
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

Special selection
Director: Andrey Zaitsev
Screenplay: Andrey Zaitsev, Daniil Granin, Ales Adamovich
Producer: Olga Granina, Andrey Zaitsev
DOP: Irina Uralskaya
Editors: Arsenii Pronkin
Cast: Olga Ozollapinya, Sergey Dreyden, Andrey Shibarshin, Sergey Pirnyak, Darya Rumyantseva
Country: Russian Federation
Year: 2020
Language: Russian
Running time: 118 min
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.




Competition programme
Director: Howard J. Ford
Screenplay: Howard J. Ford
Producer: Howard J. Ford
DOP: Travellian Skipaldi
Cast: Sarah Alexandra Marks, Sophie Rankin,Sean Cronin, Louis James, Ksenia Islamova
Country: UK
Year: 2025
Language: English
Running time: 93 min
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.


Competition programme
Director: Alexei Romanov
Screenplay: Liubov Borisova, Alexei Romanov
Producer: Sardana Savvina, Alexei Egorov
DOP: Petr Ivanov
Composer: Arkady Ylakhov
Sound: Innokenty Sivtsev
Cast: Alisa Larionova, Fedot L'vov, Gavril Menkyarov, Ivan Konstantinov
Country: Russian Federation
Year: 2024
Language: Yakut
Running time: 79 min
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.


Competition programme
Director: Oksana Stashenko
Screenplay: Oksana Stashenko
Producer: Oksana Stashenko
DOP: Maria Solovyeva
Cast: Lisa Arzamasova, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Anatoli Guschin
Country: Russian Federation
Year: 2025
Language: Russian
Running time: 73 min
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!


Competition programme
Director: Vladimir Kondaurov
Screenplay: Ekaterina Mavromatis, Alexander Domogarov jr., Liza Tsyganova
Producer: Ruben Dishdishyan, Anton Zlatopolsky, Julia Ivanova, Narek Martirosyan, Kristina Reilyan, Natalia Klibanova, Yasmina Ben Ammar
DOP: Sergey Dyshuk
Cast: Viktor Dobronravov, Leonid Basov, Vladimir Ilyin, Valeria Fedorovich
Country: Russian Federation
Year: 2025
Language: Russian
Running time: 127 min
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.


Out of competition
Director: Irina Borovskaya
Screenplay: Irina Borovskaya
Producer: Sergey Menyaikin, Yulia gerasimova, Vladlena Rext
DOP:Denis Smyrnov, Ziko Khikmatov
Cast: Alisa Menyaikina, Matvey Kulagin, Eduard Menyaikin, Victor Khorinyak, Valeria Lanskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Igor Vernik, Askar Iliasov, Alexey Yagudin, Stanislav Yarushin
Genre: Romantic comedy
Country: Russian Federation
Year: 2025
Language: Russian
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.


Competition programme
Director: Pradip Kurbah
Screenplay: Paulami Dutta, Pradip Kurbah
Producer: Arpana Kurbah, Jova Kurbah, Morjina Kurbah
DOP: Pradip Daimary
Sound: Sumir Dewri, Saptak Sarkar, Sayantan Ghosh
Editors: Badeimon Kharshiing
Cast: Albert Mawrie, Merlvin Mukhim, Richard Kharpuri, Jeetesh Sharma, Baia Marbaniang, Helena Duiia
Country: India
Year: 2025
Running time: 120 min
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.


Competition programme
Director: Andrey Razenkov
Screenplay: Andrei Razenkov, Mikhail Petukhov, Natalia Kotkova
Producer: Elena Yatsura, Yuri Krestinskii, Maksim Filatov
DOP: Maria Solovyova
Cast: Aleksandr Petrov, Inga Oboldina, Dmitrii Kovgan, Aleksandr Michkov, Yuri Belyaev, Fedor Lavrov, Aleksei Rozin, Natalia Surkova, Polina Agureeva, Vladislav Abashin
Country: Russian Federation
Year: 2025
Language: Russian
Running time: 94 min
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.

