2025 Stockholm International Film Festival

Stockholm Competition • Eva Åkergren, Swedish producer (jury chair) • David Dencik, Swedish-Danish actor • Mikael Marcimain, Swedish film and television director Stockholm Documentary Competition • Sara Rüster, works at Swedish Film Institute and is responsible for the launch and festival distribution of Swedish documentaries • Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir, Icelandic-Swedish producer • Kasia Syty, philologist, cultural journalist, and translator Short Film Competition • Lia Hietala is a Swedish film director and screenwriter • Elis Monteverde Burrau, poet, playwright, artist • Julia Thelin, screenwriter and director FIPRESCI jury • Leonardo Goi, a film critic and columnist for MUBI Notebook. • Stephen “Spling” Aspeling, a South African film critic, script consultant, and radio presenter • Julia Finnsiö, a Swedish film critic TV4 Rising Star Award • Simon Norrthon, Swedish actor, jury chair • Lisa Rosengren Lagercrantz, Film & TV Producers Association • Jan Göransson, Head of Press, Swedish Film Institute • Adam Lundgren, Swedish actor • Celie Sparre, Swedish actress ==Official selection==

Opening and closing films Stockholm Competition The following films were selected for the main international competition: Stockholm Documentary Competition The following films were selected for the documentary competition: Masters The following films were selected in the Masters section (most experienced directors and profiled voices from the world of films): Open Zone The following films were selected in the Open Zone section (FIPRESCI award): Icons The following films were selected in the Icon section (where the biggest stars shine the brightest): American Independents The following films were selected in the American Independents section (America as seen through the most independent of filmmaking eyes): Discovery The following films were selected in the Discovery section (stories from debuting directors): Twilight Zone The following films were selected in the Twilight Zone section (Innovative, terrifying and twisted genre films): Stockholm Series Short Film Competition Nordic Shorts • '''''Sorry I'm Late (But I Brought A Choir) (Dette er ikke en fest (det er en vinkveld)), Håkon Anton, Norway' • ''Closed Oysters Can't Speak'', Leonard Rääf, Denmark, Italy • Fish Out of Water • Maybe in March, Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert, Denmark • My Name Is Hope, Sherwan Haji, Finland Short Film Program: Bodies Bodies Bodies • '''Skin on Skin by Simon Schneckenburger''' • Agapito by Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle Romero • The Body by Louris van de Geer • Unsold Copies by Stefan Koutzev Short Film Program: Faces Places • When The Geese Flew by Arthur Gay • Baozhda by Keran Abukasimu • The Loneliness of Lizards by Inês Nunes • ''I'm Glad You're Dead Now'' by Tawfeek Barhom ==Awards==

, winner of the Best Director Award , recipient of Stockholm Achievement Award , recipient of Stockholm Visionary Award Bronze Horse • Best Film: Father by Tereza Nvotová Visionary Award • Benny Safdie, American filmmaker and actor ===FIPRESCI Award=== • Best Film: No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook Nordic Shorts Competition • Best Short Film: ''Sorry I'm Late (But I Brought a Choir)'' by Håkon Anton Olavsen TV4 Rising Star Award • Nils Wetterholm Stockholm Film Critics Award • Stig Björkman, Swedish writer and film critic Peroni 0.0% Audience Award • Egghead Republic ==References==