The thirty sixth Annual Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition has revealed this yr’s juried award winners. PSIFF happened from Jan. 2-13, 2025, and screened 165 movies from over 71 international locations, together with 68 premieres. The road-up consists of 35 of the Worldwide Characteristic Movie Oscar Submissions together with Speaking Footage, New Voices New Visions, Trendy Masters, Queer Cinema, True Tales, World Cinema Now and extra.

Beforehand introduced winners embrace the Desert Views Award, Younger Cineastes Award and Bridging the Borders Award. The Viewers Awards for Finest Narrative Characteristic and Finest Documentary Characteristic can be introduced on the night of Sunday, Jan. 12.

The FIPRESCI jury members have been Canadian movie critic Brian D. Johnson, Brazilian movie critic Marcelo Janot and Italian movie critic and Paola Caseslla. This particular jury reviewed 35 of the official submissions for the Academy Awards Worldwide Characteristic Movie class that have been chosen to display screen at this yr’s pageant.

See the complete winners record beneath.

FIPRESCI Prize for Finest Worldwide Characteristic Movie: “I’m Nonetheless Right here” (Brazil), Director Walter Salles

Jury Assertion: “’To I’m Nonetheless Right here,’ for conveying the horror of encroaching dictatorship from the intimate perspective of a mom defending not simply her household of 5, however her dignity. Evoking the severity of the violence with out resorting to melodrama, director Walter Salles captures a important second of historical past in scrupulous and compelling element.”

FIPRESCI Prize for Finest Worldwide Screenplay: “Vermiglio” (Italy), Director Maura Delpero

Jury Assertion: “To writer-director Maura Delpero, for subverting the conventions of a wartime drama throughout the framework of a chic interval piece — and letting the story unfold by the eyes of difficult feminine characters.”

FIPRESCI Prize for the Finest Actress in an Worldwide Characteristic Movie: Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” (France), Director Jacques Audiard

Jury Assertion: “To Zoe Saldaña, for the ferocity and complexity of her efficiency in ‘Emilia Pérez,’ which exhibits a virtuosic vary of expression, from music and dance to her potent interpretation of a morally shaded character. Though her character performs a supporting function, she drives the narrative with the ability of a protagonist.”

FIPRESCI Prize for Finest Actor in an Worldwide Characteristic Movie: Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Provái – “Kneecap” (Eire), Director Wealthy Peppiatt

Jury Assertion: “To Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Provái, for his or her seamless efficiency as an ensemble of musicians who make their performing debut in ‘Kneecap.’ Proving equally genuine and explosive in each capacities, they create a recent and propulsive vitality to the entire notion of cultural identification.”

Finest Documentary Award Particular Point out: “Blue Street – The Edna O’Brien Story” (Eire/United Kingdom), Director Sinéad O’Shea

Finest Documentary Award: “No Different Land” (Palestine), Administrators Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor

The Documentary Award is introduced to the director for probably the most compelling non-fiction filmmaking from amongst these chosen to display screen on the pageant. The movies have been juried by Dale Cohen (UCLA Documentary Movie Authorized Clinic), Matthew Carey (Deadline), and Tishon Pugh (New Orleans Movie Society).

Jury Assertion: “For its compelling immersion into the lives of Palestinian villagers within the West Financial institution who face the fixed risk of expulsion from their houses by the Israel Protection Forces and assaults by Israeli settlers, we award the Finest Documentary Award to ‘No Different Land.’ This movie foregrounds the bond between two filmmakers – one Palestinian, the opposite Israeli – with out sentimentalizing the connection, however emphasizing the totally different guidelines that apply to Israelis who reside beneath civil regulation and Palestinians ruled by Israeli navy justice. We complement pageant programmers on a rare choice of documentaries in competitors and award a Particular Point out to ‘Blue Street – The Edna O’Brien Story,’ which reveals the artistic genius and distinctive life pressure of the nice Irish author.”

New Voices New Visions Particular Point out: “Don’t Let’s Go to the Canine Tonight” (South Africa), Director Embeth Davidtz

New Voices New Visions Award: “The New Yr That By no means Got here” (Romania), Director Bogdan Mureșanu

The New Voices New Visions Award focuses on movies that the pageant programming workforce felt symbolize probably the most distinctive new administrators who’ve emerged within the final yr. The movies have been juried by Beth Barett (Seattle Worldwide Movie Competition), Gil Robertson (African American Movie Critics Affiliation), and Justine Barda (Telescope Movie).

Jury Assertion: “The director of our successful movie lives as much as the promise he confirmed in 2019 when his quick ‘The Christmas Reward’ gained ShortFests’ Better of the Competition Award. We appreciated the best way that he incorporates a myriad of storylines, bringing them to a triumphant conclusion set to Ravel’s Bolero. We particularly admired his use of darkish comedy to discover the influence on particular person residents of the Ceausescu dictatorship and its fall. We’d additionally like to present a Particular Point out to Lexi Ventor for her gorgeous portrayal of Bobo in ‘Don’t Let’s Go the Canine Tonight.’ Her presence and emotional intelligence provide a toddler’s eye view of the expertise Zimbabwe confronted because it entered its interval of decolonization.”

Ibero-American Particular Point out: “Manas” (Brazil/Portugal), Director Marianna Brennand

Ibero-American Award: “Sujo” (Mexico), Director Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez

The Ibero-American Award is introduced to one of the best movie from Latin America, Spain or Portugal chosen to display screen on the pageant. The award goals to spotlight the creativity seen in trendy Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American movies. The movies have been judged by Anna Marie De La Fuente (Selection), Chloë Roddick (Morelia Worldwide Movie Competition), and Danny Hastings (Official Latino Movie Competition).

Jury Assertion: “We’ve unanimously chosen ‘Sujo’ for its elegant, nuanced portrayal of a younger boy struggling to flee overwhelming violence and poverty in a small Mexican city. The movie is meticulously paced and darkly poetic, providing its protagonist an unusually optimistic and humane ending to his story. That includes excellent performances from its younger solid and delightful, ethereal cinematography, ‘Sujo’ cements filmmaker duo Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s rising-star standing within the modern Mexican cinema scene.”

Desert Views Particular Point out: “Desert Angel” (United States), Director Vincent DeLuca

Desert Views Award Winner: “Checkpoint Zoo” (United States/Ukraine), Director Joshua Zeman

Awarded by the Desert Views Jury made up of locals to a movie that, within the spirit of neighborliness, promotes understanding and acceptance amongst individuals. The movies have been judged by Jose Macias (Desert Sizzling Springs), Margaret Quirante (Morongo Valley), Matt Ramirez (Cathedral Metropolis), Tanisha L. Alston (Palm Desert), and Sohelia Crane (Palm Desert).

Jury Assertion: “The 2025 Desert Views Jury is proud to current the Desert Views Award to ‘Checkpoint Zoo.’ This movie embodies the spirit of neighborhood by a small group of native Ukrainians that captured the hearts of a worldwide viewers by social media posts within the early chaotic days of the Russian invasion. Towards all odds and nice private sacrifice, an unlikely group of volunteers united their neighborhood and impressed hope globally in an effort to rescue animals.”

Younger Cineastes Particular Point out: “Superboys of Malegaon” (India/United States), Director Reema Kagti

Younger Cineastes Award Winner: “Tatami” (Georgia/Israel/Iran), Administrators Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Man Nattiv

The Younger Cineastes jury consists of highschool college students with a ardour for cinema. The movies have been judged by Joseph Manjarrez (Palm Springs Excessive Faculty), Lyla Valentine (Palm Desert Excessive Faculty), and Stephanie Lopez (Palm Springs Excessive Faculty).

Jury Assertion: “The 2025 Younger Cineastes Jury is proud to current the Younger Cineastes Award to ‘Tatami.’ We chosen this movie as a result of it’s a ‘non-fiction’ fictional story filled with distinctive visuals, that brings international political consciousness to its viewers. The movie tells a narrative of resilience the place each choice impacts people’ lives.”

Bridging the Borders Particular Point out: “Glad Holidays” (Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar), Director Scandar Copti

Bridging the Borders Award: “Souleymane’s Story” (France), Director Boris Lojkine

At a time when bodily, spiritual, racial, cultural, and financial borders divide the inhabitants of our planet, efforts to bridge these borders needs to be appreciated. In that spirit, Cinema With out Borders presents the Bridging the Borders Award sponsored by 360 MEDIA to a movie that’s most profitable in bridging and connecting the individuals of our world nearer collectively. The winner of the 2025 Bridging the Borders Award introduced by Cinema With out Borders and sponsored by 360 Media will obtain a money award of $2000. The movies have been judged by Abbas Yari, Ali Murat Erkorkmaz, Bijan Tehrani, Granaz Moussavi, Keely Badger, Marcy Garriott, Michael Franck, Matt Ferro, Susan Morgan Cooper, and Vladek Juszkiewicz.

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