Overview

• Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’s Nina Roza won both the Urban Post First Look Award and the Jannuzzi Smith Award for its blend of music, art and themes of identity and exile.
• Adrià Guxens’s Lóngquán: The Dragon Spring claimed the inaugural Antaviana Spanish Previews Award in Spain’s new early-stage feature showcase.
• Valentin Merz’s Dark Chocolate secured the first Masé Studio Award within the Alliance 4 Development program, underscoring its collaborative co-production model.
• Simon Maria Kubiena’s The Flowering of a Chimera received both the Alphapanda Market Breakout and Midpoint Consulting Awards for its thematic exploration of violence and healing.
• Safi Faye’s 1975 debut Letter From My Village won the Heritage Restoration Contest, guaranteeing its restored version will screen at Locarno 2026.