Special Mention: Baale Bangara-Aniruddha Jatkar; Karuvarai-Srikanth Deva; The Healing Touch-Sweta Kumar Das; and Ek Duaa- Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Best Narration/Voice Over: HatiBondhu (English Partly Assamese)
Voice Over: Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee
Best Music Direction: Succulent (Hindi, English, Marathi)
Music Director: Ishaan Divecha
Best Editing: If Memory Serves Me Right (English), Editor Abhro Banerjee
Best Production Sound Recordist (Location/Sync Sound): Meen Raag (Rajasthani) production sound recordist: Suruchi Sharma
Best Audiography (Re-recordist of the final mixed track): Ek Tha Gaon (Garhwali & Hindi), Re-recordist: Unni Krishnan
Best Cinematography: Pataal-Tee (Bhotiya), Cinematographer: Bittu Rawat
Best Direction: Smile Please (Hindi), director: Bakul Matiyani
Best Film On Family Values: Chand Saanse (Hindi), producer: Chandrakant Kulkarni, director: Pratima Joshi
Best Short Fiction Film: Dal Bhat (Gujarati) producer and director: Nemil Shah
Special Jury Award: Rekha (Marathi) director: Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe
Best Animation Film: Kandittundu (Malayalam), producer: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Private Limited, director: Adithi Krishnadas
Best Investigative Film: Looking For Challan (English), producer: IGNCA, director: Bappa Ray
Best Exploration/Adventure Film(To Include Sports): Ayushman (English, Kannada), producer: Mathew Varghese, Dinesh Rajkumar N. and Naveen Francis; director: Jacob Varghese
Best Educational Film: Sirpigalin Sirpangal (Tamil), producer: KKV Media Venture, director: B Lenin
Best Film On Social Issues (Shared)
1. Mithu Di (English), producer and director: Asim Kumar Sinha
2. Three Two One (Marathi & Hindi), producer: FTII, director: Himanshu Prajapati
Best Environment Film Including Agriculture: Munnam Valavu (Malayalam), producer: Sree Gokulam Movies and director: R.S. Pradeep
Best Promotional Film: Endangered Heritage “Warli Art” (English), producer: Baba Cinemas, director: Hemant Verma
Best Science and Technology Film: Ethos Of Darkness (English partly Hindi & Bengali); producer: Sri Ganesh Productions, director: Avijit Banerjee
Best Arts/Cultural Film: T.N. Krishnan Bow Strings To Divine (English), producer: NFDC, director: V. Packirisamy
Best Biographical/Historical/Reconstruction/Compilation Film (Shared):
1. Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi (Bengali), producer & director: Somnath Mondal
2. Beyond Blast (Manipuri), producer: Luwang Apokpa Mamikon, director: Saikhom Ratan
Best Athropoligical/Ethnographic Film: Fire On Edge (Tiwa), producer: Risen North East. Non Govt. Organisation, director: Pranab Jyoti Deka
Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director: Paanchika (Gujarati), producer: Shreya Kapadiya, director: Ankit Kothari
Best Non-Feature Film: Ek Tha Gaon (Garhwali & Hindi), producer & director: Srishti Lakhera
