FIPRESCI Jury:

Israa Radaydeh, Chairperson, Jordan

Latika Padgaonkar, India

Manuel Halpern, Portugal

FIPRESCI award goes to "Another Birth", Tajikistan, 2025 (Video)

The citation for "Another Birth": "For its fusion of myth and reality in which two little girls search for Pari, a mythological symbol, in a female-centred world draped n poetry".

Kyrgyz filmmakers Union's jury:

Stambulbek Mambetaliev, producer, director

Jamilya Sydykbaeva, actress

Furkat Tursunov, director

Kyrgyz filmmakers Union's award goes to "Another Birth", Tajikistan, 2025 (Video)

"Another Birth", 2025, 66', Tajikistan, USA, Qatar

Director & script-writer: Isabelle Kalandar

Producers: Isabelle Kalandar & Shahnoz Eranshah

Cast: Shukrona Navruzbekva, Isabelle Kalandar, Shaira Abdylgaezkhanova

World premiere: Busan IFF 2025

Synopsis: To save her grandfather from dying of a broken heart, eight-year-old Parastu treks into the rugged Badakhshan mountains to find the father she has never met. Accompanied by her best friend, she navigates a mystical, perilous landscape, forsing a heartbreakingly premature end to her childhood innocence.