70th National Film Awards
The 70th National Film Awards were announced on 16 August 2024 to honour the best films of 2022 in Indian cinema, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India. The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2023 but was postponed to October 2024 due to delays after the COVID-19 pandemic. The winners were announced on 16 August 2024, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a press conference. The winners along with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient were felicitated by the President, Droupadi Murmu on 8 October 2024 at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Selection process
The National Film Development Corporation of India invited online entries with the acceptable last date for entries until 30 January 2024. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, 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 2022, and 31 December 2022, 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, documentary, short film, or animation film etc by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Feature Film
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 | Aattam | Malayalam | Producer: Joy Movie Productions Director: Anand Ekarshi | ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Fouja | Haryanvi | Director: Pramod Kumar | ₹3,00,000 |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Kantara | Kannada | Producer: Hombale Films Director: Rishab Shetty | ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Film in AVGC Producer & Director | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | Producer:
| ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Direction | Uunchai | Hindi | Sooraj R. Barjatya | ₹3,00,000 |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
Regional awards
All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award, a certificate and cash prize.Special Mention
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Special Mention | Gulmohar | Hindi | Actor: Manoj Bajpayee | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Kadhikan | Malayalam | Music Director: Sanjoy Chowdhury | Certificate only |
Non-Feature Film
Non-feature length films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary, short film, animation film etc 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 | Ayena |
| Producer: Teh FilmsDirector: Siddhant Sarin | ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Direction | From the Shadows |
| Miriam Chandy Menacherry | ₹3,00,000 |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Madhyantara | Kannada | Basti Dinesh Shenoy | ₹3,00,000 |
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 Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film | Aankhi Ek Mohenjo Daro | Marathi | Producer:
| ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Ranga Vibhoga | Kannada | Producer and Director: Suneel Narasimhachar Puranik | ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Varsa | Marathi | Producer and Director: Sachin Balasaheb Suryawanshi | ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Best Documentary | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Producer and Director: Sohil Vaidya | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social And Environmental Values | On the Brink – Season 2 – Gharial | English | Producer: The Gaia People Director: Akanksha Sood Singh | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Animation Film | A Coconut Tree | English | Producer: JB Productions Director and Animator: Joshy Benedict | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Short Film | Xunyota | Assamese | Producer: HM Production Director: Nabapan Deka | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Cinematography | Mono No Aware |
| Siddharth Diwan | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Sound Design | Yaan | Manas Choudhury | ₹2,00,000 | |
| Best Editing | Madhyantara | Kannada | Suresh Urs | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction | Fursat | Hindi | Vishal Bhardwaj | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Narration / Voice Over | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Sumant Shinde | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Script | Mono No Aware | Koushik Sarkar | ₹2,00,000 |
Special Mention
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Special Mention | Birubala: Witch to Padmashri | Assamese | Producer: Aimee Baruah Production Society Director: Aimee Baruah | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Hargila – The Greater Adjutant Stork | Assamese | Producer: PI Entertainment Director: Partha Sarathi Mahanta | Certificate only |
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.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 | Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography | English | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Author:
| ₹1,00,000 each |
| Best Film Critic | Hindi | Deepak Dua | ₹1,00,000 |