68th National Film Awards
The 68th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2020 in Indian cinema. The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winners were declared on 22 July 2022, and the awards were presented on 30 September 2022.
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 12 March 2021. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2020, and 31 December 2020, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2020, and 31 December 2020, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.For the feature and non-feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Best Film Friendly State
The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through a State Government Policy.;Jury
| Award | Name of State | Citation |
| Best Film Friendly State | State of Madhya Pradesh |
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The recipient is honoured for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema". The 2020 recipient is Asha Parekh.Following were the jury members:
| Award | Image | Awardee | Awarded As | Cash prize |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Asha Parekh | Actress |
Feature films
Golden Lotus Awards
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Feature Film | Soorarai Pottru | Tamil | Producer: 2D Entertainment Pvt.Ltd Director: Sudha Kongara | ₹250,000 each |
| Best Direction | Ayyappanum Koshiyum | Malayalam | Sachidanandan KR | ₹250,000 |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior | Hindi | Producer: Ajay Devgn FFilms Director: Om Raut | ₹200,000 each |
| Best Children's Film | Sumi | Marathi | Producer : Harshall Kamat Entertainment Director: Amol Vasant Gole Writer: Sanjeev K Jha | ₹150,000 each |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Mandela | Tamil | Madonne Ashwin Producer: YNOT Studios | ₹125,000 |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
Regional awards
National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.;Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Non-Feature Films
Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Testimony of Ana | Dangi | Producer & Director: Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda | ₹1,50,000 each |
| Best Director of Non-Feature Film | Oh That’s Bhanu | English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi | R V Ramani | ₹1,50,000 |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the Awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ' and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Debut Non-Feature Film of A Director | Pariah | Marathi, Hindi | Producer : MIT School of Film & Television-Pune Director: Vishesh Iyer | 75,000/- each |
| Best Biographical Film | Pabung Syam | Manipuri | Producer: Films Division Director: Haobam Paban Kumar | 50,000/- each |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Naadada Navaneeta Dr PT Venkateshkumar | Kannada | Producer: Dept. of Information and Public Relations, Govt. of Karnataka Director:Girish Kasaravalli | 50,000/- each |
| Best Environment Film | Manah Aru Manuh | Assamese | Producer: Directorate, Manas National Park and Aaranyak Director: Dip Bhuyan | 50,000/- each |
| Best Promotional Film | Surmounting Challenges | English | Producer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Director: Satish Pande | 50,000/- each |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Three Sisters | Bengali | Producer:Ratnaboli Ray Director:Putul Rafey Mahmood | ₹150,000 each |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Justice Delayed, But Delivered | Hindi | Producer:Mandeep Chauhan Director:Kamakhya Narayan Singh | ₹150,000 each |
| Best Educational Film | Dreaming of Words | Malayalam, Tamil | Producer: Nandan Director: Nandan | 50,000/- each |
| Best Ethnographic Film | Mandal ke Bol | Hindi | Producer: Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum-Bhopal Director: Rajendra Janglay | 50,000/- each |
| Best Exploration Film | Wheeling the Ball | English, Hindi | Producer: Film Division Director: Mukesh Sharma | 50,000/- each |
| Best Investigative Film | The Saviour:Brig. Pritam Singh | Punjabi | Producer: Akal Productions Director: Dr. Paramjeet Singh Kattu | 50,000/- each |
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| Best Short Fiction Film | Kachichinithu | Karbi | Producer & Director: Khanjan Kishore Nath | 50,000/- each |
| Best Film on Family Values | Kumkumarchan | Marathi | Producer: Studio Filmy Monks Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi | 50,000/- each |
| Best Cinematography | Shabdikkunna Kalappa | Malayalam | Nikhil S Praveen | 50,000/- each |
| Best Audiography | Pearl of the Desert | Rajasthani | Re-recordist : Ajit Singh Rathore | 50,000/- |
| Best On-Location Sound Recordist | Jadui Jangal | Hindi | Sandip Bhati & Pradeep Lekhwar | 50,000/- |
| Best Editing | Borderlands | Bengali, Nepali, Manipuri, Hindi, Punjabi | Anadi Athaley | 50,000/- |
| Best Music Direction | 1232 KMS | Hindi | Vishal Bhardwaj | 50,000/- |
| Best Narration / Voice Over | Rhapsody of Rains- Monsoons of Kerala | English | Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan | 50,000/- |
| Special Jury Award | Admitted | Hindi, English | Ojaswee Sharma | 1,00,000/- |
Best Writing on Cinema
The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.Jury
A committee of three, headed by Utpal Borpujari was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award accompanied with a cash prize.
| Award | Book | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Book on Cinema | The Longest Kiss: The Life and Times of Devika Rani | English | Kishwar Desai Publisher: Westland Publications | 75,000/- each |
Special Mention
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.| Award | Book | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Book on Cinema | M T Anunahvangalude Pusthakam | Malayalam | Anoop Ramakrishnan Publisher: Malayala Manorama | Certificate Only |
| Best Book on Cinema | Kali Paine Kalira Cinema | Odia | Surya Deo Publisher: Pakshighar Prakashani | Certificate Only |