The closing ceremony of the Berlinale International Film Festival was held at 18:00 on February 22, 2025, at the Berlinale Palast in the city of Berlin, Germany, and the winners of various competition, including; the Main Competition, Perspectives (GWFF Best First Feature Award), the Berlinale Documentary Award as well as the Berlinale Shorts prizes were introduced and the prestigious Golden Bear award for the best film and other awards of this film event were awarded to the winners.
The Prizes of the International Jury
The members of the 2025 International Jury, The members of the jury of the Main Competition of this prestigious and first-class world cinema event are: The US-American director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes, President of the Jury, Director Nabil Ayouch (Morocco/France), actor Fan Bingbing (China), costume designer Bina Daigeler (Germany), director Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina), film critic and author Amy Nicholson (U.S.) and director, actor and screenwriter Maria Schrader (Germany), award the following prizes:
Golden Bear for Best Film (awarded to the film’s producers)
Golden Bear for Best Film, to: “Dreams” directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, Produced by: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum (Norway)
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, to: “The Blue Trail” directed by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands)
The Prizes of the International Jury
The members of the 2025 International Jury, The members of the jury of the Main Competition of this prestigious and first-class world cinema event are: The US-American director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes, President of the Jury, Director Nabil Ayouch (Morocco/France), actor Fan Bingbing (China), costume designer Bina Daigeler (Germany), director Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina), film critic and author Amy Nicholson (U.S.) and director, actor and screenwriter Maria Schrader (Germany), award the following prizes:
Golden Bear for Best Film (awarded to the film’s producers)
Golden Bear for Best Film, to: “Dreams” directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, Produced by: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum (Norway)
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, to: “The Blue Trail” directed by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands)
Silver Bear Jury Prize
Silver Bear Jury Prize, to: “The Message” directed by Iván Fund (Argentina, Spain, Uruguay)
Silver Bear for Best Director
Silver Bear for Best Director to: Huo Meng for the film “Living the Land” (China)
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, to: Rose Byrne in: “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” by Mary Bronstein (USA)
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance, to: Andrew Scott in: “Blue Moon” by Richard Linklater (USA, Ireland)
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, to: Radu Jude for the film “Kontinental ’25” directed by Radu Jude (Romania, Hungaria, German)
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for the creative ensemble of: “The Ice Tower” directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović (France, Germany).
Presided by Tricia Tuttle, the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival was held, consisting of Competition sections such as Main Competition, Perspectives Competition, Generations Competition, Panorama, Forum, Shorts, Documentary, and the non-competition category including Special Screening, and Classic Cinema Screening.
