Awards | Porto Femme 2026
| International Competition |
FEATURE FILM
Best Film
Sugar Island, by Johanné Goméz Terrero | Dominican Republic, Spain | 2024
SHORT FILM
Best Film
My Brother Lyosha And I, by Lena Tronina | Kazakhstan | 2025
Special Mention
The Gift, by Lara Izagirre Garizurieta | Spain | 2025
ANIMATION
Best Film
Biting the hand that feeds you, by Chantal Peten | Belgium | 2025
DOCUMENTARY
Best Film
Flying hands, by Marta Gómez & Paula Iglesias | Spain | 2023
EXPERIMENTAL
Best Film
Flock of Thunder, by Mariana Mendivil | Mexico | 2025
Special Mention
Pandora, by Margarita Ivanova | France | 2025
| National Competition |
SHORT FILM
Best Film
Stone Beach, by Sofia Bost | Portugal | 2025
Special Mention
Rui Carlos, by Margarida Paias | Portugal | 2025
ANIMATION
Best Film
Because Today is Saturday, by Alice Eça Guimarães | Portugal | 2025
DOCUMENTARY
Best Film
Variations on How to Farm a City, by Mónica Martins Nunes | Portugal | 2024
EXPERIMENTAL
Best Film
Tem Fé, by Leonor Patrocinio Alves & Helen Esther Aschauer | Portugal | 2025
| Student Competition |
SHORT FILM
Best Film
Nesting, by Iyanah Bativala | Czechia | 2025
Special Mention
My Years of Fear of Trembling, by Acacia Wong | New Zealand |2025
Animation
Best Film
Wish you were ear, by Mirjana Balogh | Hungary | 2025
Special Mention
Bursting at the Steams, by Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues, Daniela Tietzen | Portugal | 2024
Documentary
Best Film
As I Witness, by Pamela Andrea Martinez Barrera | Venezuela, USA | 2024
Special Mention
Halima - How to be Strong, by Linda Verweyen | Germany | 2025
EXPERIMENTAL
Best Film
Scattered Sea, by Lia Sáile | Germany | 2025
| Thematic Competition |
Best Film
Like a Spiral, by Lamia Chraibi | Canada, Morocco | 2024
Special Mention
The Guiding Light, by Cristina Rodríguez Paz | Spain | 2025
| XX Element Competition |
Best Film
ELVIRA NOTARI: BEYOND SILENCE, by Valerio Ciriaci | Italy, USA | 2025
Special Mention
Submarine, by Julien Hardy-Cardinal | Canada | 2024
| Women's Struggles and Rights Award |
Best Film
The Day Iceland Stood Still, by Pamela Hogan | Iceland, USA | 2024 | doc
Special Mention
Naima, by Anna Thommen | Switzerland | 2024 | doc
Special Mention
Bad Reputation, by Marta García & Sol Infante | Uruguay | 2024 | doc
| Women's Voice Award |
Best Film
Eu Queria ser Tudo, by Luísa Costa Pinto | Portugal | 2025 | doc
