Third POETIC CINEMA  FESTIVAL

AWARD WINNERS 2026

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Happy Mother’s Day

Directors Isabella Sperotto, Mariana Mello

in Best photography

Brazil

 

That Thursday

Director Jacek Kadaj

in Short

Poland

 

The Limits of Math

Director John D. Scott

in Poetry clip

United States

 

THE RIVER'S SONG

Director Pierre MATHIOTE

in Best Documentary

France

 

SVEVA CAETANI: RECAPITULATION - A JOURNEY

Director Heidi Thompson

in Best Movie

Canada

 

PASOLINEIDE - the Roman adventure of Pier Paolo Pasolini (eng)

Director Mauro Paracini

in Best Biography

Italy

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​OFFICIAL SELECTION - July 2026​

 

Grizzly Jim

Director Richard Guthrie

United Kingdom

 

BoomShakaMaga

Director Jim Hall

France

 

Vasco da Gama - The Infinite Sea

Director Cláudio Jordão

Portugal

 

Glazed

Director Lídia MELLO Codo

Brazil

 

EMPATHY REHEARSALS

Director Jacopo Cullin

Italy

 

NOW Again - Part Two

Director Richard Philpott

United Kingdom

 

The Limits of Math

Director John D. Scott

United States

 

SURVIVE

Director Brandon Tatum

United States

 

Blindness

Directors Yghor Boy, Maria Thais

Brazil

 

POETRIX

Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou

Greece

 

Moabit XXVIII

Director Ian Charles Lister

Italy

 

I was here

Directors José Crúzio, Martin Gerigk

Germany, Portugal

 

That Thursday

Director Jacek Kadaj

Poland

 

Amour Propre

Director Marcia Marie Moore

United States

 

 

Hair Trails

Directors Sirel Heinloo, Einar Lints

Estonia

 

The Gouge

Director Alexandre Amado

Portugal

 

Trumpet Player

Director Felino Dolloso

Australia

 

The Coming Tomorrow

Director Bubba Winkelspecht

United States

 

The Fate of Cysalion

Director Marc Blasweiler

Germany

 

Alpha Macro

Directors Mark Nielson, Ryan Gilmer

United States

 

Neelu

Director Ankur Verma

India

 

Rose

Submitter Ilysa Spencer

United States

 

Happy Mother’s Day

Directors Isabella Sperotto, Mariana Mello

Brazil

 

Your future kingdom

Director Thomas Clavreul

France

 

Aaron Crest vs Medusa * 2026

Director Algis Kemezys

Canada

 

Water Star Medicine (5min)

Director MESA

 

Inside the booth

Director Baptiste MARTIN-BONNAIRE

France

 

Of Walking In Rain

Director Alessandro Streccioni

Italy

 

Tremolo Album Cover

Submitter Ahmadreza Safarian

 

Love Mirrors

Director PABLO TREHIN-MARCOT

France

 

The Fruit of Decadence

Director Elena Motiejunaite

 

LA BUONA EDUCAZIONE

Director Domenico De Ceglia

Italy

 

Ghost Chair: a concept film to move the soul!

Director Nancy Paradis

in Best photographyUnited States

 

Diasporics 2

Director Ana Clara Gomes

Brazil

 

Mamas' Boys

Director Rob Kutner

United States

 

King David's Blues

Director Rob Kutner

United States

 

The Cure

Director Trix StarT

United Kingdom

 

Frequencies

Directors Nikolaos Hatzisaccidis, Michalis Apostolakis, Feyyaz Bayram

Greece

 

RiverRiver

Director Tim A Folkmann

Canada

 

I have no place to cry

Director Fady Jeanbart

United States

 

Pinturas Urbanas

Directors Pedro Nunes Vieira, Marcelo Cinelli

Brazil

 

Ashen Legacy

Directors Pedro Vieira, Marcos Pereira Firmino

Brazil

 

Portraits of the Untold Faces of the Unseen

Submitter Sevenskies Distribution

Iran

 

Syntax in Space

Director Fabiane Kemmann

Germany

 

Feminine Singular

Director Dorian Shine

Argentina

 

CATOPTRICS

Directors Egzona, Dave Lojek

Germany

 

I must care about the environment

Director Sherree Dawn Halliwell

Australia

 

Disconnected

Director Piyush Prashant Chavan

United Kingdom

 

Don Quixote's Quest

Director Algis Kemezys

Canada

 

We Shook the Sun

Director Remco Merbis

United Kingdom

 

Back To Omaha

Director SCOTT WEST

United States

 

The Blue Rose

Director Tijuana Layne

Canada

 

A crowd

Director Orwa Alahmad

France, Norway, Syrian Arab Republic

 

The Sweetest Goodbye

Director Emily Schooley

Canada

 

We Shook the Sun

Director Remco Merbis

United Kingdom

 

A Grim Tale: Fill-Ups Funhouse

Director Jake Frazer

Australia

 

Pinball COMEDY

Director Anthony Crescenzo

 

Folie à Famille

Director Alex Sereno

Spain

 

Lady Sakura

Director Alex Sereno

Spain

 

TO HER

Director Kevin NGO

France

 

TENDER CLARITY – The Poetry of Armindo Trevisan

Director Caio Amon

Brazil

 

The Butterfly Keeper

Director Guy Mayfield

United States

 

Nothing about you scares me / Nic mnie w tobie nie przeraża

Director Justyna Nowak

Poland

 

Impacted

Director John Myrick

United States

 

Case 076

Directors Moises Suarez, Javier Carreon

Mexico

 

Through in Between

Director Chase Bradburn

United States

 

Shadow

Directors Manyu Dubbyreddy, Nilaksh Sujayakumar

United States

 

For You

Director RAGHUNATH N B

India

 

NAME TAG

Director Kent Kay

United States

 

Swallowing Loop

Directors Ivan Law, Monching Lin

Hong Kong

             

 

Eyes On Us

Director Lisa Spencer (llysa)

Argentina

 

ANDREA- ANXIETY/PANIC

Director Simona Mancini

Italy

 

The Answer to Forever

Director Zheng Yunchang

China

             

 

 

Ms. Granny- That day will come! (Grannybai X Mummybai)

Director Sonal Jamkhedkar

India

 

The Third Dream

Submitter Mohammadhossein Nikzad

Iran

 

The Fate of Cysalion

Director Marc Blasweiler

Germany

 

The Prayer

Director Alexandra Kumala

Indonesia, United States

 

The One Beyond, The One Within

Director İbrahim Evin

Türkiye

 

Wonderfully_____10m_eng

Director Vittorio Caratozzolo

Italy

 

NewNew

 

1000 O

Director Barbara Peikert

Switzerland

 

Bad Boy

Director Teodora Zamfirescu

Canada

 

ESO NO RIMA (THAT DOESN´T RHYME)

Director Roberto Villafane

Panama

 

Craftswomen (Μαστόρισσες)

Director Gabriella Gerolemou

Greece

 

Twilight of the Oak

Director Mohammad Abedi

Iran

 

Name AYINEH

Director Siavash Nasri

Iran

 

Oblivion

Director Amir Mehdi Tavakolian

Iran

 

LEGACY

Director Amirmehdi Tavakolian

Iran

 

A Weird Dream

Director İrfan KAYAŞ

Türkiye

 

BLACK BEAR

Director Gabrielle Davenport

United States

 

Zombie

Director Lisa Margot Spencer

United States

 

Bad Syne

Director Lisa Spencer

United States

 

You're not a Fool, Grandpa

Director Adrien Lhoste

France

 

Statico

Director Juan Carlos Hernandez

United States

 

Clown 345

Director Juan Carlos Hernandez

United States

 

A Simple Ad

Director Juan Carlos Hernandez

United States

 

Happy May Day

Director An Vedi

Russian Federation

 

A Beginning for the Final Songs of a River

Director Meysam Oghbaei

Germany, Iran

 

Dance of The Dead (Animated Poem)

Director AJ Spencer

             

 

 

The Infinity Beyond the Void

Director Lucas Marques

Brazil

 

An Afternoon Tea Recital

Director Ayşe Çelikkaya

Türkiye

 

STOP LIGHT MOON

Director Robert Benson Edgar

United States

             

 

 

only traces of me here

Director Anne Ciecko

United States

 

GENESIS

Director XU JINGXUAN

France

 

In Need of Seawater

Director Richard Yeagley

United States

 

Limbed

Director Anjali Pulim

United States

 

The Soldier

Director Gian Majidi

Finland

 

SVEVA CAETANI: RECAPITULATION - A JOURNEY

Director Heidi Thompson

Canada

 

Where the Edge Meets the Sea

Director Keven Siegert

Ireland

 

KNOWING

Director Erika E. Wade

United States

 

Cinema Kawakeb

Director Mahmoud Massad

Jordan, Palestine, State of, Qatar

 

A Visit

Director Ayang Gao

China

 

The Light House

Director Bahareh Amidi

United States

 

Dearly Beloved

Director Rasheed Hasan Joseph Palacio

Belize

 

The sign of Power

Director Šarlota Ema Horáčková

 

Duelo

Director Sebastian Barnes

Argentina

 

Absolut

Director Caroline Rumley

United States

 

Crossing Paths

Director Rebecca Goldsmith

United Kingdom

 

Birth of a Nation

Director João Viana

Angola, Portugal

 

REGRESA

Directors Irina VELEZ CRESPO, David GELAY, Mostafa BELBACHA

Belgium

 

el flujo de las sombras

Director Hing Tsang

 

WHY-EEELA

Director Ian Gibbins

Australia

 

DEADEYE

Director Ian Gibbins

Australia

 

Love

Director Olga Polukhina

Italy

 

 

PASOLINEIDE - the Roman adventure of Pier Paolo Pasolini (eng)

Director Mauro Paracini

Italy

 

The Passing

Directors Sean Boyle, Donal O'Dea

Ireland

 

Project Saudade

Directors Ragroller Studio, Ragroller Studio

United States

             

 

 

The Book's Dream

Director Asli Atasoy

Türkiye

 

ENESCU, skinned alive

Director Toma Enache

Romania

 

A Travel Checklist

Director Shaghayegh Yassemi

 

Mercy

Director Philip Szporer

Canada

 

Conejita

Director steven fried

United States

 

Dark Circles

Director Suswana Chowdhury

United States

 

Of Stone

Director Simo Ilić

Serbia

 

The Deep Dive

Director Blair Murphy

United States

 

Now & Then: Notes from a Fragmented Life

Directors Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran

 

Read-only memory (Mémoire morte)

Directors Catherine Côté-Moïsescu, Jonathan Asselin, Le Zoo Cinema

Canada

 

Diving into the Wreck

Director Michael Maurissens

Germany

             

 

Undecided

Jul 27, 2025

 

To Hold

Director Peter Whittenberger

in Short

United States

 

Cycles of Love Framed by Risks of War/ Ciclos de amor enmarcados por riesgos de guerra

Director finn harvor

South Korea

 

Ogre Reduction

Director omorikenichi omorikenichi.film

Japan

 

Falling Under

Submitter Emily Kathleen

 

Judas

Director Natasha Gudermane

France, Latvia

 

Tell me what foot you're dancing on

Director Philippe Ménard

France

 

Welcome to the Tenderloin

Director Paul Ghusar

United States

 

Diversity Plaza

Director Kesang Tseten

Nepal

 

Shrapnel

Director Víctor Rodolfo Jiménez

Cuba

 

Paperheart

Director Kristina Sarkyte

Italy

 

Faim Project

Director Pablo Sebastian Masello

Argentina

 

Semitjov - Dreams for a Better World

Director Micke Engström

Sweden

 

Chanting of the Dunes

Director Mokhless Al-Hariri

United States

 

Starborn

Director Starry Venus

United States

 

DYNAMICS

Director Teo Baehler

 

THE RIVER'S SONG

Director Pierre MATHIOTE

France

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• WINNING FILMS

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• Maria's Silence

• Director cesare bedogne

• Best Short

• Italy

•  

•  

• Sumarsólstöður

• Director Amélie Ravalec

• Finalist in Short Movies

• France

•  

• Ice Breath

• Director Leonard Alecu

• Semi-finalist in Short Movies

• Romania

•  

• Sounds Of Life

• Director Wael Najjar

• Best Poetry clip

• Lebanon

•  

• ICARIA

• Director CLARISA PEREZ SPILLMANN

• Finalist in Poetry clip

• Argentina

•  

• Memento Vivere

• Director Mallory Grolleau

• in Best Movie

• France

•  

• Ice Breath

• Director Leonard Alecu

• in Best photography

• Romania

•  

• Who but When, How

• Director Yehuda Sharim

• in Best Documentary

• United States

•  

• The Gospel According to Parajanov

• Director Vivyen Bastajyan

• in Best Biography

• Armenia

•  

• Maldito Baudekaire

• Editor Dan Morales

• In Best Edition

• Argentina

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• OFFICIAL SELECTION - JUNE 2025

•  

• Has Been / Never Was

• Director M.S. Kerr

• United States

•  

• Le Portrait

• Submitter Manav Menon

• France

•  

• ICARIA

• Director CLARISA PEREZ SPILLMANN

• Argentina

•  

• MALDITO BAUDELAIRE

• Director Gustavo Coletti

• in Short

•  

• Love Story Cinema Told in Works of Art

• Director Giuseppina De Luca

• Italy

•  

• Sounds Of Life

• Director Wael Najjar

• Lebanon

•  

• Artemis Jampanoï

• Director Ornella Pacchioni

• France

•  

• 7x4

• Director Alexander Sinkevich

• Belarus

•  

• THE MAN OF THE TREES

• Director ANDREA TRIVERO

• Italy

•  

• Everyone Wants A Tight Pussy

• Director Sofia Auza

• Canada

•  

• Dixie

• Director Caroline Rumley

• United States

•  

• Aviary

• Director Mary Russell

• United States, United States

•  

• Travels

• Director Jonas Grube

• Germany, Greece

•  

• The Second Coming Act. 1 The New for the Old

• Director Jean Carlos Díaz Sepúlveda

• Puerto Rico

•  

• FOOTPRINTS

• Director Manu Sobral

• Brazil

•  

• The Reach

• Director Luca Caserta

• Italy

•  

• FREEDOM OF SPEECH: GIORDANO BRUNO

• Director Ottar Ormstad

• Norway

•  

• Pharmacy Museum Tour, New Orleans

• Directors Andy Young, Simsim Hegazzi

• United States

•  

• Life Path

• Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou

• Greece

•  

• Has Been / Never Was

• Director M.S. Kerr

• United States

•  

• The Gospel According to Parajanov

• Director Vivyen Bastajyan

• Armenia

•  

• Move On

• Director Tomias Dagicour

• United States

•  

• THE DIAMETER OF THE ABYSS

• Director Gustavo Coletti

• Argentina

•  

• Lettre à ma fille

• Director Michael Maurissens

• Benin

•  

• Ice Breath

• Director Leonard Alecu

• Romania

•  

• Found Poetry. Four Verses

• Director Dmytro Bondarchuk

• Ukraine

•  

• Who but When, How

• Director Yehuda Sharim

• United States

•  

• Reparaciones

• Director Y(E)S

• United States

•  

• La Langue

• Director Béla Baptiste

• United States

•  

•  

• The Hundred Years’ Binge/Our Current Predicament (Spanish subtitled version)

• Directors Pameal Falkenberg, Jack Cochran

• United States

•  

• Eve's Ribs Lilith's Lungs

• Submitter Judy Steele

• United States

•  

• El Almuerzo

• Director Denis Paz

• Guatemala

•  

• Four Word Play Away

• Director Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer

• United States

•  

• God's Favour, Anne

• Director Suzie Hanna

• United Kingdom

•  

• Her Eye

• Director Jules van Hulst

• Netherlands

•  

• Deconstructing Beijing

• Director Pablo Tréhin-Marçot

• France

•  

• What is Love?

• Directors Martina Herzog, Reinhard J. Steiner

• Switzerland

•  

• Purple Cat

• Director Josua Graf

• Germany

•  

• Memento Vivere

• Director Mallory Grolleau

• France

•  

• Beside Myself

• Director H. Paul Moon

• United States, United States

•  

• Just me

• Director Ishvar Krishnan

• India

•  

• Why didn't you tell me?

• Director Ishvar Krishnan

• India

•  

• Maria's Silence

• Director cesare bedogne

• Italy

•  

• The Woman And The Cross

• Director Arno Oehri

• Liechtenstein

•  

• Elena's poem of happiness

• Director Elena Truuts

• Estonia

• ​

• Sumarsólstöður

• Director Amélie Ravalec

• France

• ​

• Flight / Vuelo (English with Spanish subtitles)

• Director sarah tremlett

• United Kingdom

•  

• Let everything here be grounded

• Directors Sara Eelen, Bas Schaevers

• Belgium

•  

• POOVU (FLOWER)

• Directors Anish Babu Abbas, Binoy George

• India

•  

• Making Something

• Director Timothy Moore

• Canada

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• Event Date

• June 7, 2025

ARTE VIVO

San Martin 510

Buenos Aires, Argentina.