Bali International Film Festival

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Celebrate cinema that moves, challenges, and inspires you long after the credits roll.

Balinale’s 2026

Winning Films

  • Best Narrative Feature

    Aisha Can’t Fly Away

    Morad Mostafa

    (Egypt)

  • Special Jury Award

    The Rain Won’t Let Us Fly

    Ignacio Marín & Rubén Díez

    (Spain)

  • Best Documentary Feature

    The Designer Is Dead

    Gonzalo Hergueta

    (Spain)

  • Committee Choice Award

    Grappling Grace

    Alexander Kiehl & Misha Novak

    (United Kingdom)

  • Committee Choice Award

    Death Drive

    Eolgul PARK

    (South Korea)

  • Best Short Film

    The Tuners

    Pawel Chorzepa

    (Poland)

  • Best Short Animation

    Lifetime Warranty

    Daniel Lobos

    (Chile)

  • Gary L Hayes Award for Emerging Indonesia Filmmaker

    Sound Of Silence

    Indonesia

    (Gavrila Angelina)

  • Special Jury Award

    Close Your Eyes Hind

    Amir Zaza

    (Netherlands)

  • Tapestry of Indonesia – Best Short Indonesia Film

    Amazing Fantastic Extraordinary People

    Nadina Habsjah & Yusgunawan Marto

    (Indonesia)

  • Best Short Narrative

    Ali

    Adnan Al Rajeev

    (Bangladesh, Philippines)

Balinale (Bali International Film Festival) proudly announces that it has been officially approved as an Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival for Best Short Film.

Oscar recognition celebrates our past accomplishments and is a commitment to our future. It significantly boosts the festival’s prominence and our ability to showcase films that celebrate stories from Indonesia and worldwide. It also provides filmmakers with a platform to gain recognition, find new opportunities, and obtain a broader audience.

Deborah Gabinetti
Balinale’s Founder

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BALINALE WINNER 2025, OSCAR® NOMINATED 2026

As an Oscar® Qualifying Festival, winners of the Balinale Short Film Competition may now be eligible for consideration for the Oscar® competition for Best Short Film. Link to the official Academy’s qualifying and eligibility rules

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Creativity in Motion

Through partnerships with institutions like The Juilliard School and Institute Seni Indonesia, Bali, alongside Balinale’s Creative Arts Indonesia Foundation initiatives, we empower aspiring filmmakers at every stage of their journey. Our commitment to education extends beyond the festival week but is embedded in everything we do from student workshops, affiliated programs, and school discussions.

Guestbook

  • Thank you Balinale for the warmth and for giving Sound Of Silence a place among so many inspiring films! We’re incredibly grateful for everyone we crossed paths with along the way.
    Gavrila Angelina
    Sound of Silence, Gary L Hayes Winner 2026
  • Wonderful news! Thank you for showing my film, Bali means a lot to me!
    Julian Rosefeldt
    Euphoria, Balinale 2026 Opening Film
  • I’m honoured that Balinale will be showing my new film, The Revolution Against Death.
    Joshua Oppenheimer
    “The End” Balinale 2026 Closing Film