The National Film Award for Best Animation Film is one of the

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

presented annually by the

National Film Development Corporation of India The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) based in Mumbai is the central agency established in 1975, to encourage high quality Indian cinema. It functions in areas of film financing, production and distribution and under the Min ...

. 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 The 15th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1967. Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 25 November 1968 and awards were given by ...

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 An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animat ...

of the film. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years: Following are the winners over the years:

References

External links

National Film Awards Archives

Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
{{National Film Awards Animation Film Non-Feature 1967 establishments in India Awards established in 1967