
Luba Balagova and Mohy Quandour

IRIDA Award

Martha Fiennes

Vladimir Pozner

Luba Balagova, Alfie Best, Grant Miller and Elizabeth Jones

Joel Van der Molen

Vera Glagoleva

Oleg Hill, Luba Balagova Kandour, Nick Nolte, and Victoria George-Veale




Audience

Director: Andrey Zaitsev
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 1 hour 58 min
Genre: War drama
Synopsis: Olga is walking through the whole city to her father. She has just buried her husband and is sure she is going to die soon out of hunger.




Director: Howard J. Ford
Country: UK
Duration: 1 hour 33 min
Genre: Thriller
Synopsis: Best friends Carla and Tamsin set out for a peaceful island getaway, but their trip turns deadly when they’re kidnapped by a criminal gang. The captors soon learn they’ve underestimated their victims, as the women fight back in a gripping battle for survival and empowerment.


Director: Alexei Romanov
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 1 hour 19 min
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: In the vast snowy expanses of Yakutia, a drama unfolds. An older man, Khabyy, along with two companions, must deliver the young Kiluk as a bride for an old prince. Taken from her parents' yurt in exchange for a rich dowry, she longs to escape back home, but Khabyy is harsh and unrelenting. Only the young Nyukus tries to ease her plight. As they travel, feelings develop between them.


Director: Oksana Stashenko
Genre: comedy
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 01:13:21
Synopsis: Several families at once, on New Year's Eve, get into curious situations. Parents leave little Fedya alone at home on December 31 to attend a corporate party. The wife and daughter of a pop star are late for a flight, and the New Year's Eve celebration is in question. A large family's car breaks down on the way to the cottage. The fates of all are intertwined in a bizarre way with the help of an unusual Santa Claus - without a beard, a staff and a bag of gifts. No matter what - Santa Claus will give everyone New Year's magic!


Director: Vladimir Kondaurov
Genre: Adventure film
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 02:07:00
Synopsis: After leaving commercial aviation, Vyacheslav Lazarev and his family move to the countryside, where he continues to go flying, but now on a small propellered AN-2. And the life of the Lazarev family goes on as usual, until one day a small bear cub, to whom Kolya, the pilot’s son, gives the nickname Mansur, bursts in. When Mansur is kidnapped by local poachers, the faithful sheepdog Palma comes to his aid. The two animals need to find their way home through a forest full of wild animals, hunters and other dangers. And the Lazarevs, who set off in search of their four-legged friends, will have to remember what it means to be a real family.


Director: Irina Borovskaya
Genre: Romantic comedy
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 01:47:13
Synopsis: Since childhood, Varya (short for Varvara) has been passionate about dance and dreams of performing at the country’s biggest dance competition. But her road to victory will be anything but straightforward. Her partner is Nik, a young dancer and well-known blogger. Not everyone supports their decision to dance together; and on the eve of the finals, the world learns Varvara’s biggest secret—one that runs counter to the dance world’s accepted norms—forcing the kids to face problems that are anything but childlike.


Director: Pradip Kurbah
Country: India
Duration: 2 hours
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Nostalgia and hope intertwine as the narrative unfolds with poignant grace. Livingstone’s journey aboard a vintage bus becomes a symbolic pilgrimage—a testimony to the enduring love he holds for his late wife, Belinda. Alongside him, a group of endearing individuals each wrestles with personal dreams and desires, set against the haunting reality of dwindling village life.


Director: Andrey Razenkov
Genre: War drama
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 01:33:00
Synopsis: The autistic postman had been diligently delivering mail since childhood. The whole town knew and loved him, and a few families held a special place in his heart. One day, he couldn’t bring himself to deliver a death notice. Instead, he wrote a “letter from the front”. From then on, he replaced death notices with letters, and no one ever suspected the deception because the postman was a talented man – his letters seemed to be written by different people. But this didn’t last long, because during wartime, the military authorities closely monitored the mail.

