
2026Nominee
Career Highlight
If I Were Alive

Director · Producer · Writer
Diogo Hayashi is a director, screenwriter and production designer. As a director, his films were shown at festivals in Cartagena, MixBrasil, Kinoforum, Tiradentes, among others. As an PD, he received a Candango at the 51st Brasília Film Festival for the design in the feature-length Temporada, and his films were screened at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Toronto Film Fest, NY Film Fest, London Film Fest, Brasília, and also in art museums such as Gasworks in London and Pérez Art Museum in Miami. Diogo is a Berlinale Talents Alumni and partner at Sancho & Punta.



Career Highlight
If I Were Alive

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Long Way Home

Best Picture
Tres Cinematecas

Best Director
Savage Fire

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The Bite