BAFICI 2026 Awards
The winners of the 27th edition of BAFICI 2026 have been announced. The short film Yegua, by Virginia Scaro, won the Lahaye Media award!
The list of awards is as follows:
BUENOS AIRES CITY GRAND PRIZE
Los vencedores, by Pablo Aparo
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST ARGENTINE FEATURE FILM
Machado, by Julián Tagle
BAFICI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Raúl Perrone
Ana Poliak
OFFICIAL AWARDS
ARGENTINE OFFICIAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE
Plata o mierda, by Toia Bonino and Marcos Joubert
BEST FEATURE FILM
Machado, by Julián Tagle
BEST SHORT FILM
Yegua, by Virginia Scaro
BEST DIRECTION
Tamara Leschner, for Te amo, Antoño
SPECIAL JURY PRIZELos días posibles – Trilogía sobre la ternura, by Rodrigo Guerrero
BEST PERFORMANCE
Gonzalo and Javier García-Pelayo, for in the sentimental lugo, by Lucía Seles
SPECIAL MENTIONS
El estirón, by Guido Montini
Gente de la ruta, by Lucas Koziarski
Cuarto de flores, by Sofía Guerrini
INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE
Hair, Paper, Water…, by Nicolás Graux and Minh Quy Trương (Belgium / France / Vietnam)
BEST FEATURE FILM
Forêt ivre, by Manon Coubia (Belgium / France)
BEST SHORT FILM
Queda en mí, by Rafael Nir (Argentina)
BEST DIRECTION
Pablo Aparo, for Los vencedores (Argentina / United Kingdom)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
La lucha, by José Alayón (Spain / Colombia)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Katia Pascariu, for Sorella di clausura, by Ivana Mladenović (Romania)
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Bicho, by Nicolás Sequeira and Diego Acosta (Uruguay)
La peluca, by Emiliano Rocha Minter (Mexico)
VANGUARD AND GENRE COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZEL
o demás es ruido, by Nicolás Pereda (Mexico / Germany / Canada)
BEST FEATURE FILM
Vade Retro, by Antonin Peretjatko (France)
BEST SHORT FILM
Are We Monsters?, by Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand)
BEST DIRECTION
Teodora Ana Mihai, for Heysel 85 (Belgium / Netherlands / Germany)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Tourists, by Mária Kralovič (Slovakia / France / Czech Republic)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Jean-Christophe Folly, for Gavagai, by Ulrich Köhler (Germany / France)
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Ex aequo to the short films A la dure, by Pascale Bodet (France) and Lo que dura la noche, by Rodrigo Alonso Kahlo (Mexico / Spain)
Tamara Leschner, for her performance in Sí, cambio, by Juan Morgenfeld (Argentina)
The cast of Phantoms of July, by Julian Radlmaier (Germany)