2026 Winners

Kurrak Rama de Oro

BEST DIRECTOR IN A NARRATIVE
Winner – Mohammad Reza Rahmani – A Little Goldfish – Iran

BEST DIRECTOR IN A DOCUMENTARY
Winner – Lindsay Cordero & Armando Croda – Firmes – Mexico

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner – Mario Dávila – Grandes Hits – Mexico

BEST ACTRESS
Winner – Manuela Martelli – God Will Not Help – Croatia/France/Greece/Italy/Romania/Slovenia

BEST ACTOR
Winner – Wellington Abreu – Pacto da Viola – Brazil

BEST YOUNG TALENT
Winner – X – A Little Goldfish – Iran

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner – Ana Marija Veselčić – God Will Not Help – Croatia/France/Greece/Italy/Romania/Slovenia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner – Raúl González – Grandes Hits – Mexico

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Winner – Mauro Guzmán, Katherine Bernal, Daniela Arroio & Raúl Briones – Casa Chica – Mexico

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Sheila Altamirano – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico
Nominee – Ángel Jara Taboada – Casa Chica – Mexico
Nominee – Mostafa El Kashef – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt
Nominee – Isay Peña – Álbum familiar – Mexico
Nominee – Jana Plecas – God Will Not Help – Slovenia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
Winner – Tom Bergmann – The Cowboy – Germany/USA

BEST EDITING IN A NARRATIVE
Winner – Joan of Arc – Hlynur Pálmason – Denmark/France/Iceland

BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
Winner – Ana Ts’uyeb – Li Cham – Mexico

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Winner – El Canto de las hormigas – Mexico

BEST SOUND DESIGN & MIXING
Winner – Marius Leftãrache – God Will Not Help – Croatia/France/Greece/Italy/Romania/Slovenia

BEST SOUND RECORDING
Winner – Nikola Chapelle – Once Upon a Time in Uganda – Uganda

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner – Alberto Aguilar – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico

BEST ART & COSTUME DESIGN
Winner – Hlynur Pálmason – Joan of Arc – Denmark/France/Iceland

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Winner – Nayira Al-Dahshoury & Eman Elalby – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt

BEST ANIMAL
Winner – El Canto de las hormigas – Mexico

Kurrak Grand Jury Prize

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – God Will Not Help – Hana Jusic – Sloevnia

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominee – El Canto de las hormigas – Talia Garcia Aach – Mexico
Nominee – The Cowboy – Andre Hörmann – Germany
Nominee – Firmes – Lindsey Cordero & Armando Croda – Mexico/USA
Nominee – Formas de atravesar un territorio – Gabriela Dominguez Ruvalcaba, Mexico
Nominee – Li Cham – Ana Ts'uyeb – Mexico
Nominee – Once Upon a Time in Uganda – Cathryne Czubek – Uganda
Nominee – Unspoken – Maciej Adamek – Poland

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – A Little Goldfish – Mohammad Reza Rahmani – Iran

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Bisan Owda – Free Fish – Palestina

BEST ANIMATION
Winner – Aldair Acosta Moctezuma – Memories of Alba – Mexico

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – Fabián León López – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico

Kurrak Audience Award

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – Grandes Hits – Mario Dávila – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner – Gabriela Dominguez Ruvalcaba – Formas de atravesar un territorio – Mexico

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – Luna Zamudio – Té de ruda – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Alan Ivan Montes – Coyote – Mexico

BEST ANIMATION
Winner – Victoria Thompson Olaiz – Cobardia – Mexico

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – Iranian Rhapsody – Dr. Phoxotic – Ireland

Kurrak Special Jury Award

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – Grandes Hits – Mario Dávila – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner – Talia Garcia Aach – El Canto de las hormigas – Mexico

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – Casa Chica – Lau Charles – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Melissa Nocetti – I Used to Call That Man Home – Mexico

BEST ANIMATION
Winner – Nyanga – Medhin Tewolde Serrano – Mexico

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – The Way Out – J. Xavier Velasco – Mexico

BEST NORTEÑO/BAJA CALIFORNIA
Winner – Fernando Fisher – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico

BEST YOUTH FILMMAKER
Winner – Luna Zamudio – Té de ruda – Mexico

BEST RESILIENT SPIRIT
Winner – Fernando Fisher – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico

2026 Nominees

Kurrak Rama de Oro

BEST DIRECTOR IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Pablo Cesar – Pacto da Viola – Brazil
Nominee – Lau Charles – Casa Chica – Mexico
Nominee – Mario Dávila – Grandes Hits – Mexico
Nominee – Fernando Fisher – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico
Nominee – Itandehui Hansen – Itu Ninu – USA
Nominee – Hana Jusic – God Will Not Help – Croatia/France/Greece/Italy/Romania/Slovenia
Nominee – Morad Mostafa – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt
Nominee – Hlynur Pálmason – Joan of Arc – Denmark/France/Iceland

BEST DIRECTOR IN A DOCUMENTARY
Nominee – Cathryne Czubek – Once Upon a Time in Uganda – Uganda
Nominee – Gabriela Dominguez Ruvalcaba – Formas de atravesar un territorio – Mexico
Nominee – Talia Garcia Aach – El Canto de las hormigas – Mexico
Nominee – André Hörmann – The Cowboy – Germany/USA
Nominee – Melissa Nocetti – I Used to Call That Man Home – Mexico
Nominee – Ana Ts’uyeb – Li Cham – Mexico

BEST SCREENPLAY
Nominee – Mohamed Abdel Qader, Morad Mostafa & Sawsan Yusuf – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt
Nominee – Guilherme Bacalhao & Roberto Robalinho – Pacto da Viola – Brazil
Nominee – Amartya Bhattacharyya – Lahari – India
Nominee – Hana Jusic – God Will Not Help – Croatia/France/Greece/Italy/Romania/Slovenia
Nominee – Itandehui Hansen – Itu Ninu – USA
Nominee – Dimitry Nikolenko – My Boyfriend, a Mannequin – Russian Federation
Nominee – Mohammad Reza Rahmani – A Little Goldfish – Iran
Nominee – Jeronimo Toubes – Después del final – Argentina

BEST ACTRESS
Nominee – Gabriela Corrêa – Pacto da Viola – Brazil
Nominee – X – Itu Ninu – USA
Nominee – Sandra del Carmen Pérez Correa – Álbum familiar – Mexico
Nominee – X – A Little Goldfish – Iran
Nominee – Buliana Simon – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Mexico

BEST ACTOR
Nominee – José Chinchillas – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico
Nominee – Amaury Servulo – El Reencuentro – Mexico

BEST YOUNG TALENT
Nominee – Mauro Guzmán – Casa Chica – Mexico
Nominee – Katherine Bernal – Casa Chica – Mexico

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominee – Daniela Arroio – Casa Chica – Mexico

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nominee – Raúl Briones – Casa Chica – Mexico

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Nominee – José Chinchillas, Brenda Corro, Rod Zapién, Carlos Puentes, Salvador Pelayo, Patricia Alcalay – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico
Nominee – Romanni Villicaña & Rocío Castañeda – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Sheila Altamirano – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico
Nominee – Ángel Jara Taboada – Casa Chica – Mexico
Nominee – Mostafa El Kashef – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt
Nominee – Isay Peña – Álbum familiar – Mexico
Nominee – Jana Plecas – God Will Not Help – Slovenia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
Nominee – José Alfredo Jiménez Pérez – Li Cham – Mexico
Nominee – Matt Porwoll – Once Upon a Time in Uganda – Uganda

BEST EDITING IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Jan Klemsche – God Will Not Help – Slovenia
Nominee – Mohamed Mamdouh – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt
Nominee – Santiago Zermeño – Jorge Leal Carrera – Casa Chica

BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
Nominee – Alejandro Aguilera Pantoja – Los de siempre... Crónica de un atraco – Mexico
Nominee – Vincent Assmann – The Cowboy – Germany/USA

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Nominee – Los Descarados – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico
Nominee – Iris Asimakopoulou, Vasilis Chontos & Stavros Evangelou – God Will Not Help – Slovenia

BEST SOUND DESIGN & MIXING
Nominee – Martin de Torcy – Nyanga – Mexico
Nominee – Joan of Arc – Hlynur Pálmason – Denmark/France/Iceland

BEST SOUND RECORDING
Nominee – Nikola Chapelle – The Cowboy – Germany/USA
Nominee – Nikos Exarhos – God Will Not Help – Slovenia

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nominee – Tiago Rocha – Pacto da Viola – Brazil

BEST ART & COSTUME DESIGN
Nominee – Alberto Aguilar – Entre las cuerdas – Mexico
Nominee – Laura Boni & Katarina Pilic – God Will Not Help – Slovenia
Nominee – Nayira Al-Dahshoury & Eman Elalby – Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Egypt
Nominee – Ana Victoria Mendez – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico
Nominee – Nina Pérez – Pacto da Viola – Brazil
Nominee – Daniela V. Ponce – Casa Chica – Mexico

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Nominee – Mojca Gorogranc & Jan Jerala – God Will Not Help – Slovenia

Kurrak Grand Jury Prize

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Nominee – Grandes Hits – Mario Davila – Mexico
Nominee – Joan of Arc – Hlynur Pálmason – Denmark/France/Iceland

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominee – The Cowboy – Andre Hörmann – Germany
Nominee – Firmes – Lindsey Cordero & Armando Croda – Mexico/USA
Nominee – Li Cham – Ana Ts'uyeb – Mexico
Nominee – Once Upon a Time in Uganda – Cathryne Czubek – Uganda
Nominee – Unspoken – Maciej Adamek – Poland

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Nominee – A Marte – Regina Alatriste – Mexico
Nominee – El Reencuentro – Fernando Navarro – Mexico
Nominee – El Silencio de la Tierra – Rogelio Escatel Gonzalez – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Album familiar” by Rogelio Hernández Pérez, Mexico
“The Five Points” by Andrea Deaglio, Italy
“Hasta que dios se acuerde de nosotros” by Victor Cartas Valdivia, Jesús André Gonzalez Arias & Isabella Hernandez Sanchez, Mexico
“L’Homme des arbres” by Andrea Trivero, Burkina Faso/Italy
“Máquina 3030” by Tulio Cortez Arriaga, Mexico
“Qué tiempos aquellos” by Ernesto Yitux, Ecuador
“Los Sospechosos habituales… Crónica de un robo” by Zettia Scarleth Pérez Ramírez & Bryan López Ornelas, Mexico
“Without Glory” by Andrew Long, USA
“Zelzin, huellas que inspiran” by Zelzin Aketzalli Weeks, Mexico

BEST ANIMATION

Kurrak Special Jury Award

BEST NORTEÑO/BAJA CALIFORNIA
Nominee – Fabián León López – Otra vez sin tu amor – Mexico
Nominee – Alan Ivan Montes – Coyote – Mexico
Nominee – Victoria Thompson Olaiz – Cobardia – Mexico
Nominee – Luna Zamudio – Té de ruda – Mexico

BEST YOUTH FILMMAKER
Nominee – Victoria Thompson Olaiz – Cobardia – Mexico
Nomine – Bisan Owda – Free Fish – Palestine

BEST RESILIENT SPIRIT
Nominee – Adrian Davis – Without Glory – USA
Nomine – Bisan Owda – Free Fish – Palestine
Nominee – Juan Ismael Orozco – Coyote – Mexico
Nominee – Chano Rocha – El Canto de las hormigas – Mexico
Nominee – Zelzin Aketzalli – Zelzin, huellas que inspiran – Mexico

2026 Official Selection

NARRATIVE FEATURES
“Aisha Can’t Fly Away” by Morad Mostafa, Egypt
“Después del final” by Pablo Cesar, Argentina
“Entre las cuerdas” by Fernando A. Fisher, Mexico
“God Will Not Help” by Hana Jusic, Croatia/France/Greece/Italy/Romania/Slovenia
“Grandes Hits” by Mario Dávila, Mexico
“Itu Ninu” by Itandehui Jansen, Mexico
“Joan of Arc” by Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark/France/Iceland
“Lahari” by Amartya Bhattacharyya, India
“My Boyfriend, a Mannequin” by Dimitry Nikolenko, Russian Federation
“Pacto de la Guitarra” by Guilherme Bacalhao, Brazil

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
“El Canto de las hormigas” by Talia Garcia Aach, Mexico
“The Cowboy” by André Hörmann, Germany/USA
“Destiny Hills” by Leeor Kaufman, Israel/Palestine
“Ea” by Noah Keone Viernes & Sancia MIala Shiba Nash, USA
“Firmes” by Lindsey Cordero & Armando Croda, Mexico/USA
“Formas de atravesar un territorio” by Gabriela Dominguez Ruvalcaba, Mexico
“Li Cham” by Ana Ts'uyeb, Mexico
“Once Upon a Time in Uganda” by Cathryne Czubek, Uganda
“Quiero ver sangre” by Ramiro Medina Flores, Mexico
“Unspoken” by Maciej Adamek, Poland

NARRATIVE SHORTS
“Bumblebee” by Fon Cortizo, Spain
“Casa Chica” by Lau Charles, Mexico
“Furibond” by Laurier Fourniau, Belgium/France
“A Little Goldfish” by Mohammad Reza Rahmani, Iran
“A Marte” by Regina Alatriste, Mexico
“Ñuuyii (Earth)” by Itandehui Jansen, Mexico
“Prime” by Meagan Coyle, USA
“El Reencuentro” by Fernando Navarro, Mexico
“Rue Tea” by Luna Ixchel Zamudio Herrera, Mexico
“Shin Tzu” by Amirhossein Shiravand, Iran
“El Silencio de la Tierra” by Rogelio Escatel Gonzalez, Mexico

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
“Album familiar” by Rogelio Hernández Pérez, Mexico
“Coyote” by Alan Ivan Montes, Mexico
“The Five Points” by Andrea Deaglio, Italy
“Free Fish” by Bisan Owda, Palestine
“Hasta que dios se acuerde de nosotros” by Victor Cartas Valdivia, Jesús André Gonzalez Arias & Isabella Hernandez Sanchez, Mexico
“L’Homme des arbres” by Andrea Trivero, Burkina Faso/Italy
“I Used to Call That Man Home” by Melissa Nocetti, Mexico
“Máquina 3030” by Tulio Cortez Arriaga, Mexico
“Qué tiempos aquellos” by Ernesto Yitux, Ecuador
“Los Sospechosos habituales… Crónica de un robo” by Zettia Scarleth Pérez Ramírez & Bryan López Ornelas, Mexico
“Without Glory” by Andrew Long, USA
“Zelzin, huellas que inspiran” by Zelzin Aketzalli Weeks, Mexico

ANIMATION
“The Boy and the Owl” by Mário Gajo de Carvalho, Portugal
“Cobardia” by Victoria Thompson Olaiz, USA
“Fido” by John Norris Ray & Maria Victoria Sanchez, USA
“Memories of Alba” by Aldair Acosta Moctezuma, Mexico
“Nyanga” by Medhin Tewolde Serrano, Mexico
“Póg mo Pigeon” by Clíodhna Lyons, Ireland
“The Rusty Fish” by Milad Fathiani, Iran

MUSIC VIDEOS
“Angel” by Octavian Uta, Romania
“Bulosan: On American Democracy” by Andres Luz, USA
“Cara” by Gustavo Serrate, Brazil
“Cielito Lindo” by Xavier Guàrdia, Spain
“Curso: Fernandache” by David Argüelles, Mexico
“Iranian Rhapsody” by Dr Phoxotic, Ireland
“Nuvole Blanche” by Alessio Giorgetti, Italy
“Otra vez sin tu amor” by Fabián León López, Mexico
“Tunapaa (We Rise)” by Jeremiah Mzungu & Joseph Ileni, Kenya
“The Way Out” by J. Xavier Velasco, Mexico