The country’s prestigious National Film Awards were incepted in the year 1954. The award ceremonies are administrated by the government’s Directorate of Film Festivals. Each year the awards are presented by the President of India to the winners for the year. The government appoints a national panel to select the winning entry every year and the national awards are generally held in New Delhi. The ‘Best Promotional Film’ award is one of the sub-categories of Non-Feature Film Awards which was introduced in 2001. The inaugural award was presented to the film ‘Pashmina Royale’ directed by Bappa Ray.

National Award Winners For Best Promotional Film Are:

Year
Film
Director
Language
2006
Rendezvous with Time
Rajendra Janglay
-
2005
-
-
-
2004
-
-
-
2003
The Treasure in the Snow: A Film on Sikkim
Goutam Ghose
English
2002
In search of Muga Silk
K.G. Das
English
2001
Pashmina Royale
Bappa Ray
English