Best Feature Film
 

- REGRESA - Dir. Irina VELEZ CRESPO, David GELAY, Mostafa BELBACHA - 01:25:00 min - Belgium

- Little Pet - Dir. Alex Gruenenfelder - 01:31:30 min - USA

- LIFT - Dir. Randy Chans - 01:37:36 min - Indonesia

- I Want Her For Myself - Dir. Tim Ross - 01:13:49 min - USA

- The Answering Machine - Dir. Jose Cortes - 01:30:00 min - Germany

- Land of the Mustaches - Dir. Leon Joosen - 01:28:00 min - USA

- The Colour of Everything - Dir. Bob Jordan - 01:17:10 min - United Kingdom

- Force Drift  - Dir. Graham H Green - 01:21:00 min - USA

- A Tantalizing - Dir. Katie Prael - 01:28:46 min - USA

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Best Director Feature Film
 

- Dir. Irina VELEZ CRESPO, David GELAY, Mostafa BELBACHA - REGRESA - 01:25:00 min - Belgium

- Dir. Randy Chans LIFT  - 01:37:36 min - Indonesia

- Dir. Bob Jordan - The Colour of Everything - 01:17:10 min - United Kingdom

- Dir. Katie Prael - A Tantalizing - 01:28:46 min - USA

- Dir. Graham H Green - Force Drift - 01:21:00 min - USA

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Best Cinematography Feature Film
 

- LIFT - 01:37:36 min - Indonesia

- Little Pet - 01:31:30 min - USA

- The Answering Machine - Dir. Jose Cortes - 01:30:00 min - Germany

- Land of the Mustaches - Dir. Leon Joosen - 01:28:00 min - USA

- A Tantalizing - Dir. Katie Prael - 01:28:46 min - USA

 

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Best Documentary Feature 
 

- Endless Journey - Dir. Tom Bahrani - 01:14:36 min - Canada

- "Joe Franklin - Our Hour With Him" - Dir. Fran Sisco - 01:11:27 min - USA

- Best in Class - Dir. David W. King - 58:46 min - USA

- Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story - Dir. Thomas Seymour - 01:22:00 min - USA

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Best Documentary Short 
 

- Yes We Sail - Dir. Nicholas Simon Tolladay - 12:30 min - Spain

- Happy Trans Girl Like Me - Dir. Fran Sisco - 18:46 min - USA

- Popo's Pilgrimage - Dir. Cyrus Hung - 15:45 min - China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

- Mara - Dir. Philippe Hamelle - 14:50 min - Luxembourg

- Utorpia - Dir. Emma Hellgren - 29:00 min - Sweden

- Your Last Best: A Memphis Rox Story - Dir. Glen Janssens - 16:19 min - USA

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Best International Short Film
 

- GOLD - Dir. Maria Picon - 14:12 min - USA

- Keep Young and Beautiful. - Dir. Neil Marshall - 9:00 min - United Kingdom

- Red and White - Dir. HANYU DAN - 14:07 min - China

- Brebenel - Dir. Alexandru George Fiț - 14:58 min - Romania

- CITIZENs-The choice not to fight - Dir. Yasushi Fuluichi - 36:40 min - Japan

- Marianna - Dir. Luigi Di Domenico - 19:44 min - Italy

- Dirty Talk - Dir. Oliver Herdberg - 14:30 min - Sweden

- Visit - Dir. Paulina Zając - 16:00 min - Poland

- Bath Time - Dir. Luis Enrique Vanegas - 7:40 min - Colombia

- I'm In Love - Dir. Roberta Sparta - 4:09 min - USA

- V's Secret - Dir. Bassma Farah Nancy - 12:50 min - Egypt

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Best Spanish Short Film 

Note: This award recognizes outstanding short films produced in Spain.

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- Bendito Pezón - Dir. Paloma Mozo - 3:23 min 

- The Magician who Forgot how to Speak - Dir. Mir Brustenga - 24:00 min 

- DetrÁs De Una Sonrisa - Dir. Anuska Martínez - 16:00 min 

- Level 9 - Dir. Helen Eller - 6:16 min 

- Sandra & Sancho - Dir. Aliona Garcia, Mar Vicedo Cerdán - 13:42 min 

- Corona - Dir. Lolo Martín - 19:57 min 

- Sonnefeld - Dir. Josep Oller Baldrich - 20:00 min 

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Best European Short Film 
 

- We Never Loved Each Other - Dir. Alexandru George Fiț - 11:52 min - Romania

- The Rescue - Dir. gunnar lindholm, Laszlo Schüszler - 7:15 min - Sweden

- BURIED TRUTH - Dir. Luc Deborde - 29:48 min - France, Spain

- Stay - Dir. Kiel Robinson - 5:45 min - United Kingdom

- DO IT - Dir. Alex Bergin - 15:00 min - Ireland

- LOST PAGES OF WAR - Dir. Maik Giessler - 38:49 min - Germany

- BROKEN - Dir. Angelo Donzella - 19:44 min - Italy

- Creeped Out - Dir. Matt Holt - 6:03 min - United Kingdom

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Best Swedish Short Film 

Note: This category evolved from our Scandinavian section and reflects the strong representation of Swedish submissions, honoring the festival’s Swedish origins.

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- The Rescue - Dir. gunnar lindholm, Laszlo Schüszler - 7:15 min

- Dirty Talk - Dir. Oliver Herdberg - 14:30 min

- Nice to meet you - Dir. Noah Kurdi Kara - 13:00 min

- Cinder Man Isle - Dir. Johan Carl Bodin - 21:33 min - Sweden

- 2034 - Dir. Richard Desiatnik - 13:55 min

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Best American Short Film 
Note: This award recognizes outstanding short films from North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

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- The Driving Test! - Dir. Drew Taylor - 11:00 min - USA

- Worth Dying For - Dir. Cameron Morin - 6:28 min - Canada

- Like Fire - Dir. Amy Serrano - 2:13 min - USA

- The Time We Keep - Dir. Jim Muñoz - 13:40 min - Colombia

- Meet Me. - Dir. Jay Najeeah - 11:16 min - USA

- Look at me - Dir. Julián Rodriguez - 3:02 min - Argentina

- Bad Apples - Dir. Craig Montalbano, Sean Hall - 17:5 min - USA

- Barbrix! Or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid - Dir. Dylan Dugas -12:00 min - USA

- The Presence of Absence - Dir. Jalen Singleton - 13:44 min - USA

- Wrong Address - Dir. John Simmons - 10:45 min - USA

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Best Experimental Short Film 
 

- Grumpy Old Man - Dir. Chris Ihlenfeldt - 3:23 min - USA

- Breathe - Dir. Amia Voluntad - 5:34 min - USA

- Against the Waning Light - Dir. Paul Loftus Murnaghan - 26:00 min - Ireland

- A Glass of Water - Dir. Hanxin Zhang - 3:37 min - USA

- The Sense - Dir. Tommy Sherif - 6:44 min - The Netherlands

- Fractured Lines - Dir.Marina Zivkovic - 2:59 min - Australia

- Like Fire - Dir. Amy Serrano - 2:13 min - USA

- The Dreaming Diary - Vol 2 - Dir. Ulla Fudge - 8:32 min - United Kingdom

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Best Horror Short Film 
 

- Look at me - Dir. Julián Rodriguez - 3:02 min - Argentina

- Tent - Dir. Finn Swaine - 8:32 min - United Kingdom

- Frayed - Dir. Ben Silver, Nadine Iskandar - 19:43 min - United Kingdom

- Mint In Box - Dir. Mike Logan - 9:30 min - Canada 

- Don't Mess With Carla Jane - Dir. David Macé - 24:30 min - France

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Best Sci-Fi Short Film 

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- TV Man - Dir. Leonardo Valenti - 28:58 min - Italy

- Barbrix! Or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid - Dir. Dylan Dugas -12:00 min - USA

- New Horizons - Dir. Jared Fassbender, Easton Tabin - 20:33 min - USA

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Best Animation Short Film 

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- SuperSchoolers 2. A healthy mind - Dir. Íñigo Echávarri - 5:12 min - Spain

- Marla Harms LIVE! - Dir. Anna Macleod - 4:52 min - USA

- Sneezeception - Dir. Petr Hostas - 1:42 min - Czech Republic

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Best LGBTQ Short Film 
 

- APNEA - Dir. Fabio Patrassi - 12:00 min - Italy

- "Being a Trans Girl" - Dir. Fran Sisco - 4:32 min - USA

- Nice to meet you - Dir. Noah Kurdi Kara - 13:00 min - Sweden

- Nothing for Granted - Dir. Chris Brosnahan - 13:29 min - United Kingdom

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Best Drama Short Film 

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- Living on the Precipice - Dir. Philippe Hamelle - 15:02 min - Luxembourg

- Barbrix! Or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid - Dir. Dylan Dugas -12:00 min - USA

- Metanoia - Dir. Maxwell James - 18:00 min - United Kingdom

- DetrÁs De Una Sonrisa - Dir. Anuska Martínez - 16:00 min - Spain

- Intrusive Thoughts - Dir. Blaine Marcano - 9:00 min - United Kingdom

- Cinder Man Isle - Dir. Johan Carl Bodin - 21:33 min - Sweden

- The Time We Keep - Dir. Jim Muñoz - 13:40 min - Colombia

- The Silent Treatment - Dir. Steven Lancefield - 9:14 min - United Kingdom

- Worth Dying For - Dir. Cameron Morin - 6:28 min - Canada

- I CAN SMELL A RAT - Dir. Antonious George Bassily - 16:54 min - Egypt

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Best Music \ Dance Video
 

- «EY YARE MAN» - Dir. ILIYAS DAUDI - 4:16 min - Russian Federation

- REVOLVE - Dir. Claire Marshall - 11:59 min - Australia

- Frames (Official Music Video) - Dir. Victor Hugo Montero - 5:17 min - Argentina

- Nellie Drené - Nobody Else - Dir. Benjamin Julien - 3:02 min - Sweden

- Love it's a funny word - Dir. Emily Kathleen - 4:09 min - USA

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Best Web Series

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- Wheel Gone Kid Episodes 3, 3.5 and 4 - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 20:34 min - United Kingdom

- Acting International (Web/TV Pilot) - Dir. Crystel AMSALEM - 13:24 min - France

- Respire Fort - Dir. Arthur FANGET - 14:00 min - France

- Once Upon a Crime - Dir. Doug MacDougall - 25:49 min - Canada

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Best Script 

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- ZIDANE (our idols) - Wri. Mathieu Delaunay - Greece

- YOU'LL SEE, IT WILL HAPPEN! - Wri. ILIYAS DAUDI - Russian

- In The Garden - Dir. Christal Kahles-Jones, Kathy Krantz Stewart - USA

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Best Director Short Film 

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- Dir. Anuska Martínez - DetrÁs De Una Sonrisa  - 16:00 min - Spain

- Dir. Luigi Di Domenico - Marianna - 19:44 min - Italy

- Dir. Alexandru George Fiț - We Never Loved Each Other  - 11:52 min - Romania

- Dir. Alex Bergin - DO IT  - 15:00 min - Ireland

- Dir. Dylan Dugas  - Barbrix! Or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid -12:00 min - USA

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Best Actress Short Film 

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- Havilah Malone- I'm In Love  - 4:09 min - USA

- Denisa Bărbulescu - We Never Loved Each Other -  11:52 min - Romania

- Liz Farahadi -  Keep Young and Beautiful. -  9:00 min - United Kingdom

- Paloma Mozo - Bendito Pezón  - 3:23 min - Spain

- Rita Jagpal-Mohan -  Wheel Gone Kid Episodes 3, 3.5 and 4 - 20:34 min - United Kingdom

- Anuska Martínez - DetrÁs De Una Sonrisa  - 16:00 min - Spain

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Best Actor Short Film 

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- Bogdan Florea - Brebenel  - 14:58 min - Romania

- Jalen Singleton - The Presence of Absence  - 13:44 min - USA

- Tamás Szilagyi - Nice to meet you - 13:00 min - Sweden

- Reece Jagpal-Mohan -  Wheel Gone Kid Episodes 3, 3.5 and 4 - 20:34 min - United Kingdom

- Matthieu Alexandre - BURIED TRUTH - 29:48 min - France, Spain

- Leon Grig  - The Time We Keep  - 13:40 min - Colombia

- Ian Atwiine - Metanoia  - 18:00 min - United Kingdom

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Best Cinematography Short Film 

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- Brebenel - 14:58 min - Romania

- Wheel Gone Kid Episodes 3, 3.5 and 4  - 20:34 min - United Kingdom

- The Time We Keep - 13:40 min - Colombia

- GOLD - 14:12 min - USA

- CITIZENs-The choice not to fight - 36:40 min - Japan

- DetrÁs De Una Sonrisa -  16:00 min - Spain

- Keep Young and Beautiful. -  9:00 min - United Kingdom

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A total of 24 official awards. (Including Audience Award) and 3 Honorable Mentions will be presented. All winners, including the Honorable Mentions, will be officially revealed during the Gala Awards ceremony. No results are announced in advance under any circumstances.

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Total Awards Edition 2026: 27

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***Awards & Category Clarification*** 

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Most award categories presented at The North Film Festival - Barcelona follow standard international industry practices and are open to eligible submissions as defined in our official regulations.

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Certain regional categories are specifically defined as follows:

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• Best Spanish Short Film – Dedicated exclusively to short films produced in Spain.

• Best American Short Film – Open to short films from North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

• Best Swedish Short Film – Originally part of our Scandinavian category, this award was refined to reflect the strong representation of Swedish submissions and to honor the festival’s origins in Sweden.

 

All remaining categories follow standard international eligibility criteria.

Please note:

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• The festival does not offer monetary prizes.

• Awards consist of official trophies, medals, and certificates.

• Filmmaker presence is not mandatory to win.

• Lack of attendance or limited communication does not affect award consideration.

 

If a winning filmmaker is not present at the venue, the festival will provide the official certificate and arrange shipment of the medal or trophy upon payment of the corresponding shipping and handling fees.

All awards are granted based on jury evaluation and festival standards. 

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***Award Announcement Policy*** 

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All winners are officially revealed during the Gala Awards Ceremony, held on February 20th at 9:00 PM at Cinema Maldà, Barcelona.

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Under no circumstances are winners informed in advance. This policy applies equally to attending and non-attending filmmakers. Results remain strictly confidential until the official public announcement during the gala.

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No exceptions are made to this rule.

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