Bali International Film Festival — Gary L Hayes Award Winners & Films

Indonesia’s Bali International Film Festival (Balinale) — founded in 2007 and staged chiefly in June — is the country’s first Academy Award–qualifying short-film festival. Its competitive slate pairs narrative and documentary features with Oscar-eligible shorts, spotlighting Indonesian newcomers (Gary L Hayes Award) alongside international discoveries from Asia, Africa, and beyond. It is held in Bali each June.

The Gary L Hayes Award is the top prize of the Bali International Film Festival in Bali. Celluloid lists Balinale films with verified prizes on this hub, ranked by four-input Celluloid Score rather than jury politics.

Award winners from Balinale in the Celluloid catalogue include Aisha Can't Fly Away (Best Narrative Feature, 2026), The Designer Is Dead (Best Documentary Feature, 2026), Flow (Opening Film, 2025), Champions of the Golden Valley (Best Feature Documentary, 2025), Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo (Best Narrative Feature, 2025), Porcelain War (Special Jury Award — Feature Documentary, 2024), Asog (Committee Choice — Feature Narrative, 2024), No More History Without Us (Best Feature Documentary, 2024), The Gospel of the Beast (Best Narrative Feature, 2024), Crows Are White (Best Feature Documentary, 2023), Women Talking (Best Narrative Feature, 2023), Inside a Funeral Hall (Best Narrative Feature, 2022).

Balinale 2026 prize winners in the Celluloid catalogue: Aisha Can't Fly Away (Best Narrative Feature), The Designer Is Dead (Best Documentary Feature).

Flow (2024) leads our Balinale selection with a 86% Celluloid Score, averaged from four possible rating inputs.

Bali International Film Festival pages group films by edition year (newest first). Inside each edition, verified festival winners lead, then four-input Celluloid Score (editorial, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb — audience separate). This is catalogue order, not an official festival ranking.