Winners of the 25th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival
Transilvania Trophy, in the amount of €10,000, offered by Banca Transilvania
Lionel (dir. Carlos Saiz, Spain, France)
Best Directing Award, in the amount of €3,500, offered by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR)
Konstantina Kotzamani for Titanic Ocean (Greece, Germany, Romania, France, Spain)
Special Jury Award, in the amount of €1,500
Our Father (dir. Goran Stanković, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Best Performance Award, in the amount of €1,000
The cast of Truly Naked (dir. Muriel d’Ansembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, France): Caolán O’Gorman, Andrew Howard, Alessa Savage and Safiya Benaddi
What’s Up, Doc? Award, in the amount of €2,000
Memory (dir. Vladlena Sandu, France, Netherlands)
Special Mention of the “What’s up, Doc?” Jury
Variations on a theme (dir. Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar, South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar)
Romanian Film Days Award - Feature Film Section, in the amount of €2,000, offered by DACIN SARA
Y (dir. Maria Popistașu, Alex Baciu, Romania)
Romanian Film Days Debut Award, in the amount of €1,500, offered by Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim
Back and Forth (dir. Cristian Bota, Romania)
Special Mention of the Romanian Days Jury
The Circle (dir. Valeriu Andriuță, Romania)
Romanian Film Days Award - Short Film Section, in the amount of €1,500, plus €5,000 in services, consisting of camera, lighting, and grip equipment provided by CutareFilm
County Captain (dir. Dan Panaet, Romania)
Audience Award, in the amount of €2,000, offered by Mastercard
It Feels Like Home (dir. Gábor Holtai, Hungary)
Most Popular Romanian Film Award (Vodafone Hearts’ Award), in the amount of €2,500, offered by Vodafone
Wild Delta (dir. Dan Dinu, Romania)
TIFF.25 Trophy, the special award of the anniversary edition, presented to Corneliu Porumboiu
Janovics Jenő Award, presented to Roman Gutek
Excellence Award, presented to actress Anda Onesa, offered by Nova Power & Gas
Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to actress Ornella Muti, offered by Regina Maria Health Network
FIPRESCI Award, presented by the jury of the International Federation of Film Critics to a film from the Romanian Film Days section
Don’t Let Me Die (dir. Andrei Epure, România)
Youth Award (TEEN Spirit), in the amount of €1,500, offered by McDonald’s
Los Domingos (dir. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Spain, France)
Ecumenical Jury Award, in the amount of €1,000, offered by SIGNIS and INTERFILM to a film from the Festival Competition
Truly Naked (dir. Muriel d’Ansembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, France)
SIGNIS Award, in the amount of €500, offered by SIGNIS Romania to a short film from the Romanian Film Days section
Edges (dir. Roberta Șerban, Romania)
Awards Presented within TIFF RO Days | Industry Events – TIFF.25
Transilvania Pitch Stop
Grand Prize offered by Chainsaw Europe – post-production services in the amount of €25,000
Fathers (Bulgaria), directed by Martin Iliev, produced by Angel Ivanov (Handplayed)
TPS Development Award offered by Avanpost
Times New Roman (Ukraine), directed by Philip Sotnychenko, produced by Valeria Sochyvets (Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema) and Sashko Chubko (Viatel)
CNC Moldova Award
Another Story About My Son (Romania), directed by Adrian Silișteanu, produced by Iriana Adnana (Domestic Film) and Maya Vitkova Kosev (Viktoria World Sales and Distribution)
Connecting Cottbus CoCoLab: East-West Award
Mara Crăcăleanu for the project Sun Offspring, directed by Octavian Şaramet
Luno Award
Decebal’s Wedding (Romania), directed by Matei Lucaci-Grünberg, produced by Gabriela Suciu (Atelier de Film)
Drama Room
Best Series Project Award – Development Agreement with PRO TV
Stay in School!, written by Rodica Dominteanu
Creative Residency at Bethlen-Haller Castle
The Story of a Lost Boy, created by Gabriel Corneanu
Book to Screen
A one-year option agreement with PRO TV
Greu de pătruns în pădurea de mesteceni, written by Ruxandra Burcescu
Book to Screen Award in the amount of €1,000
Tot ce i-am promis tatălui meu, written by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
Works in Progress
Transilvania HBO Award (€30,000)
The Fear’s Artist, directed by Cristi Iftime, produced by Marian Crișan (Rova Film)
Transilvania HBO Award (€30,000)
We Won’t Get Old Together, directed by Marius Olteanu, produced by Oana Giurgiu (Point Film)
Local Competition
Local Competition Award: The Nest (Fészek, dir. Lukács Gergely) and Love Stadium (dir. Jose Andres Canales) (ex aequo)
Special Mention of the Local Competition Jury: Railways (dir. George Sorinca)
Other Awards
Young Francophone Jury Award, presented by TV5 Monde, the French Institute, and RFI Romania
No One Will Know (Le roi soleil, dir. Vincent Maël Cardona)
Alex. Leo Șerban Scholarship, in the amount of €3,000, offered in partnership with Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim
Marius Papară for the project Ibida and Ana-Maria Comănescu for the project Paradox (ex aequo)
Special Mention within the Alex. Leo Șerban Scholarship, in the amount of €500, offered by AFFT
Darius Zelenco, for the project Kinostetic
Special Mention within the Alex. Leo Șerban Scholarship, in the amount of €1,000, offered in partnership with Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim to a young Romanian actor who distinguished themselves through a notable achievement in a short or feature film that premiered in 2025
Marina Palii
