BIFFF Announces Méliès d’Argent Winners 2026

The 44th edition of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival has officially come to a close.

Discover the films awarded the Méliès d’Argent, selected by the juries and recognised by audiences.

As one of the founding festivals of the Méliès International Festivals Federation, BIFFF continues to play a key role in supporting European fantastic cinema.

Congratulations to all the filmmakers and crews.

The winner of the Méliès d’Argent Award for Best European Fantastic Genre Feature Film at BIFFF is “Nightborn (Yön lapsi)” by Hanna Bergholm.

John and Saga have just moved into their family home in the middle of a Finnish forest and feel ready to start a new chapter in their marriage: expanding the family. Nine months and a difficult delivery later, their son sees the light. His incessant cries bring to mind a starving fox, not to mention his furry coat of hair. But that will, of course, prove to be the least of our new parents’ worries… Instead of serving up a pompous pseudo-scientific dissertation on postpartum complications, Hanna Bergholm unleashes her gruesome imagination while keeping her foot firmly pressed on the pedal of pitch-black humor. All this results in one of the trashiest films ever made about parenthood – a worthy successor to ROSEMARY’S BABY – or, if you will, a barely veiled call for collective vasectomy!

The winner of the Méliès d’Argent Award for Best European Fantastic Genre Short Film at BIFFF is “Bait (Señuelo)”
by Martha G. Ayerbe.

On a hunting trip, young Martín accompanies his father and his father’s boss.