Film Produced by Chileans Wins Palma De Oro for Best Short Film in Cannes 2026
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The short film For the opponents, directed by the Argentine filmmaker Federico Luis, was distinguished with the Palm de Oro for Best Short Film at the Cannes Festival of 2026. It is a milestone for Chilean cinema: a production with national participation receives the highest award in the French competition. According to a press release, For the opponents it is of Chilean origin, as it was promoted by the national producer Planta, where it began …
The director won the award for Best Short Film, an unprecedented milestone for the country, in an edition that also stood out for the participation of BAFICI, premieres of Argentine filmmakers and the debut of a porteño pavilion in the most important audiovisual market in the world. Continue reading in Pura Ciudad: Historic triumph of Argentine cinema in Cannes: Federico Luis won the Palma de Oro and Buenos Aires strengthened his international p…
Last weekend, Argentine director Federico Luis won the Palm de Oro for the best short film of the Cannes Festival. He received the award for the work For the opponents, on child boxing in Mexico. Luis, a graduate of the National University of Buenos Aires, thanked the award and expressed: “It is wonderful to be here and also a little bittersweet, when we know so many cruel things are happening in the world.” He also thanked his friends and famil…
Federico Luis, the Argentine director who won the Palma de Oro for the short film "For the opponents", addressed the "contradiction" of being an Argentine who makes films in other countries and responsible for that to the adjustment to the national culture made by the government of Javier Milei.It is not the first time that the Argentine filmmaker gives the present in the film circuit: he already did it in 2024, with his opera cousin Simon de la…
The Chilean production, made together with Mexico and Argentina, surprised to be left with the top prize of the Cannes Festival 2026. Set in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City, the film tells of the harsh world of child boxing.
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