The Awards Juries for FI-Lima have determined the following awards for the 2026 Festival!
Best In Fest
Best Feature Film – Making Megaforce
Best Featurette – Pierre West
Best Short Film – We Meet Again
Lo Mejor de Perú
Best Peruvian Film – Featurette – The Return of the Lifeblood
Best Peruvian Film – Short – The Last Play
Audience Awards
Best Feature Film – in my land, Carnival is religion
Best Featurette – Caesar’s Cache
Best Short Film – The Summoning
Grand Jury Awards
Best Acting – Experimental – fear, my sickness
Best Cinematography – Experimental – The Last Day
Best Cinematography – Feature Film – The River At The Bottom Of My Garden
Best Cinematography – Short Film – Roughing It
Best Cinematography – Featurette – Caesar’s Cache
Best Director – Feature Film – Bob Lindenmayer – Making Megaforce
Best Director – Short Film – IB Asanga – Soeur Celeste
Best Editing – Feature Film – Felix Chamberlain – Making Megaforce
Best Editing – Featurette – Arnold Sotomayor – The Return of the Lifeblood
Best Editing – Short Film – Tadeo Escalante – Break Out
Best Feature – Documentary – The River At The Bottom Of My Garden
Best Featurette – Arthouse – FUTURE OF ART
Best Featurette – Comedy – TV Man
Best Featurette – Documentary – PATOU: In Black & White
Best Featurette – Horror – The Return of the Lifeblood
Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – Bob Lindenmayer – Making Megaforce
Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Tomas Hartwig – Pierre West
Best Lead Performer – Short – Maria Olga Matte – EL MONSTRUO DE LA FORTUNA
Best Music Video – The Big Picture
Best Performance by a Duo – Richard Riehle & Vernon Wells – We Meet Again
Best Performance by Cast – Comedy – Break Out
Best Production Design – Feature Film – Making Megaforce
Best Production Design – Featurette – THE MIRROR PARAJANOV
Best Production Design – Short Film – Hey Alexa
Best Series/Pilot – Rule of Three
Best Short – Animation – Lifted
Best Short – Arthouse – Boulevard de la mort
Best Short – Comedy – Lou
Best Short – Dance – Psyche
Best Short – Documentary – Holding It Together
Best Short – Drama – Dark Matter
Best Short – Horror – Long Time, No See
Best Short – SciFi – Hey Alexa
Best Song – Chavela Vargas – “Volver, Volver” – Becoming Chavela
Best Sound Design – Feature Film – Rodrigo Resende Coutinho – in my land, Carnival is religion
Best Sound Design – Featurette – Caesar’s Cache
Best Sound Design – Short Film – Hope
Best Soundtrack – PATOU: In Black & White
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Barry Bostwick – Making Megaforce
Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Jona Zeschke – Caesar’s Cache
Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – Cesar Rengifo Salazar – The Last Play
Best Writing – Feature Film – Documentary – Cambia Tu Vida, Chico – Una Vida en DEGASE
Best Writing – Short – Drama – The Choice
Best Writing – Featurette – Documentary – Plainspoken
Best Writing – Short – Animation – Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire
Filmmakers Awards
Oustanding Performance by a Duo – Short – The White Shoes
Outstanding Cinematography – Short – Whispers
Outstanding Editing – Short – Drama – Soeur Celeste
Outstanding Feature – Documentary – Cambia Tu Vida, Chico – Una Vida en DEGASE
Outstanding Featurette – Documentary – DIG DEEPER
Outstanding Featurette – Documentary – THE MIRROR PARAJANOV
Outstanding Lead Performance – Short – One Last Breath
Outstanding Music Video – Beautiful Day
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – ALLURE
Outstanding Performance – Comedy – Short – Sasquatch Roommate
Outstanding performance by Cast – Short – Fairy God Bro
Outstanding Peruvian Film – Short – fear, my sickness
Outstanding Peruvian Film – Short – Ananias
Outstanding Short – Animation – Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire
Outstanding Short – Arthouse – The Last Day
Outstanding Short – Comedy – Becoming Chavela
Outstanding Short – Documentary – The Long Road Home
Outstanding Short – Drama – The Choice
Outstanding Short – Drama – Butcher
Outstanding Short – Horror – Hope
Outstanding Short – SciFi – The Power of Ink
Outstanding Writing – Documentary – Every Line Becomes A Circle
Outstanding Writting – Short – Drama – Fleeing Shadows
Award Definitions/Explanations
Best In Fest – Determined by the festival’s official selection committee.
Lo mejor de Perú – Determined by the festival’s official selection committee to honor films from our home nation of Perú.
Audience Awards – Determined by highly scientific instruments to measure audience satisfaction.
Grand Jury Awards – Determined by the festival’s official selection committee.
Filmmakers Awards – Determined by a panel of alumni filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections at our cousin festivals FI-Los Angeles and Sherman Oaks Film Festival.