Award!!

GALLINA, directed by Fernando Reinaldos, won Best Editing Award at Pávez Awards – TALAVERA DE LA REINA International Film Festival

GALLINA, cortometraje de Fernando Reinaldos, recibe el Premio al Mejor Montaje en los prestigiosos Premios Pávez – Festival Internacional de Cine TALAVERA DE LA REINA

The Editors, Juan Alba & Juan Bernardo Rodríguez, received the Best Editing Award for “Gallina” at the 2026 Pávez Awards.
The editing in ‘Gallina’ is, without a doubt, the true invisible force that sustains the tension, emotion, and raw intensity of the story.

Behind every shot, a heartbeat. Behind the editing, a story that comes to life.

The award was presented by José Julián Gregorio López, mayor, and Enrique Etayo Sanchez, councilor for culture of the Talavera de la Reina City Council, and accepted by director Fernando Reinaldos.

GALLINA is one of the most successful Spanish short films of the year on the international film festival circuit.

It had its world premiere at the New Hampshire Film Festival in the U.S. and has competed at nearly a hundred film festivals around the world, including festivals that qualify films for the Oscars.

GALLINA is also a in the running for the Goya Awards and Forqué Awards.

Fernando Reinaldos about GALLINA:

As a queer child, I remember the constant feeling of being trapped between two worlds: my feminine and masculine sides were always in conflict. Many times I tried to figure out where I belonged, without understanding why I had to make a choice at all. The warmth of my supportive family was not always enough to help me stand up to the harshness of the toxic masculinity outside. At that time, my deep admiration for my best friend led me to make choices against my instincts, betraying the special bond I shared with my dearest ones.

Gallina is my attempt to better understand that time in my life. The day when I came to understand something irreversible about myself and the world around me. When my silence began to shape the person I would become. The same silence that many queer children carry to protect themselves from being seen.

Through Pablo’s story, I wanted to examine how toxic masculinity shapes a boy’s identity in today’s world, and to explore the cost of remaining silent in the face of everyday violence. The silence that takes over at the end of the film is the same silence that, heartbreakingly, has become a defining feature of our time.