71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026

Awards 2025

Awards 2025

Awards 2025

International Feature Films Official Section

Golden Spike Feature Film (ex aequo)

"The Mastermind", Kelly Reichardt (United States)

Golden Spike Feature Film (ex aequo)

Magallanes”, Lav Diaz (Portugal, Spain, France, Philippines, Taiwan)

Silver Spike

"Silent Friend", Ildikó Enyedi (Germany, Hungary, France)

Ribera de Duero Award for Best Director

Ezequiel Salinas, Ramiro Sonzini for "La noche está marchándose ya" (Argentina)

Best Actress Award

Eva Victor for "Sorry, Baby" (United States)

Best Actor Award

Harry Melling for “Pillion” (Ireland, United Kingdom)

Special mention for performers

Lionel Corral Bernal, Lionel Corral and Alicia Corral Bernal for "Lionel" (Spain, France)

Best Cinematography Award

Christopher Blauvelt for "The Mastermind" (United States)

Miguel Delibes Award for Best Screenplay

Fernando Franco and Begoña Arostegui for "Subsuelo" (Spain, Uruguay)

José Salcedo Award for Best Editing

Nili Feller for “Yes” (France, Israel, Cyprus, Germany)

Meeting Point Official Section

Meeting Point Award

"I Only Rest in the Storm" by Pedro Pinho (Portugal, France, Romania, Brazil)

Fundos Special Award

"Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes" by Gabriel Azorín (Spain, Portugal)

ESCAC Award for Best Director (first or second film)

"Kika" by Alexe Poukine (Belgium, France)

Meeting Point Special Mention

"Nino" by Pauline Loquès (France)

Alchemies Official Section

Alchemies Grand Price

Bulakna” by Leonor Noivo (Portugal, France)

Alchemies Special Mention

"Memory of Princess Mumbi" by Damien Hauser (Kenya, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia)

Time of History Official Section

Time of History Grand Prize

"Face to Face" by Federico Veiroj (Uruguay, Argentina)

Time of History Special Prize

"Memory" by Vladlena Sandu (France, Netherlands)

Time of History Special Mention

"Notes of a True Criminal" by Alexander Rodnyansky and Andriy Alferov (United States, Ukraine)

DOC. Spain Prize

Yrupẽ” by Candela Sotos (Spain)

DOC. Spain Special Mention

"Los Cangrejos" by Rubén Seca (Spain)

Other Feature Film Awards

Pilar Miró Prize for Best Spanish Director

"Forastera" by Lucía Aleñar (Spain, Sweden, Italy)

Miniminci Prize

"Super Charlie" by Jon Holmberg (Sweden, Denmark)

Seminci Youth Prize

"Good Boy" by Jan Komasa (Poland, United Kingdom)

Official Selection Short Film Awards

Goilden Spike

"Living Stones" by Jakob Ladányi Jancsó (Hungary)

Silver Spike Award

"Dog Alone" by Marta Reis Andrade (Portugal, France)

Silver Spike Award

"No Skate!" by Guil Sela (France)

Best European Short Film Award

Mercy by Hedda Mjøen (Norway)

Spanish Short Film Awards

First Prize for Spanish Short Film

"Casi septiembre" by Lucía G. Romero (Spain)

Special Mention for Spanish Short Film

"Abortion Party" by Julia Mellen (Spain)

Castilla y León Short Film Award

"Darshan" by Alberto Allica (Spain, United Kingdom)

Movistar Plus+ Short Film Project Award

"El cuerpo en cuestión" by María Herrera (Spain)

Special Awards

Rainbow Spike Award

"Between Dreams and Hope" by Farnoosh Samadi (Iran)

Green Spike Award

"Silent Friend" by Ildikó Enyedi (Germany, Hungary, France)

Special Mention for Green Spike

"Hair, paper, wáter" by Nicolas Graux and Truong Minh Quy (Belgium, France, Vietnam)

Fipresci Award

"Two Prosecutors" by Sergei Loznitsa (France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania)

Audience Award, International Official Section

"Hamnet" by Chloé Zhao (United Kingdom, United States)

Audience Award, Meeting Point Official Section

"A Sad and Beautiful World" by Cyril Aris (Lebanon, United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)

Young Jury Awards

Youth Jury Award, International Official Section

"The Blue Path" by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands)

Youth Jury Award, Meeting Point

"Wild Foxes" by Valéry Carnoy (Belgium, France)

Youth Jury Award, International Short Films

"Ali" by Adnan Al Rajeev (Bangladesh, Philippines)

Youth Jury Award, Spanish Short Films

"Instructions for Cooking a Chicken Underground" by Olivia Delcán and Nacho Sánchez (Spain)

Youth Jury Award, Castilla y León Short Films

"15 Days at 15" by Dacio de las Heras (Spain)