Jornal da Mostra

During its two weeks, the 49th São Paulo International Film Festival screened 373 titles from 80 countries, in 52 cinemas, cultural venues and CEUs throughout the city of São Paulo.

On the evening of 30 October, at a ceremony held in the Sala Petrobras na Mostra, a space specially set up at the Cinemateca Brasileira for the festival, the winners of this edition were announced.

The Jury of the Mostra chose the winners from among the 12 films in the New Directors Competition that received the most votes from the public during the first week of the 49th Mostra

The Audience Award and Critics' Prize were also handed out, in addition to the Netflix Prize, Brada Prize, Abraccine Prize and Paradiso Prize, as well the Prisma Queer Prize. 

See the full list of winners below

Jury Prize | Best Film
“The President’s Cake”, by Hasan Hadi (Iraq, USA, Qatar)

Special Jury Prize
“DJ Ahmet”, by Georgi M. Unkovski (North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia)

Jury Prize | Honorable Mention
“Dance of the Living” (“La Lucha”), by Jose Alayón (Spain, Colombia)

Jury Prize | Best Performance
Doha Ramadan in the film “Happy Birthday”, by Sarah Goher (Egypt)

Audience Award | Best Brazilian Fiction
“Sistermaids” (“Criadas”), by Carol Rodrigues (Brazil)

Audience Award | Best Brazilian Documentary
“Black Books” (“Cadernos Negros”), by Joel Zito Araújo (Brazil)

Audience Award | Best International Fiction
“Palestine 36”, by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan)

Audience Award | Best International Documentary
“Yanuni”, by Richard Ladkani (Austria, Brazil, USA, Canada, Germany)

Critics Prize | Best International Film
“My Father’s Shadow”, by Akinola Davies Jr (United Kingdom, Nigeria)

Critics Prize | Best Brazilian Film
“The Nature of Invisible Things” (“A Natureza das Coisas Invisíveis”), by Rafaela Camelo (Brazil, Chile)

Brada Prize | Best Art Direction
Jennifer Anti and Pablo Anti for the film “My Father's Shadow”, by Akinola Davies Jr (United Kingdom, Nigeria)

Abraccine Brazilian Film Prize
“The Father and The Shaman” (“O Pai e o Pajé”), by Iawarete Kaiabi, co directed by Felipe Tomazelli and Luís Villaça (Brazil)

Netflix Prize
“Virtuous Women” (“Virtuosas”), by Cíntia Domit Bittar (Brazil)

Paradiso Prize
“Heart of Darkness” (“Coração das Trevas”), by Rogério Nunes (Brazil, France)

Prisma Queer Prize | Best International Film
“Queerpanorama”, by Jun Li (USA, Hong Kong, China)

Prisma Queer Prize | Best Brazilian Film
“The Nature of Invisible Things” (“A Natureza das Coisas Invisíveis”), by Rafaela Camelo (Brazil, Chile)

Prisma Queer Prize | Special Jury Prize
“Death And Life Madalena” (“Morte e Vida Madalena”), by Guto Parente (Brazil, Portugal)

Humanity Award
Euzhan Palcy
Jafar Panahi
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Leon Cakoff Prize
Charlie Kaufman
Mauricio de Sousa