National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director

National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Short films
Description
Description	Best debutant directorial work for a short film of a year
Medal	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1989
First awarded	1991
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	27
Cash award	₹75,000 (US$1,100)
First awardee(s)	Bazar Sitaram
Recent awardee(s)	Daaravtha

The National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director 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. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal).

The award was instituted in 1989, at 37th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

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

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