Nominated films 2025

GLITTER KISS

Augustė Gerikaitė / actor: Valerijus Jevsejevas

Lithuania

After discovering a brutally beaten drag queen Klaudijus, in his apartment building, homophobe Rolandas reluctantly takes him to the hospital and becomes his first response. As the police investigate and Klaudijus’ life hangs in the balance, Rolandas is forced to rethink his beliefs.

AND THAT'S FOR THIS CHRISTMAS

Peter Vulchev / actor: Lubomir Buchvarov

Bulgaria

While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realises that he will be celebrating Christmas alone. Unable to fall asleep, he decides to spend the holiday at the grave of his deceased wife.

PESCE ROSSO / GOLDFISH

Daniele Frontoni / actor: Valerio Riondino

Italy

Nanni and Franco, two brothers, are talking at the edge of a cliff. Franco is an outsider, and never follows any rules. To prove his maverick personality to his big brother, he threatens to jump off the cliff. Nanni stands still but Franco actually jumps, dying in front of his brother’s eyes, leaving him with a big sense of guilt. Twenty years later Nanni becomes a swimming instructor, always bringing a bowl with a goldfish along with him. Among all his students Carlotta stands out. She’s an ex-gymnast who ended up in a wheelchair after a motor bike accident. Since then, she feels inadequate, and this feeling often causes her panic attacks. One day, during a training session, she has an attack and begins to drown. Seeing her, brings Nanni back to his brother’s death, but this time he immediately jumps in and saves her. He feels a sort of redemption and releases the goldfish in a place dear to his brother. Carlotta finally realizes that life is what you make out of it and overcomes her fears.

MEDLEY

Alessandro D'Ambrosi, Santa De Santis / actor: Mariano Rigilloo

Italy

Mariano, an energetic and eccentric octogenarian, wanders in a state of confusion on a beach on the Roman coast. He has a wound on his forehead and no papers or memory of his recent past. Dario is the young policeman who rescues him. Transported to the emergency room, the elderly man resolutely refuses to be medicated. He wants to leave with Dario. He is convinced that the policeman is his son and does not want to part with him. Dario decides to humor the elderly man to calm him down and thus allow the doctors to treat him. He stays with him while waiting the arrival of relatives. Left alone in the corridor of a hospital, bathed in light filtering through large windows overlooking the sea, Mariano is finally serene, almost affable and goliardic. He engages the policeman in reminiscing about an unforgettable day at the sea, spent with his son when he was a child. Dario listens, humors him, accompanies him on that journey through time and memory. The two, together, create, interweaving personal memories, fantasies and desires, the imaginary and shared tale of a day, in which Mariano rediscovers his son for a moment and Dario is able to deal with his personal conflict with the father figure. By caring for each other, they succeed in caring for themselves.

IF YOU KNEW

Christoffer Tambour, Viktor Wiberg / actor: Filip Slotte

Finland, Sweden

Based on real life, Om Du Visste follows a young Finnish-Swedish man who is forced to face his repressed childhood when the national duty calls.

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