The recognition, one of the new features introduced by the 2025 edition, is intended to honor figures from the global film industry who, with their memorable careers, have left an indelible mark on the history of the seventh art. The award will be presented by the producer, director, and screenwriter Uberto Pasolini, a long-time collaborator of Puttnam between the 1980s and 1990s.
Here is a list of the titles vying for the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded by this year's jury president Juliette Binoche and her seven fellow judges including Oscar-winner Halle Berry and "Succession" star Jeremy Strong.
he United States of America, presenting characteristic American landscapes, with the first filmed entirely through a car windshield and the second composed of static observations from across the fifty states. “Even at the age of 80, James Benning continues to be remarkably productive,” said the Film Fest Gent of the director’s latest work Little Boy, a film that looks back at the past to warn about the future, from the perspective of a little boy.
I have always considered the TRAB Excellent Award, organized by esteemed journalists of the country, to be a very prestigious recognition. So, after being nominated as Best Villain this year,
“We shot parts of the film on a char (river island) of the Padma River, right in the middle of winter. I gave everything I had to this role. I sincerely hope the audience will appreciate the film, and I invite everyone to come watch it.”
The festival opened with Colin Hanks’s affectionate documentary John Candy: I Like Me and closed with Anne Émond’s Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse). Yet the undeniable centerpiece of TIFF 50 was Guillermo del Toro’s long-anticipated adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, presented as part of the Special Presentations program on September 8.
Platform jury’s statement: “To The Victory! is the unanimous choice for this year’s Platform Award amongst a very strong selection. Bringing cinematic language to its roots and, at the same time, masterfully playing with audience expectations, this film dismantles convention to reveal deeply resonant universal emotions. Director Valentyn Vasyanovych has choreographed a mise-en-scène rendered with masterful precision, arriving at the kind of refined simplicity that can only be achieved with artistic maturity and bold vision. He has deftly used comedy to address a very complicated and complex situation into a work that is both audacious and profoundly beautiful. Ultimately, the film returns us to the very essence of cinema — reminding us why we are compelled to tell stories on film, and why we continue to do so.”
