Winners - National Art Film Festival 2025

Winners

Best Feature Film

Milagres

Feature Film / Konkani / 72:00 Min

Director Prasad Shankar Gurav

Producer Prasad Gurav

Best Documentary Film

Vantangiya - Echoes Of The Forest

Documentary / Hindi & Bhojpuri / 06:24 Min

Director Ashish Kumar Pandey

Producer Abhinav Jerathc

Best Short Film

The End in Dustbin

Short Film / Bengali / 27:00 Min

Director- Kalyan Sarkar

Producer- Padma Rani

National Art Film Festival 2025

November 2026 20, 21, 22

Venue : Indian Literature & Arts Society, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560088

Official Selection

Indian Cinema Competition Section - Feature Films

January 2026 20 Session 01 Screen Alpha

Godji - Sermonizer Of Gita

Feature Film / Hindi /108 Min

Director B K Pumposh Mishra

Producer Prabha Mishra

Milagres

Feature Film / Konkani / 72:00 Min

Director Prasad Shankar Gurav

Producer Prasad Gurav

Sundarpur Chaos

Feature Film / Assamese / 111:00 Min

Director Jhulan Krishna Mahanta

Producers Ramendra Kumar Chamuah, Gayatri Hazarika & Diganta Thakuria

Jete Nahi Dibo

Feature Film / Bengali / 116:00 Min

Director Prabir Roy

Producer Abhirup Roy

Indian Cinema Competition Section - Documentary

January 2026 21 Session 02   Screen Alpha

Abhivyakti

Documentary / English / 14:23 Min

Director Jaidev Bhattacharya

Producer Jaidev Bhattacharya

Chalk. Nature. Will. - A story from the Duars

Documentary / English & Bengali / 26:00 Min

Director Dipto Roy

Production Aum Foundation & Doozy Studioz

Vastram

Documentary / Telugu / 16:55 Min

Director Rasuri Shiva Kumar

Producer Rasuri Ravinder

Vantangiya - Echoes Of The Forest

Documentary / Hindi & Bhojpuri / 06:24 Min

Director Ashish Kumar Pandey

Producer Abhinav Jerathcer Abhirup Roy

Indian Cinema Competition Section - Short Films

January 2026 Session 03  Screen Alpha  

Thoughts & Dreams: A Time Travel

Short Film / Telugu / 28:43 Min

Director Chandrakanth Bangari

Producer Chandrakanth Bangari

Avasaram

Short Film / Malayalam / 07:54 Min

Director Subin R. V

Producer Subin R. V

The Hopes

Short Film / Assamese / 11:18 Min

Director Rajib Gogoi

Producer Rajib Gogoi

The Loop

Short Film / Malayalam / 25:50 Min

Director Devan K Panicker

Producer Martin Nadathara

One Fine Morning

Short Film / Silent / 05:50 Min

Director Jisha Rajan

Producer Jisha Rajan

Opekkha

Short Film / Bengali / 14:06 Min  

Director Himon Ghosh

Producer Debasish Mukherjee

Brand Shetkari

Short Film / Marathi / 40:00 Min

Director Rohit Lanjewar

Producer Dr Bhimrao Meshram & Gopichand Bhandakkar

Lakshmi

Short Film / Kannada / 29:01 Min

Director Abhijit Purohit

Producer Nalini Purohit

Marunnu

Short Film / Malayalam / 38:00 Min

Director Elikulam Jayakumar

Production SNJJ Entertinements

Nabajanma

Short Film / Bengali / 15:00 Min

Director Sandip Pyne

Production S.P. Production

Algorithm

Short Film / Kannada / 30:22 Min

Director Sridhar

Producer Gowrish

Phera

Short Film / Bengali / 15:26 Min

Director Sovan Roy 

Producer Kaushik Paul 

The End in Dustbin

Short Film / Bengali / 27:00 Min

Director- Kalyan Sarkar

Producer- Padma Rani

Inaiyaa Udhiram

Short Film / Tamil / 19:38 Min

Director Thanmanam Pugazhendhi

Production Triozero Films

Nettoni

Short Film / Kannada / 18:41 Min

Director Soorya Kinningar

Producer Udaykumar Nettanige & Prabhakara Kalluraya

January 2026 22 Session 03  Screen Beta (Open Theatre)

Swara

Short Film / Hindi / 07:55 Min

Director Kewal Navin Gala

Producer Nidhi Gala

Nine

Short Film / Silent / 22:25 Min

Director Ruchin Veena Chainpuri

Production AFT

Proposal

Short Film / Marathi / 18.59 Min

Director Samadhan Baliram Sidhganesh

Producer Vinayak Sushila Eknath Mulik

Berojgaar

Short Film / Hindi / 06:55 Min

Director Prakash Rai

Producer Jitendra Singh, Peter Yadav

Let's Fly

Short Film / Malayalam / 03:26 Min

Director Prakash Prabhakar

Production National Health Mission Kerala

Saralrekha - Straight Line

Short Film / Bengali / 19:00 Min

Director Prabir Roy

Producer Fortune Infrastructure

VAAT

Short Film / Marathi / 16:39 Min

Directors Akshay Mirpagar & Swapnil Ghige

Rhythm

Short Film / Hindi / 40:00 Min

Director Kajal Karmakar

Producer Rita Chakravarti

Punaha Punaha

Short Film / Kannada / 12:21 Min

Director Manoj Panchamukhi

Producers Parimala Madhusudhana & Madhusudhana

Hum Gaya Nahi Zinda Hai

Music Album / Marathi / 5:53 Min

Director Dr Prasad Appa Tarkar

Kaala khatta

Short Film / Hindi /  08:18 Min

Director Agraj Jhingran

Producer Kritika Verma

Who Am I

Short Film / Silent / 04:48 Min

Director Dilip Sinha

Producer Rupshree Neog

Award Ceremony

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