
|{{•}}Telugu {{•}}English
|Justin Mccarthy
|Sandhya Kumar
| {{hidden||''For its wholly unconventional investigation of the Devadasi tradition in South India, combining an appreciation of this delicate and sensuous art form with a genuine sociological exploration.''}}
|-
| align="center" | [[62nd National Film Awards|2014 {{small|(62nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Kapila''
|
| Films Division
| [[Sanju Surendran]]
| {{hidden||''For its unique and expressive rendering of Kapila's sheer artistry over Kudiyattam, the world's oldest theatrical art form.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="62ndaward">{{cite press_release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[63rd National Film Awards|2015 {{small|(63rd)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''A Far Afternoon: A Painted Saga''
| {{•}}Hindi {{•}}English
| Piramal Art Foundation
| [[Sruti Harihara Subramanian]]
| {{hidden||''For breathing life into the canvas to articulate and assimilate.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''Yazhpanam Thedchanamoorthy: Music Beyond Boundaries''
| Tamil
| Siddhartha Productions
| [[Amshan Kumar]]
| {{hidden||''For its unique and expressive rendering of Kapila's sheer artistry over Kudiyattam, the world's oldest theatrical art form.''}}
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[64th National Film Awards|2016 {{small|(64th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''In the Shadow of Time''
| English
| [[Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts]]
| Shankhajeet Dey
| {{hidden||''In the era of animation, an important film that documents a dying art-form which is haunting, touching and kept alive through the sheer will of a community of poor puppeteers.''}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="64thaward">{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|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|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''The Lord of the Universe''
| English
| Shibu Prusty
| Shibu Prusty
| {{hidden||''This enlightening and informative film brings alive an amazing and complex ritual and takes us into the only place in the world where God comes alive as a human being.''}}
|-
| align="center" | [[65th National Film Awards|2017 {{small|(65th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Girija''
|
| {{•}}Madhu Chandra {{•}}Sudha Datta
| {{•}}Debapriya Adhikary {{•}}Samanwaya Sarkar
| {{hidden||''A reasoning reverence to Vidushi [[Girija Devi]] through her musical journey of more than six decades, highlighting her ability to caress each note and make every word exquisite.''}}
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | [[66th National Film Awards|2018 {{small|(66th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Bunkar: The Last of The Varanasi Weavers''
|
| {{•}} Narrative Pictures {{•}}Sapna Sharma
| [[Satyaprakash Upadhyay]]
| {{hidden||''For its rich, textured tapestry of the history, life, craft and art of the traditional Varanasi weaver, and their cultured dignity in the face of numerous challenges.''}}
| align="center" |
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]

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National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film - Revision history

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