14/07/2025 - The film by Portugal's Rita Azevedo Gomes has won in the international competition; the mid-length film Bonne journée by Pauline Bastard dominated the French competition

Ghassan Salhab, Sophie Cavoulacos and Raúl Camargo, of the international competition jury at the 36th Marseille International Film Festival - FIDMarseille, gave the 2025 Grand Prix to Fuck the Polis by Portuguese filmmaker Rita Azevedo Gomes (popular in particular in competition in Locarno in 2016 with Correspondences [+see also:
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The Georges de Beauregard Award in the International Competition took the colours of Mexico with the victory of Cold Metal by Clemente Castor and a special mention for Copper by his compatriot Nicolás Pereda.

As for the French competition (whose jury included Gaëlle Obiégly, Matías Piñeiro and Nicolas Boone), it was the mid-length feature Bonne journée by Pauline Bastard which was consecrated, while the Georges de Beauregard National Award went to Hors-champ, les ombres by Anna Dubosc and Gustavo de Mattos Jahn.

Also worth noting is the CNAP Award (highlighting the experimental or innovative dimension of films) which went to Des millénaires d’absence by French filmmaker Philippe Rouy, while the Premier Film competition distinguished Fantaisie by his compatriot Isabel Pagliai.

As for the 17th edition of the co-production platform FIDLab, the jury (Stefan Ivančiċ, Olimpia Pont Cháfer and Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi) also awarded the German production Marcela by Spanish filmmaker Salka Tiziana. Currently in the writing stage, the project relies on two spheres. In the novel Don Quixote from the beginning of the 17th century, Marcela, a young woman leading an independent life as a young shepherdess, defends herself after getting blamed for the suicide of a man who had fallen in love with her. Four centuries later, a shepherdess of the same name and age sets off on a journey to rural Spain on foot, to the heart of its capital, claiming her right to self-sufficiency, resisting capitalist food production.

Here is the full list of winners:

International Competition Grand Prix
Fuck the Polis - Rita Azevedo Gomes (Portugal)

International Competition Georges de Beauregard Award
Cold Metal - Clemente Castor (Mexico)

International Competition Special Jury Mention
Copper - Nicolás Pereda (Mexico/Canada)

French Competition Grand Prix
Bonne journée - Pauline Bastard (France) (mid-length feature)

Georges de Beauregard National Award
Hors-champ, les ombres - Anna Dubosc and Gustavo de Mattos Jahn (France)

Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) Award
Des millénaires d’absence - Philippe Rouy (France)
Special Mention
L’amour sur le chemin des roncettes – Sophie Roger (France) (short film)

First Film Competition Award
Fantaisie - Isabel Pagliai (France)
Special Mentions
Los cruces (Intersections) - Julián Galay (Argentina)
Si nous habitons un éclair - Louise Chevillotte (France)

Fondazione Claudia Cardinale FIDMarseille Award (First Film Competition)
Headlights - Johanna Schorn Kalinsky (Germany/Austria/Argentina)

Ciné+ Prix Competition Award for Distribution Support (in partnership with the GNCR)
Death and Life Madalena - Guto Parente (Brazil/Portugal)

Flash Competition Award
Daria’s Night Flowers - Maryam Tafakory (Iran/UK/France) (short film)
Special Mentions
Dead Tongue - José Jiménez (Chile) (short film)
Control Anatomy - Mahmoud Alhaj (Palestine) (short film)
A Prelude - Wendelien van Oldenborgh (Japan/Netherlands) (mid-length feature)

Alice Guy Award
Abortion Party – Julia Mellen (Spain) (short film)

Special Awards

Renaud Victor Award
Bulakna [+see also:
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Special Mention
Si nous habitons un éclair - Louise Chevillotte

High Schoolers Awards
Next Life - Tenzin Phuntsog (USA/Mexico)
Special Mention of the High School Jury
Miraculous Accident - Assaf Gruber (Germany) (mid-length feature)

Second Chance School Award
Next Life - Tenzin Phuntsog
Special Mention of the Second Chance School Jury
Jacob’s House - Lucas Kane (USA) (short film)

Audience Award
La juventud es una isla – Louise Ernandez (France) (mid-length feature)

FIDLab (Co- production platform)

Casa de Velásquez/Impulso ECAM Award
Marcela - Salka Tiziana (Germany)
Production: Faust

Commune Image Award
Do Not Leave Your Homeland - Aliha Thalien (France)
Production: Lecx Films

DAFilms Award
The Case Against Space - Graeme Arnfield (France/UK)
Production: Les Films invisibles, Local Vertical Ltd

Kodak – Transperfect Award
My Name Is Nina Shakira - Samuel Suffren (France/Haiti)
Production: GoGoGo Films, Kitfilms

Label 42 Award
The City - Helena Wittmann (Germany/France)
Production: Fünferfilm, Cinéphage

Préludes Award
Long Call - Judith Auffray (France)
Production: Macalube Films

Sublimage Award
Everything Else Is Noise - Nicolás Pereda (Mexico)
Production: En Chinga Producciones

Vidéo de Poche Award
I Can Feel You Breathing Into My Palm - Alexandra Karelina (France/Germany/Georgia)
Production: Denapa SAS, Eversince GmbH

Collaboration Porto/Post/Doc Film Festival
Do Not Leave Your Homeland - Aliha Thalien

(Translated from French)