"AMRUM", AWARD FOR BEST FILM AT THE BCN FILM FEST 2026

Barcelona, April 24, 2026

"AMRUM", by Fatih Akin, has won the BEST FILM AWARD at the tenth edition of the Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival (BCN FILM FEST). The new film by Fatih Akin, who has attended the festival in recent days, is a historical drama about a boy’s coming of age on the German island of Amrum at the end of World War II.

The FULL AWARDS LIST OF THE BCN FILM FEST 2026 is as follows:

BEST FILM AWARD

“AMRUM”

by Fatih Akin

LA VANGUARDIA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Damiano Michieletto

for “Primavera”

BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD

Janicke Askevold, Jørgen Færøy Flasnes, Mads Stegger

for “Solomamma”

BEST ACTRESS AWARD

Lisa Loven Kongsli

for “Solomamma”

*Mention for performances to Jasper Billerbeck (“ Amrum”) and Katerina Falbrová (“Broken Voices”)

BEST ACTOR AWARD

Reda Kateb

for “The Perfect Copy”

*Mention for performance to Jasper Billerbeck (“Amrum”) and Katerina Falbrová (“Broken Voices”)

BEST EDITING AWARD

Walter Fasano

for “Primavera”

CASTELL DE PERALADA FESTIVAL AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC

Belén A. Doroste

for “Por qué no escribo nada.”

CRITICS’ AWARD (ACCEC)

“Solomamma”

by Janicke Askevold

NOUS TALENTS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

“Hi ha un forat a terra”  by Harper FX Barcelona Film School

Special Mention: “Dissection of an Incoherence in Crisis” by Nausica Serra (ESCAC)

The festival welcomed more than 23,000 attendees and featured Joaquim Oristrell, Àngels Gonyalons, and Miki Esparbé as the Official Jury.

“We are very pleased to see how this cultural spring at the Verdi has unfolded. It is spectacular to witness the enthusiastic response from the audience to the great programming effort of an inspiring festival, deeply rooted in the city and its calendar. We have celebrated cinema, as we had set out to do, in this chain of anniversaries that presented themselves to us, combining talents and perspectives. We close an edition that has been one of recognition and that strengthens our bond with the audience and with Barcelona,” said Conxita Casanovas, director of the BCN FILM FEST.

“AMRUM”, by Fatih Akin, has won the BEST FILM AWARD at the tenth edition of the Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival (BCN FILM FEST). The new film by Fatih Akin, who has attended the festival in recent days, is a historical drama about a boy’s coming of age on the German island of Amrum at the end of World War II.

The BCN FILM FEST 2026 has featured:

• 90 films, including 19 world premieres, 1 international premiere, 21 Spanish premieres, and 19 Catalan premieres.
   
• 44 presentations and Q&A sessions with talent, including, among others, Willem Dafoe, Fatih Akin, Arantxa Echevarría, Albert Serra, Damiano Michieletto, Jean-Paul Salomé, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Emma Vilarasau, José Luis Garci, Lolita, Carlos Cuevas, Hombres G, María Valverde, Janicke Askevold, and Rémi Bezançon, among others.
   
• Parallel activities across the festival’s different venues, including:

BCN FILM FEST PRO with different industry and training activities:

• Cinema Talks by ESCAC: 2 talks, “Intimacy Coordination in Film and Theatre Training Centres” and “Sound Design”.
   
• Screenwriters and Industry Day: 2 panel discussions, “Diversity in Fiction: from stories to the teams that make them possible” and “Editing and Screenwriting”.
   
• Presentation of the LAAB 2025/2026 projects.

GRUP 62 AUTHORS’ MEETING: with the participation of Màrius Serra, Empar Moliner, Agnès Marquès, and Cesc Cornet.

SCREENING OF “HOMENATGE A CATALUNYA” at the Ateneu Barcelonès.

• 8 venues of the Festival: Cines Verdi, CaixaForum, Casa Seat, Filmoteca de Catalunya, Institut Français, Ateneu Barcelonès, Biblioteca Jaume Fuster, and Teatre Principal de Vilanova i la Geltrú.

The eleventh edition of the BCN FILM FEST will take place from April 15 to 22, 2027.