2026 Official Nominations – Love & Hope International Film Festival
BARCELONA
Recognizing Excellence in Global Independent Cinema
Nominations for the 2026 edition of LHIFF – Barcelona are currently ongoing. Our presidents of the jury and selection teams are working hard to review each project with care and fairness.
This page will be updated continuously as new nominees are confirmed. Final winners will be announced during the Awards Gala on Oct 17, 2026.
ESPAÑOL:
Reconociendo la excelencia en el cine independiente global
Las nominaciones para la edición 2026 del LHIFF – Barcelona están en curso. Nuestros presidentes del jurado y equipos de selección están trabajando arduamente para revisar cada proyecto con cuidado y equidad.
Esta página se actualizará de forma continua a medida que se confirmen nuevos nominados. Los ganadores finales se anunciarán durante la Gala de Entrega de Premios el 17 de Octubre de 2026.
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Best Feature Film
- After the Freeze - Dir. Tenley E. Raj - 59:30 - USA
- The art of walking - Dir. Juan Antonio Chavero - 01:22:17 min - Spain
- Invincible - Dir. Emma Croft - 01:49:00 min - United Kingdom
- Angst - Dir. Fjolnir Baldursson - 01:33:53 min - Iceland
- ForeFans - Dir. Ivan Malekin - 01:33:49 mini - Malta
- DOS LUNAS - Dir. ANTONIO Morales - 01:15:00 min - Spain
- BRIDGE TO EUTOPIA - Dir. Riwk Jaiswal - 01:41:47 min - India
- Little Pet - Dir. Alex Gruenenfelder - 01:31:30 min - USA
- Million - Dir. Rudolf Merkner - 01:27:00 min - Czechia
- The Snail - Dir. Cornel Gheorghita - 01:15:46. min - Romania
- Invincible - Dir. Emma Croft - 01:49:00 min - United Kingdom
- IN THE BLANK - Dir. Sara Palomo Tapia - 01:41:00 min - Spain
- Triloka - Dir. Rajesh James - 01:40:00 min - India, Switzerland
- Contact Tracing - Dir. Amy Tofte - 01:30:00 min - USA
Best Documentary Feature
- SVEVA CAETANI: RECAPITULATION - A JOURNEY - Dir. Heidi Thompson - 01:24:00 min - Canada
- Boru - Dir. Ronny A. Sosa - 01:32:00 min - Dominican Republic
- Hunting Secrets of the Tropical Whale - Dir. Drew Kelly - 45:00 min - Australia
- Blue Alliance: A Harmonious Coexistence with Diabetes - Dir. Julio Peres, Caue Angeli - 24:27 min - Brazil
- This Is Not A Draft - Dir. Jack Blair - 01:40:00 min - USA
- SAMBHAVNA - Dir. REJANE D'ESPIRAC - 52:00 min - France
- Room 126 - Dir. Srdjan Roksandic, Andjelka Popadic - 01:00:53 min - Serbia
- MÀQUINA - Dir. Joaquim Adrià Pujol - 01:29:56 min - USA
- The Photoprapher on the Island - Dir. Bořivoj Hořínek - 01:09:00 min - Czechia
- INTERVIEW WITH NOAH KARA AND JOSUE' FIALLO - Dir. Edward John Osredkar - 01:16:51 min - USA
- 60 is the New Puberty - Dir. Lisa Beth Kovetz - 01:33:00 min - USA
- Open Your Eyes - Dir. Neil Sandoz - 01:18:25 min - Kenya
- HOME BODY - Dir. Celina Schadow, Lorenz Weber - 45:00 min - Germany
Best Director Feature Film
- Dir. Emma Croft - Invincible - 01:49:00 min - United Kingdom
- Dir. Tenley E. Raj - After the Freeze - 59:30 - USA
- Dir. Fjolnir Baldursson - Angst - 01:33:53 min - Iceland
- Dir. Juan Antonio Chavero - The art of walking - 01:22:17 min - Spain
- Dir. Ivan Malekin - ForeFans - 01:33:49 mini - Malta
Best Cinematography Feature Film
- Little Pet - 01:31:30 min - USA
Best Actress Feature Film
Vico Escorcia - DISDAIN - 01:45:00 min - Mexico
Best Actor Feature Film
Guillermo Alonso - DISDAIN - 01:45:00 min - Mexico
Best International Short Film
- Scary lullaby - Dir. Daria Lebedeva - 24:42 min - Russia
- Home - Dir. GEORGIOS GALANOPOULOS - 15:47 min - Greece
- Are You Okay? - Dir. Nikita India, Idriss Assoumanou - 6:43 min - United Kingdom
- Angels Don't Smoke - Dir. Javier van Boren - 12:00 min - Spain, USA
- Something Pointless - Dir. Asa Bailey - 14:21 min - United Kingdom
- SWITCH - Dir. Gia Kereselidze - 21:24 min - USA
- First Love - Dir. Rajiv Krishna Govindarajan - 36:42 min - India
- The Woman on Line 1 - Dir. Rahul Kumar - 10:24 min - United Kingdom
- Morning Star - Dir. Audra Anandira Lasso - 19:15 min - Indonesia
- Stories - Dir. Brandon Keeton - 15:00 min - USA
- The Last Sun - Dir. Nigel Canepa, Orlando Charvetto - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- Eye For An Eye - Dir. Ashley Bowers - 20:00 min - USA
- SORRY SORRY SORRY - Dir. Shin Hea KIM - 23:46 min - South Korea
- Brief Masquerade - Dir. Julio Bracho - 20:00 min - Mexico
- The Interview - Dir. Michael Morales - 11:46 min - USA
- Calima - Dir. Simone de Feo - 19:29 min - Italy
- 3,650 Days - Dir. Nicola Peluso - 6:22 min - United Kingdom
Best Spanish Short Film (Mejor Cortometraje de España)
Note: This category recognizes the best short film created and produced in Spain, including works from the mainland, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and all Spanish regions and territories.
The award celebrates Spanish short-form cinema, highlighting originality, direction, production quality, performances, and the unique cinematic voices emerging from across Spain.
ESPAÑOL: Mejor Cortometraje de España (Best Spanish Short Film)
Nota: Esta categoría reconoce el mejor cortometraje creado y producido en España, incluyendo obras realizadas en la península, las Islas Baleares, las Islas Canarias, Ceuta, Melilla y todos los territorios y comunidades españolas.
El premio celebra el cortometraje español, destacando la originalidad, la dirección, la calidad de producción, las interpretaciones y las diferentes voces cinematográficas que surgen en todo el país.
- Piano Papers - Dir. Dominique Rosario - 17:03 - Spain
- Corona - Dir. Lolo Martín - 19:57 min - Spain
- This is not me - Dir. Ivan Drudi - 10:00 min - Spain
- BEHIND A SMILE - Dir. Anuska Martínez - 15:00 min - Spain
- LET'S PRETEND I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU - Dir. Daniel Pradilla De Bedout - 19:00 min - Spain
- Sandra & Sancho - Dir. Aliona Garcia, Mar Vicedo Cerdán - 13:42 min - Spain
- THE MOTHMAN - Dir. Josep Francesc Valero - 3:23 min - Spain
- Metacíclica - Dir. Lydia Zimmermann - 17:56 min - Spain
- FOR YOU - Dir. EVA BEUNZA TORRADO - 3:15 min - Spain
- The serotonin experience - Dir. Helen Eller - 8:36 min - Spain
- Nada Sin Ti - Dir. MIGUEL GARCÍA BERNAL - 12:20 min - Spain
Best Documentary Short Film
- VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel - Dir. Marko Albrecht - 19:39 min - USA
- The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope - Dir. Brynne Eliza Rardin, Patrick Joseph Krum - 24:47 min - USA
- Diego - Dir. Tora Meder Bird - 8:06 min - Spain
- Forgotten Guardians - Dir. Manoj A B S - 28:46 min - India
- The Comfort Dogs of Uganda - Dir. Richard Wainwright - 29:55 min - Australia
- INVISIBLE ROOTS – In the shadow of femicide - Dir. Stefania Cugia - 30:00 min - Italy
- Throwing Stones at the Moon - Dir. Simona Koch - 28:08 min - Switzerland
- The Window on Death Row - Dir. Linda Catherine Freund - 37:51 min - Spain
- Code 99881 - Dir. heshw Fatih Mohammed - 12:03 min - Iraq
- The Last Eight - Dir. Bryanna Reynolds - 18:00 min - USA
- The Pain Department - Dir. Paul Thomas - 13:30 min - United Kingdom
- REVERENCE - Dir. Charles Evans, Jr - 16:10 min - USA
- The Flight of the Shawl - Dir. Jaime Dezcallar - 5:35 min - Spain
Best European Short Film
Note: This category recognizes the best short film created and produced in Europe.
It includes short films from across the European continent, celebrating the diversity of European storytelling, cultures, languages, cinematic styles, and creative voices.
The award highlights originality, direction, production quality, performances, and the overall strength of the film as a short-form cinematic work.
- A day through my eyes - Dir. Charalampos Kontopanagos - 12:44 min - Greece
- Garbage Rex - Dir. Steve Hunyi -19:21 min - United Kingdom
- You Don't Even Listen to my Songs - Dir. Cheryl Kow - 12:55 min - France
- Visa Versa - Dir. Jeff Mizushima - 7:00 min - Switzerland
- Amoris - Dir. Lee ANDUZE - 24:00 min - Greece
- Leo & Anna - Dir. Luca Forcignanò Serri - 15:00 min - Italy
- 3,650 Days - Dir. Nicola Peluso - 6:22 min - United Kingdom
- Two Prayers - Dir. Ulrica de la Mar - 8:40 min - The Netherlands
- Sans titre - Dir. Théo PUERTA - 19:45 min - France
- Lack Of Mom - Dir. Veronica Almen Keycer - 24:04 min -Denmark
- The Patch - Dir. Ioulia Lymperopoulou - 2:19 min - Greece
- Love Letter to a Tree - Dir. Simona Theoharova - 9:49 min - Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom
- The Chapel Door - Dir. Aleksa Ristovic - 9:11 min - Malta
- Dig! - Dir. Thodoris Vournas - 27:11 min - Greece
- Dream Lover - Dir. David Simon - 17:00 min - France
Best Drama Short Film
- MARILYN'S DARK PARADISE - Dir. Remi Gangarossa - 22:40 min - USA
- ORGULLO - Dir. Eviana Janell Vergara - 11:21 min - USA
- 10 Days Apart - Dir. Anjan Kommineni - 14:00 min - France
- Love? - Dir. Alexius P Franklin - 4:58 min - USA
- The Last Sun - Dir. Nigel Canepa, Orlando Charvetto - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- Anhelo (Longing) - Dir. Jorge Perez Ruiz, Daniela Cáceres López - 7:46 min - United Kingdom
- Scallop Season - Dir. James Bartolomeo - 29:50 min - USA
- LET'S PRETEND I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU - Dir. Daniel Pradilla De Bedout - 19:00 min - Spain
- Interference - Dir. Susann Fanieng - 24:03 min - Germany
- Garage - Dir. Dympna Jardine - 8:55 min. - United Kingdom
- Badia - Dir. Marcel Buisan - 25:17 min - Spain
- Homecoming Shenanigans - Dir. Sanelle Sibanda - 22:45 min - USA
- The Three Of Us - Dir. Claudia Ventura - 13:29 min - USA
- Grace and the Red Glow - Dir. Lizzy Plimpton - 12:53 min - USA
- God's Will - Dir. Nia Yonkova - 20:12 min - Bulgaria
- Absence of Heart - Dir. David Nguyen - 33:07 min - USA
Best LGBTQ Short Film
- You and Me makes Three - Dir. Emmalie El Fadli - 18:42 min - United Kingdom
- The Remains of Love - Dir. Fabrizio Funari - 13:15 min - Italy
- Sour Fruit - Dir. Xiyin Huang - 7:35 min - China
- La Cerrillana - Dir. Maria Andrea Urquiola - 15:04 min - Argentina
- TUCKED - Dir. Mariana Grajales - 9:40 min - USA
- Against Your Nature - Dir. Alessandro Magnabosco - 14:01 min - United Kingdom
- Queen Lizzy - Dir. David McDonagh - 14:22 min - Ireland
- ACCISMUS - Dir. Brandy Marien - 10:18 min - Canada
Best Sci - Fiction Short Film
- Eye For An Eye - Dir. Ashley Bowers - 20:00 min - USA
- Level 9 - Dir. Helen Eller - 5:46 min - Spain
- The Last Sun - Dir. Nigel Canepa, Orlando Charvetto - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- I Made The Invisible Man - Dir. Luke Walters - 24:53 min - United Kingdom
- Candido - Dir. Giorgio Clementelli - 14:00 min - Italy
- 2389: Coming Home - Dir. Kateryna Sazonova - 12:00 min - USA
Best Experimental Short Film
- HOPE: Introducing Dick Dyman - Dir. Richard Frenrando Dye - 6:10 min - USA
- Eternal Promise - Dir. Genaro Rivas - 5:49 min - Venezuela
- POETRIX - Dir. Ioulia Lymperopoulou - 7:17 min - Greece
- Crimson Bonds - Dir. Benita Martins, Runa Schymanski, Hannah Rang - 17:35 min - Austria, Germany
- Grins & Lies - Dir. Senait Mengstab - 5:00 min - USA
- Reverie - Dir. Amber Morgan - 1:47 min - Australia
- Pic Pic - Dir. Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand - 7:00 min - Canada
- FALLING UP - Dir. Menno de Nooijer, Sarai van de Boel - 11:02 min - Netherlands
- Angel Dust - Dir. Taiming Hu - 2:59 min - China
- Non Ad Locum - Dir. Amanda Lago - 6:10 min - Spain
- PARACLETUS // Hallucinate - Dir. Natalie Plaskura - 6:59 min - Germany
- The Unsilenced City: Six Love Song to Yerevan - Dir. Elaine Crowe - - 9:36 min - Armenia, Ireland
- Like Fire - Dir. Amy Serrano - 2:13 min - USA
Best Horror Short Film
- The Black Tooth - Dir. Anita Serrano - 24:06 min - Argentina
- Stories - Dir. Brandon Keeton - 15:00 min - USA
- Inspiration - Dir. Diego Mezarina - 16:27 min - Peru
- FATHER! - Dir. Abe Smyth, Sophia Adli - 18:51 min - United Kingdom
- Shadows - Dir. Sophia Terranova - 15:41 miin - USA
- Gemelas - Dir. Carla Rodriguez - 11:21 min - Spain
Best American Short Film
Note: This category includes short films created and produced anywhere in the American continent, including North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
It celebrates short-form storytelling from filmmakers across the Americas, recognizing the diversity of voices, cultures, and cinematic perspectives from this region.
- Forever After in Love - Dir. Boris Schaarschmidt - 8:40 min - USA
- Apathy is a Blueberry - Dir. Chan Polchies - 4:46 min - Canada
- GAMBIT - Dir. Brandon Ross - 17:55 min - USA
- SWITCH - Dir. Gia Kereselidze - 21:24 min - USA
- La Cerrillana - Dir. Maria Andrea Urquiola - 15:04 min - Argentina
- The Interview - Dir. Michael Morales - 11:46 min - USA
- Silver Springs Stranger - Dir. Kelly Tatham - 6:33 min - Canada
- SILENT CONNECTIONS - Dir. DAMIAN CERVANTES - 15:23 min - Mexico
- A Small Service - Dir. Allegra Fulton - 11:07 min - Canada
- HOPE: Introducing Dick Dyman - Dir. Richard Frenrando Dye - 6:10 min - USA
- Stories - Dir. Brandon Keeton - 15:00 min - USA
Best Music/Dance Video
- To Life! - Dir. Gloria Ester Lanuza - 7:39 min - USA
- Free on Bail - Dir. Spartakus Santiago - 28:58 min - Brazil
- Dance Our Way to Heaven on Earth - Dir. Alexander Nguyen - 4:45 min - USA
- A Little Bit - Dir. biovoid, Luca Fasone - 3:31 min - Italy
- Party Like the Great Gatsby! - Dir. Mark Del Castillo, Shaye Smith - 3:01 min - USA
- Cool - Dir. SS Heliodor - 3:21 min - Australia
- LITTLE DARLING - Dir. Xavier Guàrdia - 3:32 min - Spain
- Lethni - Dir. Luigi Di Domenico - 3:32 min - Italy
- Building and Dwelling - Dir. Arjan Gebraad - 6:24 min - The Netherlands
- Secrets of Kandahar - Dreams - Dir. Petr Chroustovský - 4:24 min - Czechia
Best Animation Short Film
- Afterglow - Dir. Hoi Ting Choy - 5:08 min - Hong Kong
- The Patch - Dir. Ioulia Lymperopoulou - 2:19 min - Greece
- Monster Love - Dir. Alexander Plonsky - 2:01 min - USA
- Porque hoy es Sábado - Dir. Alice Eça Guimarães - 12:24 min - Spain
- What happens to dreams when they get lost? - Dir. Michelle Sarah Pfuhl - 5:00 min - Germany
- The Little Whale’s Mysterious Eggs - Dir. Chang Chen-Shi - 3:51 min - Taiwan
- Dear Mama - Dir. Xiaohan Sun - 5:44 min - China
- Grizzly Jim - Dir. Richard Guthrie - 8:41 min - United Kingdom
Best Web - Series
- Venus Under Threat - Dir. Paula Moneta - 7:34 min - Argentina, Spain
- Wheel Gone Kid 5-Suspicious Minds - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 10:39 min - United Kingdom
- Respire Fort - Dir. Arthur FANGET - 14:00 min - France
- Fishie - Dir. Dimitar Dimitrov - 36:00 min - Bulgaria
Best Student Short Film
- The Dream on the Road - Dir. Lester Tang - 10:59 min - China
- With Her - Dir. Lanxinyi Zhang, Luke Osay - 10:00 min - United kingdom
- Sra. Antonia - Dir. Aline López - 7:24 min - Spain
- Wedding,Funeral - Dir. Lucan Zhang - 16:54 min - China
- I Can Share - Dir. Natália Eštočinová - 9:13 min - Czechia
- God's Will - Dir. Nia Yonkova - 20:12 min - Bulgaria
- Play Room - Dir. Tom Whiston - 13:07 min - United Kingdom
- Buddies - Dir. Rahul Hansraj - 4:59 min - India
- Love not Love - Dir. georgia bishop - 10:01 min - United Kingdom
- Saudade - Dir. Lara Llamas - 5:24 min - Czechia
- Sleeping Trudy - Dir. Charlotte Yang - 9:35 min - United Kingdom
- Făt-Frumos - Dir. Maria Marina - 14:37 min - Romania
- Dirty Sun - Dir. Charon Sun - 12:14 min - China
- A Wake - Dir. Besanya Santiago - 6:14 min - USA
Best Director Short Film
- Dir. Daria Lebedeva - Scary lullaby - 24:42 min - Russia
- Dir. Michael Morales - The Interview - 11:46 min - USA
- Dir. GEORGIOS GALANOPOULOS - Home - 15:47 min - Greece
- Dir. Nicola Peluso - 3,650 Days - 6:22 min - United Kingdom
- Dir. Nigel Canepa, Orlando Charvetto - The Last Sun - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- Dir. Gia Kereselidze - SWITCH - 21:24 min - USA
- Dir. Sophia Terranova - Shadows - 15:41 miin - USA
- Dir. Ashley Bowers - Eye For An Eye - 20:00 min - USA
- Dir. Wayne Kelly - Wheel Gone Kid 5-Suspicious Minds - 10:39 min - United Kingdom
- Dir. Brandon Keeton - Stories 15:00 min - USA
- Dir. Brandon Ross - GAMBIT - 17:55 min - USA
Best Director Documentary
Note: This category recognizes the strongest directing work in documentary filmmaking, including both documentary feature films and documentary short films.
The award focuses on the director’s overall vision, storytelling approach, subject treatment, emotional impact, structure, pacing, and ability to bring real stories to the screen with clarity and cinematic strength.
- Dir. Srdjan Roksandic, Andjelka Popadic - Room 126 - 01:00:53 min - Serbia
- Dir. Marko Albrecht VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel - 19:39 min - USA
- Dir. Joaquim Adrià Pujol - MÀQUINA - 01:29:56 min - USA
- Dir. Richard Wainwright - The Comfort Dogs of Uganda - 29:55 min - Australia
- Dir. Lisa Beth Kovetz - 60 is the New Puberty - 01:33:00 min - USA
- Dir. heshw Fatih Mohammed - Code 99881 - 12:03 min - Iraq
Best Cinematography Short Film
- Stories - 15:00 min - USA
- The Last Sun - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- SWITCH - 21:24 min - USA
- GAMBIT - 17:55 min - USA
- Wheel Gone Kid 5-Suspicious Minds - 10:39 min - United Kingdom
Best Producer Short Film
Note: This category recognizes outstanding producing work in short filmmaking.
The award celebrates the producer’s ability to bring a short film to life through strong organization, creative support, production quality, resource management, and overall execution. It honors the producer’s role in helping the project reach its full potential on screen.
- Stories - 15:00 min - USA
- SWITCH - 21:24 min - USA
- The Last Sun - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- The Interview - 11:46 min - USA
- Wheel Gone Kid 5-Suspicious Minds - 10:39 min - United Kingdom
- GAMBIT - 17:55 min - USA
Best Actress Short Film
- Lynn Hardy - The Last Sun - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- Ashley Bowers - Eye For An Eye - 20:00 min - USA
- Alla Gorshkova - SWITCH - 21:24 min - USA
- Dir. Anuska Martínez - BEHIND A SMILE - 15:00 min - Spain
- Rita Jagpal-Mohan - Wheel Gone Kid 5-Suspicious Minds - 10:39 min - United Kingdom
Best Actor Short Film
- Austin Greene - Stories - 15:00 min - USA
- Kavi Sacha - The Last Sun - 19:51 min - Gibraltar
- Konstantin Podprugin - GAMBIT - 17:55 min - USA
- Oswaldo Salas - Inspiration - 16:27 min - Peru
Best Script Feature
- Rainforest - Wri. Peter Salisbury - Ireland
- The Seaman - Wri. Eugen Ludovic Nagy - Spain
- After the Sirens - Wri. Nathan Bassett - USA
- Fly Tipping - Wri. Jo Miles - United Kingdom
- Kick Rocks - Wri. Peter Herlan - USA
- Forty Nine Degrees of Separation - Wri. John Walsh - USA
- The Fourth Psalm - Wri. John Martins III - XXXXXX
- The Iditarod Band - Wri. Michael Meyers - USA
- Mind Network - Wri. Steve Hunyi - XXXXX
- Lady Alchemy - Wri. Avril David - USA
- 21 Days, 21 Lemons - Wri. David A. Miller - USA
Best Script Short
- I need a hero! - Wri. Val Semure - Spain
- Vanessa - Wri. Benedetta Talotta - United Kingdom
- Fillers - Wri. Adam Ethan Crow - New Zealand
- That's not it! — ¡No es eso! - Wir. David R Schleicher, Lucía Blasco del Álamo - Spain, USA
- The Butterfly - Wri. Sharon Patricia Burtner - XXXXXX
- Department of Unseen Affairs - Wri. Sam Speron - XXXX
- Invisible Stars - Wri. Crystal Muma Rivers - USA
- The Virgin Murray - Wri. Thomas Kieran Lewis - United Kingdom
- Full Stop - Wri. Kyle Cheatley - XXXXX
- Spirit Of The Roller-Boot - Wri. Hannah Claire Richardson - United Kingdom
- Ember & I - Wri. Amber Morgan - Australia
- The Terminal Of Echoes - wri. Dante S. Briggins - USA
- Adelphes - Wri. Sasha Pereira - France
- The beast - Wri. Lucia Blasco del Álamo, David Schleicher - Spain, USA
- Love doesn't exist - Wri. Juanma Roca Fernández - Spain

Important: All winners will be officially announced during the Gala Awards Ceremony in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. No winners will be revealed beforehand, as we are committed to maintaining fairness and professionalism. Every nominated film deserves equal anticipation, and we want to preserve the excitement for all filmmakers.
Additionally, five Honorable Mentions will be announced at the end of the ceremony—reserved for exceptional films that stood out to our jury.
Please note: The Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony is a ticketed event. Attendance is not required to win. If you are selected as a winner and cannot attend, we will ship your trophy and certificate to you.
We will try to arrange a small number of complimentary seats (around 10–15) for the Awards Ceremony only — without access to the dinner or shows. However, this is very unlikely to happen. Some years we’ve managed it, others not, so please don’t count on it.
We look forward to celebrating your creativity and passion with you in person!
ESPAÑOL:
Importante: Todos los ganadores se anunciarán oficialmente durante la Gala de Entrega de Premios en Barcelona, España, el sábado 17 de Octubre de 2026. Ningún ganador será revelado con antelación, ya que estamos comprometidos con mantener la equidad y el profesionalismo. Cada película nominada merece la misma expectación, y queremos preservar la emoción para todos los cineastas.
Además, se anunciarán cinco Menciones Honoríficas al final de la ceremonia, reservadas para películas excepcionales que hayan destacado ante nuestro jurado.
Nota: La Cena de Gala y la Ceremonia de Entrega de Premios es un evento con entrada de pago. No es necesario asistir para ganar. Si eres seleccionado como ganador y no puedes asistir, te enviaremos tu trofeo y certificado por correo.
Intentaremos disponer de un pequeño número de asientos gratuitos (aproximadamente entre 10 y 15) solo para la ceremonia de premios —sin acceso a la cena ni a los espectáculos—. Sin embargo, es muy poco probable que esto suceda. Algunos años lo hemos logrado, otros no, así que no contéis con ello.
¡Esperamos poder celebrar vuestra creatividad y pasión junto a vosotros en persona!


