10th EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature Film Once Upon a Time in Gaza (France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal 2025) by Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Best Documentary Feature Film
Aiming to the Top – Accra Underground  (Turkey 2024) by Orçun Behram
Special Jury Award
Hani  (China, Japan 2024) by Dasheng Hou
Best Narrative Short Film Bartogay Lake  (France, Kazhkstan 2025) by Katya Mokolo 
Honourable Mention: I won’t Cry Tomorrow  (Egypt 2024) by Mohamed Mahmoud
Best Documentary Short Film
Mukunan Apprentice Shaman (Brazil 2025) by Rodrigo Sena
Best Animated Short Film
Immigrant (Iran 2025) by Nilram Ranjbar
Best Experimental Short Film
Bottleneck (Brazil, Portugal 2025) by Anna Zêpa, Carlos Segundo
Best Student Film
(Ex Aequo) Cats (Switzerland 2025) by Danilo Stanimirović / Daydreaming (Poland 2025) by Aleksandra Szczyrek
Best Innovative Production Heaven to Know You (United Kingdom 2024) by Philip H J Gay
Best Sussex Production Charlie Shaw’s Revenge (United Kingdom 2026) by John Langridge
Chris Leach Film Award How to Save a Life (United Kingdom 2025) by Henry Worsley