Talents Alumni at Festival des Cannes 2025

The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival was another incredible turnout for the Berlinale Talents alumni! An incredible 107 Talents alumni worked on 65 films across Official Selection, Quinzaine Des Cinéastes, Semaine de la Critique, ACID, La Fabrique and Marché du Film.

Among those films, there were 13 prizes and a special mention awarded. Another wonderful representation of the skill of the Berlinale Talents alumni!

Official Selection

Opening film

"Partir un jour" – associate editor Robin Robles (BT 2015)

In Competition

WINNER GRAND PRIX - "Sentimental Value" – writer, director Joachim Trier (BT 2004), Eskil Vogt (BT 2004)
WINNER JOINT JURY PRIZE - "Sirat" – writer, director & producer Oliver Laxe (BT 2009) & "Sound of Falling" – editor Evelyn Rack (BT 2023)
WINNER BEST DIRECTOR, ACTOR & FIPRESCI AWARD (COMPETITION) - "O Agente Secreto" – exec. producer Dora Amorim (BT 2019), co-producer Sol Bondy (BT 2016), co-producer Erik Glijnis (BT 2017), producer Emilie Lesclaux (BT 2008), associate producer Julian Haisch (BT 2025), editor Matheus Farias (BT 2024)
WINNER SPECIAL AWARD "Resurrection" – producer SHAN Zuolong (BT 2011/17)
"The Phoenician Scheme" - associate producer Ben Adler (BT 2017)
"Renoir" – co-producer Alemberg Ang (BT 2013/21), producers Fran Borgia (BT 2014), Christophe Bruncher (BT 2003) & Eiko Mizuno Gray (BT 2019)
"The History of Sound" – co-producer Giovanni Pompili (BT 2014)
"Two Prosecutors" – co-producer Alise Gelze (BT 2006), co-producer Cécile Tollu-Polonowski (BT 2016)
"Eagles of The Republic" – actor Cherien Dabis (BT 2007), actor Sherwan Haji (BT 2020)
"Romería" – writer, director Carla Simón (BT 2015), producer María Zamora (BT 2006), co-editor Ana Pfaff (BT 2018)

Un Certain Regard

WINNER UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD - "La Misteriosa Mirada Del Flamenco" – producer Justin Pechberty (BT 2019), co-producer Jonas Weydemann (BT 2011/13), cinematographer Angello Faccini (BT 2020)
WINNER JURY PRIZE - "A Poet" – writer, director, producer Simón Mesa Soto (BT 2023), cinematographer & producer Juan Sarmiento G. (BT 2011), editor Ricardo Saraiva (BT 2015) SCRIPT STATION PROJECT 2023
WINNER BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE - "Once Upon a Time in Gaza" - co-producer Ahmed Amer (BT 2013)
CAMERA D’OR SPECIAL MENTION "My Father's Shadow" – co-director, directer Akinola Davies Jr (BT 2020)
WINNER SCREENPLAY: HARRY LIGHTON - "Pillion" – editor Gareth C. Scales (BT 2007), production design Francesca Massariol (BT 2016)
"Love Me Tender" – associate producer Bernard Michaux (BT 2007)
"Homebound" – editor Nitin Baid (BT 2009) "A Pale View of Hills" – writer, director, editor Ishikawa Kei (BT 2007)
"Karavan" – DOP Simona Weisslechner (BT 2025), producer Ilaria Malagutti (BT 2015)
"Aisha Can't Fly Away" – director Morad Mostafa (BT 2024), producer Ahmed Amer (BT 2013), co-producer May Odeh (BT 2015)
"Promised Sky" – co-writer Anna Ciennik (BT 2010)
"Testa O Croce" – delegate producer Giacomo Lamborizio (BT 2023)

Cannes Premiere

"Magalhães" – actor Rafael Morais (BT 2024), actor Bong Cabrera (BT 2023)
"Ástin Sem Eftir Er" – producer Katrin Pors (BT 2008), producer Anton Máni Svansson (BT 2012)
"Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele" – co-producer Sandino Saravia Vinay (BT 2004)

Special Screenings

"Mama" – writer, director Or Sinai (BT 2015)
"Amélie et la Métaphysique des Tubes" – producer Nidia Santiago (BT 2018)

Midnight Screenings

"Le Roi Soleil" – composer Delphine Malaussena (BT 2022) "Honey Don't" – cinematographer Ari Wegner (BT 2009)

Shorts

"Aasvoëls" – producer Anaïs Bertrand (BT 2017), cinematography Pierre de Villiers (BT 2020)

Cannes Immersive

Competition:
"The Dollhouse" – producer Hélène Walland (BT 2025)
Focus Luxembourg:
"Floating with Spirits" by Juanita Onzaga (BT 2018), producer Emmy Oost (BT 2007) "Ito Meikyu" – producer Govinda Van Maele (BT 2008), producer Ron Dyens (BT 2003)

Quinzaine des Cinéastes

Feature Films

"Brand New Landscape" – cinematography Furuya Koichi (BT 2019)
"Lucky Lu" – sound Matt Drake (BT 2018)
"Militantropos" – co-writers/ -directors/-editors Yelizaveta Smith (BT 2018) & Alina Gorlova (BT 2019/23), foreign sales Wouter Jansen (BT 2020), co-producer Justin Pechberty (BT 2019) DOC STATION PROJECT 2023
"Sorry, Baby" – cinematography Mia Cioffi Henry (BT 2023)
"The Girl in the Snow" – writer, director Louise Hémon (BT 2017)

Short Films

"+10k" – writer, director, editor Gala Hernández López (BT 2023) SHORT FORM STATION 2023
"Before the Sea Forgets" – cinematography & producer Looi Wan Ping (BT 2016)
"Death of the Fish" – music Pablo Pico (BT 2012)
"Loynes" – cinematography Arnaud Alberola (BT 2023), co-editor Omar Guzman (BT 2007)
"When the Geese Flew" – music Roger Goula (BT 2011), editor Alejo Santos (BT 2016

Semaine de la Critique

Competition 

WINNER SOCIETY OF DRAMATIC AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS PRIZE - "Ciudad Sin Sueño" – writer & director Guillermo Galoe (BT 2020), associate producer & script editor Inbar Horesh (BT 2020), production Justin Pechberty (BT 2019) SCRIPT STATION 2020
WINNER GRAND PRIZE - "Pee Chai Dai Ka" – director & screenplay Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (BT 2020/2022), production Tan Si En (BT 2020/2022), production design Rasiguet Sookkarn (BT 2014), actor Wanlop Rungkumjad (BT 2014)
"Rietland" – production Marleen Slot (BT 2008)

Short Films

"An-Gyeong" – director, screenplay & editing JOUNG Yumi (BT 2013), production & editing KIM Kihyun (BT 2008)
"КРИТИЧНЕ СТАНОВИЩЕ" (Critical Condition) – editing Daniel Asadi Faezi (BT 2021)
"L'mina" – sound Sara Kaddouri (BT 2019), sales Square Eyes Wouter Jansen (Berlin 2020)
"Samba Infinito" – production Justin Pechberty (BT 2019)
"Wonderwall" – production Chris Hees (BT 2016/2020)

Special Screenings – Short

"Une Fugue" – sound & music Pierre Oberkampf (BT 2024), production Ron Dyens (BT 2003)

ACID

"La Couleuvre Noire" – co-producer Diana Bustamante (BT 2019), co-producer Jessica Luz (BT 2016), sound Tiago Bello (BT 2013), production sound mixer / sound Marcos Lopes (BT 2017)
"Entroncamento" – sound Joana Niza Braga (BT 2020), actor Rafael Morais (BT 2024)

La Fabrique Cinéma

"To Leave, To Stay" – co-producer Si En Tan (BT 2020/22), co-producer Yulia Evina Bhara (BT 2018/19)
"Mellow Pink" – producer Milad Khosravi (BT 2024) "What Follows is My Death" – producer Cecilia Salim (BT 2015/16)
"The Scent of Walls" – director & producer Carlos Ormeño Palma (BT 2022)
"Ghost Ship" – producer Katy Lena Ndiaye (BT 2004)
"The Passport" – producer May Odeh (BT 2015)

Marché du Film

HAF Goes to Cannes:
"Shape of Momo" – actor Gaumaya (BT 2024)
"On Your Lap" – director Reza Rahadian (BT 2016)