Awards 2026
ZSIGMOND VILMOS MAIN AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
TO THE WEST, IN ZAPATA (Cuba-Spain)
DoP: David Bim
Director: David Bim
BEST FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILM AWARD:
SILENT FRIEND (France-Germany-Hungary)
DoP: Pálos Gergely
Director: Enyedi Ildikó
BEST SHORT FEATURE FILM AWARD:
VOICES FROM THE ABYSS (Mexico)
DoP: Eliott Reguera
Director: Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón
BEST SHORT FEATURE FILM SPECIAL MENTION:
PRIMO SANGUE (Italy)
DoP: Andrea Benjamin Manenti
Director: Antonio La Camera
BEST SHORT FEATURE FILM SPECIAL MENTION:
I USED TO CALL THAT MAN HOME (Mexico)
DoP: Melissa Nocetti
Director: Melissa Nocetti
BEST SHORT FEATURE FILM SPECIAL MENTION:
FAMILY SUNDAY (Mexico)
DoP: Ángel Jara Taboada
Director: Gerardo Del Razo
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
FAKIR (Czech Republic-Poland-Slovakia)
DoP: Michaela Hošková
Director: Roman Ďuriš
BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD:
6363: NEM VAGYOK NORMÁLIS!!! (Hungary)
DoP: Bálint Dániel
Director: Regős Ábel
SZEGED AWARD:
KURTÁG FRAGMENTS (Hungary)
DoP: Dobos Tamás, Vízkeleti Márton, Farkas Áron
Director: Nagy Dénes
VANTAGE VISION AND SPECIAL GRIP HUNGARY AWARD:
CS.KALOTAS | K6 FEAT. GENTLY DA SPITTAH’: NOTHING CAN SAVE ME (Hungary)
DoP: Garai Gabriel
Director: Juhász Péter
CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD:
FRAGMENTS FROM THE EAST (Spain-Turkey)
DoP: Vedat Oyan
Director: Erkan Yazici
CRITICS' CHOICE SPECIAL MENTION:
SILENT FRIEND (France-Germany-Hungary)
DoP: Pálos Gergely
Director: Enyedi Ildikó
STUDENT JURY AWARD:
BLUE HERON (Canada-Hungary)
DoP: Maya Bankovic
Director: Sophy Romvari
STUDENT JURY SPECIAL MENTION:
TO THE WEST, IN ZAPATA (Cuba-Spain)
DoP: David Bim
Director: David Bim
ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN FILM DIRECTORS (AHD) AWARD:
STARS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE (Hungary)
DoP: Bántó Csaba
Director: Olasz Renátó
ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN FILM DIRECTORS (AHD) SPECIAL MENTION:
LATER IN THE CLEARING (Hungary-Spain)
DoP: Tarkövi Márton
Director: Tarkövi Márton
HUNGARIAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION (HCA) AWARD:
EARTH AND IRON (Hungary)
DoP: Kovács Claudia, Lovasi Zoltán, Tóth Zsolt
Director: Buvári Tamás
POSTHUMOUS AWARD: Dobóczi Balázs DoP
SILENT ZONE (Hungary)
Awardees of ZSIFF essay competition:
1st place: Juhász Hanni
2nd place: Kovács Eszter Apolka
3rd place: Jakabffy Dóra
Awardee of ZSIFF video competition: Kojnok Áron
The video will be uploaded to ZSIFF’s YouTube-channel.
Congratulations to all the cinematographers and filmmakers!