 Ray received many awards , including 32 National Film Awards by the Government of India , and awards at international film festivals . At the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979 , he was awarded with the Honorable Prize for the contribution to cinema . At the Berlin International Film Festival , he was one of only three filmmakers to win the Silver Bear for Best Director more than once and holds the record for the most number of Golden Bear nominations , with seven . At the Venice Film Festival , where he had previously won a Golden Lion for Aparajito ( 1956 ) , he was awarded the Golden Lion Honorary Award in 1982 . That same year , he received an honorary " Hommage à Satyajit Ray " award at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival . 
