The Llorona Award Winners | Guatemala Film Week 2026

The Llorona Award · 2026

LIFE IS

Director Lorena Villarreal

International Feature Film Best Mexican Female Director

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KAYA (ᜃᜌ)

Director Isabel Lamers

International Short Film Best Filipino Director

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Minuteman Volunteer

Director Marcos Rivera Muñoz

International Short Film Prix de la Meilleure Ópera Prima

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Bone Keeper

Director Howard J. Ford

International Feature Film Best British Director

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The Key

Director Viktor Dénes

International Short Film Best Hungarian Director

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The Soothsayer & the Jaguar

Directors Paula Mora, Juancho Otalvaro

International Documentaries Best Documentary

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Film Noir

Director Rodrigo Pires

International Short Film Best Brazilian Director

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RING RING

Director Adrian León

International Fantasy Short Film Best Spanish Director

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The Cortege

Director Gerardo García-León Aguilar

International Short Film Best Mexican Director

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Erogenesis

Director Xandra Popescu

International Sci-Fi Short Film Best International Female Director

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The Nemesis

Director Zin Atas

International Short Film Best Turkish Director

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Bad Luck

Directors Jan Eilhardt, tanzbar_bremen

International Short Film Best LGBT Director

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OLIVE

Director Tom Koch

International Short Film Best French Director

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SEXTO PRESAGIO

Actress Maria Josee Mancilla Cojulun

GRAND JURY SPECIAL PRIZE, awarded through the combined decision of the audience and the International Jury of The Llorona Award, for her outstanding performance in the feature film Sexto Presagio, presented Out of Competition at Guatemala Film Week 2026. Prix de la Meilleure Actrice

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SEXTO PRESAGIO

Actress Maria Ivanova

GRAND JURY SPECIAL PRIZE for her outstanding performance in the feature film Sexto Presagio, presented Out of Competition at Guatemala Film Week 2026. Prix de la Meilleure Révélation Féminine

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Court Circuit

Director Adrien Lhoste

International Animated Film Best Animation Director

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FEATHER

Director Felipe Valério

International A.I. Artificial Intelligence Film Best A.I. Artificial Intelligence Director

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