Awards, winners’ list and editorials 2018-2026
AWARDS & JURY
4 awards will be presented:
1. 2026 AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL CAREER
The purpose of this award is to recognize the work of women professionals in our country. It is awarded upon the recommendation of the festival’s
Selection Committee and consists of:
- A jewel award designed by the renowned designer Chus Burés.
2. OFFICIAL SECTION. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2026.
Award to the Best International Film 2026 at the Films by Women Madrid Festival.
The award consists of:
- Free Your Mind Award: 4K color grading for 3 weeks at the Místika digital cinema suite at Free Your Mind, valued at €30,000, for the winning director’s next feature film.
- Subtitula’m Award: The creation of a DCP in the original version with Spanish subtitles by the company Subtitula’m, valued at €1,000.
3. OFFICIAL SECTION. SPANISH COMPETITION 2026.
Award to the Best Spanish Film 2026 at the Films by Women Madrid Festival.
The award consists of:
- EFD Studios ES Award: € 30,000 in co-production support with EFD StudiosEFD Studios, consisting of the rental of filmmaking equipment for the award-winning director's next production.
4. AWARD TO A NEW DIRECTOR 2026. Award to the first or second feature film of a new Spanish director.
The award consists of:
- Baturu Award: A one-month creative residency in Bangkok, courtesy of the Baturu Festival, including round-trip airfare (economy class), an apartment (30 days), and a daily allowance (1,000 baht per day).
- RC Service Award: €3,000 in discounts on film equipment rental, courtesy of RC Service for the award-winning director’s next production.
Winners’ List 2018-2025
Editorials 2018-2026
Editorial to the 2025 edition
Small and medium-sized film festivals: an important link in the Spanish audiovisual ecosystem.
This text is dedicated to the very rich ecosystem of small or medium-sized film festivals, – niche, generalist or thematic – competitions, exhibitions or film panoramas that have been taking pl…
Editorial to the 2024 edition
Women, a majority minority
Throughout the months that elapse between one edition and the next, we read texts, sentences and comments by authors and journalists who always challenge us... They inspire us to write... this editorial. Here are some quotes that should be engraved with a chisel on stone…
Editorial to the 2022 edition
Equality as an objective and excellence by flag: five years of the Madrid Film Festival for Women
When we launched the festival five years ago, we had two clear intentions: we would try to show every year the great wealth and variety of the cinematography directed by women and we would only…
Editorial to the 2021 edition
Great women movie director: they exist indeed!
2020 was a disastrous year for humanity from all points of view, but especially for global health and global economy. The film industry has been particularly affected, with the stoppage of shooting, poor box office results and the consolidation of new…
Editorial to the 2020 edition
Seeing differently, with or without COVID 19
The Sustainable Development Goal 5 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda is "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls". Thus, parity is a human right and a duty of humanity everywhere in the world and in all spheres of life. This is a complex…
Editorial to the 2019 edition
It's our momentum!
The time has come... and if socially the perception of things is the sum of the particular considerations of many people, we understand why many media designated 2018 as the Year of Women.
The situation of social effervescence that we are experiencing after the globalisation of…
Editorial to the 2018 edition
Women were present in the history of cinema from the very first minute: just look at the factory workers' exit filmed by Louis Lumière in 1895, where two shifts of men, women and children crossed paths at the factory gates. At that time, Alice Guy-Blaché was twenty-two years old and perhaps already…
