Overview
- Better Go Mad in the Wild earned the $25,000 Grand Prix — Crystal Globe for its blend of documentary, narrative approaches, immersive portrayal of hermit twins in the Šumava region.
- Soheil Beiraghi’s Iranian drama Bidad received the $15,000 Special Jury Prize for its gonzo lovers-on-the-run romance, social-justice themes, energetic genre shifts.
- The Best Director prize was awarded ex aequo to Vytautas Katkus for The Visitor, Nathan Ambrosioni for Out of Love.
- Pia Tjelta earned Best Actress for her role in Don’t Call Me Mama; Àlex Brendemühl received Best Actor for When a River Becomes the Sea.
- Bangladeshi director Mahde Hasan’s Sand City won the Proxima Grand Prix; veteran actor Stellan Skarsgård received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to world cinema.