ZagrebDox Winners 2025

Best International Film:
Mr. Nobody against Putin (Denmark, Czech Republic) (PHOTO)
Directed by David Borenstein, Pasha Talankin
Produced by made in copenhagen
Coproduced by PINK in association with BBC Storyville, DR, ZDF/ARTE
Supported by the Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, FilmFyn, Fritt Ord, the Czech Film Fund, Hermod Lannungs Fond, NRK, SVT, RTS RadioTélévision Suisse, VPRO
Special Mention International Film:
Mistress Dispeller (China, USA)
Directed by Elizabeth Lo
Best Regional Film:
My Dad’s Lessons / Lekcije mog tate (Croatia)
Directed by Dalija Dozet
Produced by Hulahop
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Special Mention Regional Film:
At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking / Ko će pokucati na vrata mog doma (Serbia, BiH)
Directed by Maja Novaković
Produced by Kinorasad
Supported by Film Center Serbia
Best Short Film:
Who Loves the Sun (Canada)
Directed by Arshia Shakiba
Special Mention Short Film:
The Other Side of the Mountain (USA, China)
Directed by Yumeng He
Best Film of an Author under 35:
Wind Has No Tail (Russia)
Directed by Ivan Vlasov, Nikita Stashkevich
Special Mention for an Author under 35:
Eyes of Gaza (Qatar)
Directed by Mahmoud Atassi
Movies That Matter Award:
Sudan, Remember Us (France, Tunisia, Qatar)
Directed by Hind Meddeb
Movies That Matter Special Mention:
Trans Memoria (Sweden, France)
Directed by Victoria Verseau
FIPRESCI Award:
Night of the Coyotes (Germany, Austria)
Directed by Clara Trischler
Teen Dox Award:
Lessons of Happiness (Ukraine)
Directed by Oleksii Yeroshenko
Teen Dox Special Mention:
Where the Kids Have No Name (the Netherlands, Bangladesh)
Directed by Jamillah van der Hulst
Audience Award for the Best Regional Film:
Woman of God / Duhovnica (Slovenia)
Directed by Maja Prettner
Produced by Studio Virc
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre
Audience Award for the Best International Film:
Home Game / Na domaćem terenu (the Netherlands)
Directed by Lidija Zelović
ZagrebDox PRO Winners:
Al Jazeera Balkans Cash Award (1,500 EUR):
Loud Silence (Italy)
Impronta Film One-Year Consultancy Award:
Lost in Tehran, Lost in Japan from Iran, and In the Winds of the Icy Fields (Estonia)
Rab Film Festival Residency Award:
Entr’actes (Ukraine)
Where People and Storks Nest (Bulgaria)
Produced by Izograph