AWARDS 2026

BURGAS INTERNATIONAL

FILM FESTIVAL 

BIFF 2026

Here are this year’s award winners:

BEST FEATURE FILM:

  • Cinema Jazireh — directed by Gözde Kural (Turkey, Iran, Bulgaria, Romania)

SPECIAL MENTION – Best Feature Film

  • My Semba — directed by Hugo Salvaterra (Angola)

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM:

  • Class — directed by Rumi Kaul (The Netherlands)

SPECIAL MENTION – Best International Short Film

  • A Sky So Low — directed by Joachim Michaux (Belgium, France)

BEST BULGARIAN SHORT

  • Abduction — directed by Yana Lineva (Bulgaria)

YOUTH JURY AWARD

  • Blue Heron — directed by Sophy Romvari (Canada, Hungary)

AUDIENCE AWARD

  • Women Out of Order — directed by Alexander Kossev (Bulgaria)

 

 

Congratulations to all the winners and our dedicated jury members:

Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Boris Despodov, Nikolay Mutafchiev, Ilina Perianova, Dimitris Georgiev and Gábor Holtai

Youth Jury:

Mihaila Zarkova, Gabriela Bozova, Magdalena Amelev and Nikola Dimitrov

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