National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film

National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Short films
Description
Medal	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1987
First awarded	1987
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	31
Cash award	₹10,000 (US$150)
First awardee(s)	The Eight Column Affair
Recent awardee(s)	Aushadh

The National Film Award for Best Short Fiction 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. It is one of several awards presented for Non-Feature Films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1987, at 35th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:

Following are the award winners over the years:

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