WINNERS

THURROCK INTERNATIONALFILM FESTIVAL 2025

Best Film - Oxygen Station by Ivan Tymchenko

Best Director - Amir Ahmad Ansari for The Blind Cases

Jury Prize for Director - Raya Nasiri for Little Baluches

Best Screenplay - Oxygen Station by Mykhailo Brynykh

Best Cinematography - Oxygen Station by Thomas Stokowski

Best Leading Performance in Drama - Ben Probert for The Caretaker

Best Leading Performance in Comedy - Ali Poursotodeh for Khosrow 127

Best Supporting Performance - Hossein Solimani for The Blind Cases

Best Editing - Good Choice, Joseph by James Farrell and Riaz Gomez

Best Documentary - Tell Me What Foot You are Dancing On by Philippe Ménard

Jury Prize for Documentary - Trauma: New Epidemic by Backer Hamada and Matthew Jacobson

Best Experimental Film - Zonen by Ninna Jeppsson

Best Animation - Dark Orange by Zahra Azadpour

Jury Prize for Short Film - Ker by Sajad Soleymani

Best International Short - An Excess Baggage by Myriam Garcia Marienstras

Best UK Short - Rabbit Skull by Will Fleming

Best Student Film - Stella Anyways by Yan Berthemy

Best Sound - The Caretaker by Andrew Chappell, Andy Luther and Ollie Rann

Best Original Music - Dark Orange by Payam Azadi

Best Production Design - Doggerland: The Dead & The Lonely by Miko Ng and Pim Jaidee

Best Costume Design - Sharshura (The Hearse) by Afrah Al Nasser

Best Hair & Make Up - Fish Dance by Sonia Dehghan

Best Non-Commissioned Screenplay - When The Veils Dance by Tayebe Babaei