National Film Award For Best Film On Environment Conservation/Preservation - Winners

For its delicate and nuanced description of a forest official's struggle against mercenary and bureaucratic despoilation of forests.

For its direct and effective communication of a threatening problem – deforestation.

For presenting the two themes of "Back to Village" and "Preservation of Nature" by an imaginative use of myths and legends.

For a stunningly controlled and uniquely cinematic metaphor of rural India and impending environment catastrophe shown with compassion and satire.

For effectively handling the problem of deforestation, through the life and struggle of a tribal community and exposing the real culprits behind this crime.

For its sincere statement the need for a balanced approach towards environment and tribal cultures that get displaced in the course of development.

For its lucid and lyrical depiction of nature and the need to save the environmental assets which have made life on tris earth possible and beautiful.

For handling a theme of great concern in the increasingly polluted environs of our industrial towns and cities, through the imaginative touch of a fairly tale.

For telling the simple and moving story of an elderly couple and their relationship with the world around them. In depicting the couple's love for the trees and plants in their garden, the film spreads the message of environmental conservation in the broadest sense in a gentle, unobtrusive way.

For its representation of large-scale migration and the erosion of a way of life by floods and industrialisation.

In this chaotic world, when every body talks about the importance of environment, conservation and preservation but no body cares to learn from the wisdom of myth created by our forefathers and create a space for every mind to realise its potential without judging, discriminating or condemning.

For its imaginative portrayal of a group of young children who fight to preserve a healthy urban environment.

For sensitive portrayal of exploitation of innocence in the name of development.

An old couple steeped in the soil of their environment yearn for the return of their son while nurturing the growth of their young plantation against all odds.