The facts
The best-documentary jury award went to O Beija-Flor Pinta Canções Perfumadas, directed by Matteo Norzi and Èlia Gasull Balada. [1][2]
Fernanda Tovar won best director for Chicas Tristes. Maiken Baird's Edward Said: Entre Mundos received the special jury prize. [1][2]
Jurors Ali Asgari, Boots Riley, César Augusto Acevedo and Laís Bodanzky selected winners from the audience's highest-ranked New Directors competition films. [1][2]
Relevant context
The festival showed 394 titles from more than 90 countries across 57 venues. Jury, audience and critics' awards are separate categories. [1][2]
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 30 Oct 2026, 15:30 UTC.
- Confira os filmes premiados na 50ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo
Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo · Primary source · 29 Oct 2026
Actual awarding-body list read, including categories, named filmmakers, jury and venue. The principal jury fiction prize is not conflated with audience or critics' film prizes.
- Filme colombiano vence Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo
Agência Brasil / Elaine Patricia Cruz · Reporting · 30 Oct 2026
Actual independent public-broadcaster report read. EBC is separate from the festival and corroborates the result, categories and 29 October ceremony. Original work titles and filmmaker names are preserved.