24th Dhaka International Film Festival
Award 2026

Audience Award
Drained by Dreams
Dir: Shekh Al Mamun
Country: Bangladesh, South Korea

Best Audience Award

Shi Jie Ri Chu SHI (All Quiet at Sunrise)
Dir: Xin Zhu
Country: China

Best Children Film Badal Rahman Award
Qingtong & Kuihua
Dir: Chen Kunhou
Country: China

Women Filmmakers Section –

Special Mention Award
Sa Likod Ng Tsapa (Beneath the Badge)
Dir: Editha Caduaya
Country: Philippines

Best Documentary Film

Little Syria
Dir: Madalina Rosca & Reem Karssli
Country: Germany, Portugal, Romania

Best Fiction Film Award

Chistii list (From Scratch)
Dir: Polina Kondrateva
Country: Russia

Best Director
Zhetinchy Ai (The Seventh Month)
Dir: Aizada Bekbalaeva (Aizada Amangeldy)
Country: Kyrgyzstan

Spiritual Film Section –

Special Mention Award
I Lay for You to Sleep
Dir: Ali Al Hajri
Country: Qatar  

Best Documentary Film
The Guardian of  Stories
Dir: Claudia Bellasi & Markus Steiner Ender
Country: Italy, Laos, Spain
 

Best Fiction Film
Ingan Chogeodae Algorijeum: The Movie (A Vast Algorithm of Humanity: The Movie)
Dir: Younguee Yoo
Country: South Korea







Asian Film Competition Section

Special Mention Award to the child Actor

Abdullah Abdulrahimzadehin

Mohi Dar Shast (Fish on The Hook)
Dir: Muhiddin Muzaffar
Country: Tajikistan, Iran

Best Script writers
Dastan Madaliev &
Aizada Bekbalaeva

OT (Burning)
Dir: Radik Eshimov
Country: Kyrgyzstan

Best Cinematography
 Jolanta Dylewska
Abel
Dir: Elzat Eskendir
Country: Kazakhstan

Best Actor
Mr. Yerlan Tuleutay

Abel
Dir: Elzat Eskendir
Country: Kazakhstan

Best Actress
Ms. Fariba Naderi
Shohar-E Setareh (The Husband)
Dir: Ebrahim Irajzad
Country: Iran

Best Director
Mr. Emin Afandiyev
Tənha Insanin Monoloqu (A Lonely Person’s Monologue)
Dir: Emin Afandiyev
Country: Azerbaijan

Best Film Award
Kurak
Dir: Erke Dzhumakmatova & Emil Atageldiev
Country: Kyrgyzstan

Bangladesh Panorama Talent Section
2nd Runner-Up
Ishpite
Dir: Abir Ferdous Mukhar
Country: Bangladesh
1st Runner-Up
Dhet!
Dir: Ummid Ashraf
Country: Bangladesh

FIPRESCI Bangladesh Award
What if
Dir: Tanha Tabassum
Country: Bangladesh

Bangladesh Panorama Full Length Section

FIPRESCI Bangladesh Award
The University of Chankharpul
Dir: Monirul Haque
Country:  Bangladesh