The Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition on Sunday revealed its 2025 juried award winners, which incorporates Walter Salles’ I’m Nonetheless Right here, Zoe Saldaña and the documentary No Different Land.
The juried classes embrace the FIPRESCI Prize for movies within the worldwide function movie Oscar submissions program, the most effective documentary award and the New Voices New Visions Award, amongst others.
The competition happened between Jan. 2 and Jan. 13 and screened 165 movies from over 71 nations.
See under for a full listing of juried winners.
FIPRESCI Prize for Finest Worldwide Function 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 vital 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 sublime interval piece — and letting the story unfold by way of the eyes of sophisticated feminine characters.”
FIPRESCI Prize for the Finest Actress in an Worldwide Function 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 tune and dance to her potent interpretation of a morally shaded character. Though her character performs a supporting position, she drives the narrative with the facility of a protagonist.”
FIPRESCI Prize for Finest Actor in an Worldwide Function 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 appearing debut in Kneecap. Proving equally genuine and explosive in each capacities, they create a contemporary and propulsive vitality to the entire notion of cultural id.”
Finest Documentary Award
No Different Land (Palestine), Administrators Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Finest Documentary Award Particular Point out
Blue Highway – The Edna O’Brien Story (Eire/United Kingdom), Director Sinéad O’Shea
Jury assertion: “For its compelling immersion into the lives of Palestinian villagers within the West Financial institution who face the fixed menace 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 completely different guidelines that apply to Israelis who dwell underneath civil legislation and Palestinians ruled by Israeli navy justice. We complement competition programmers on a unprecedented collection of documentaries in competitors and award a Particular Point out to Blue Highway – The Edna O’Brien Story, which reveals the inventive genius and distinctive life power of the good Irish author.
New Voices New Visions Award
The New Yr That By no means Got here (Romania), Director Bogdan Mureșanu
New Voices New Visions Particular Point out:
Don’t Let’s Go to the Canine Tonight (South Africa), Director Embeth Davidtz
Jury assertion: “The director of our profitable movie lives as much as the promise he confirmed in 2019 when his quick The Christmas Reward received ShortFests’ Better of the Competition Award. We appreciated the way in which 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 impression on particular person residents of the Ceausescu dictatorship and its fall. We’d additionally like to provide a Particular Point out to Lexi Ventor for her beautiful portrayal of Bobo in Don’t Let’s Go the Canine Tonight. Her presence and emotional intelligence provide a baby’s eye view of the expertise Zimbabwe confronted because it entered its interval of decolonization.”
Ibero-American Award
Sujo (Mexico), Director Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
Ibero-American Particular Point out
Manas (Brazil/Portugal), Director Marianna Brennand
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 forged 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 Award Winner
Checkpoint Zoo (United States/Ukraine), Director Joshua Zeman
Desert Views Particular Point out
Desert Angel (United States), Director Vincent DeLuca
Jury assertion: “The 2025 Desert Views Jury is proud to current the Desert Views Award to Checkpoint Zoo. This movie embodies the spirit of group by way of a small group of native Ukrainians that captured the hearts of a worldwide viewers by way of 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 group and impressed hope globally in an effort to rescue animals.”
Younger Cineastes Award Winner
Tatami (Georgia/Israel/Iran), Administrators Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Man Nattiv
Younger Cineastes Particular Point out
Superboys of Malegaon (India/United States), Director Reema Kagti
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 overseas political consciousness to its viewers. The movie tells a narrative of resilience the place each determination impacts people’ lives.”
Bridging the Borders Award
Souleymane’s Story (France), Director Boris Lojkine
Bridging the Borders Particular Point out
Glad Holidays (Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar), Director Scandar Copti