2025 Stockholm International Film Festival


The 36th Stockholm International Film Festival took place from 5 to 16 November 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. The festival opened with Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh. The theme of this edition was "Be Kind Rewind" and Germany was this year's 'Focus Country' and had screening of 2025 German drama films Sound of Falling and Miroirs No. 3 by Mascha Schilinski and Christian Petzold respectively and new works by Lauro Cress and Joscha Bongard.
This year's festival was dedicated to the memory of a master: David Lynch, American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor, who passed away on 15 January 2025. The festival honoured his enduring legacy through retrospectives, insightful discussions, and curated screenings that highlighted his profound impact on cinema and the people.
The winners were presented on 14 November 2025 during the award ceremony at the Rigoletto cinema. This year's Bronze Horse for Best Film went to Slovakia's Oscar submission Father, by Tereza Nvotová. The festival officially closed on 16 November with Die My Love by Lynne Ramsay.
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Jury

Stockholm Competition

Stockholm Documentary Competition

Short Film Competition

  • Lia Hietala is a Swedish film director and screenwriter
  • Elis Monteverde Burrau, poet, playwright, artist
  • Julia Thelin, screenwriter and director

FIPRESCI jury

  • Leonardo Goi, a film critic and columnist for MUBI Notebook.
  • Stephen “Spling” Aspeling, a South African film critic, script consultant, and radio presenter
  • Julia Finnsiö, a Swedish film critic

TV4 Rising Star Award

Official selection

Stockholm Competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:

Stockholm Documentary Competition

The following films were selected for the documentary competition:

Masters

The following films were selected in the Masters section :

Open Zone

The following films were selected in the Open Zone section :

Icons

The following films were selected in the Icon section :

American Independents

The following films were selected in the American Independents section :

Discovery

The following films were selected in the Discovery section :

Twilight Zone

The following films were selected in the Twilight Zone section :

Short Film Competition

Nordic Shorts

Sorry I'm Late , Håkon Anton, NorwayClosed Oysters Can't Speak, Leonard Rääf, Denmark, ItalyFish Out of WaterMaybe in March, Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert, DenmarkMy Name Is Hope, Sherwan Haji, Finland

Short Film Program: Bodies Bodies Bodies

Skin on Skin by Simon SchneckenburgerAgapito by Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle RomeroThe Body by Louris van de GeerUnsold Copies by Stefan Koutzev

Short Film Program: Faces Places

When The Geese Flew by Arthur GayBaozhda by Keran AbukasimuThe Loneliness of Lizards by Inês NunesI'm Glad You're Dead Now by Tawfeek Barhom

Awards

Bronze Horse

Best Film: Father by Tereza NvotováBest Director: Mascha Schillinski for Sound of FallingBest Actor: Harry Melling for PillionBest Actress: Shih Yuan Ma for Left-Handed GirlBest Screenplay: Dusan Budzak and Tereza Nvotová for FatherBest Debut: Hasan Hadi for The President's CakeBest Cinematography: Evgenia Alexandrova for The Secret AgentBest Documentary: 2000 Meters to Andriivka by Mstyslav ChernovBest Short Film: Skin on Skin by Simon Schneckenburger

Stockholm Achievement Award

Visionary Award

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Best Film: No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook

Nordic Shorts Competition

Best Short Film: Sorry I'm Late by Håkon Anton Olavsen

TV4 Rising Star Award

  • Nils Wetterholm

Stockholm Film Critics Award

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