Winners announced at 9th Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival
Winners present at the ZSIFF 2025 award ceremony. From left: Judit Evelin Tóth, Kristóf M. Deák, Tamás Füzesi, Agnesh Pakozdi, Ádám Miklós, and Gavin Wynn. Photo credit: Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival / István Kuklis
The 9th Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival announced its 2025 award winners yesterday during an award ceremony in Szeged.
This year’s edition received nearly 300 submissions from 52 countries. From these, the pre-selection jury chose 9 feature films, 6 documentaries, 14 short films, and 8 music videos to compete in the official program.
The full list of awards is as follows:
Main Award / Zsigmond Vilmos Award for Best Cinematography
Natalia Mamaj and Lili-Rose Pongratz for Echoes from Borderland (Germany)
Best Feature Film
Holy Rosita (Belgium), cinematography by Dries Delputte
Best Short Film
Grobbendonk (Belgium), cinematography by Grimm Vandekerckhove
Special Mention – Short Film
Earworms Earmuffs (USA), directed and shot by Gavin Wynn
Best Documentary
Penosar (Iran), directed by Hossein Fatahi
Special Mention – Documentary
Beyond Rock Bottom (Hungary), directed and shot by Ádám Miklós
Critics’ Jury Prize + Best Young Cinematographer Award from Special Grip Hungary and Vantage Vision
Agnesh Pakozdi for Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry (Switzerland)
Best Music Video Cinematography
Kristóf M. Deák for Pogány Induló: One / Two (Hungary)
Special Mention – Music Video (Student Jury)
István Kürti for QJÚB: Underground Fight (Hungary)
City of Szeged Prize – Music Video
Fabó Tóth for Parno Graszt: The Wind Whispers (Hungary)
Special Mention – Music Video (Festival Jury)
Zoltán Dévényi for Platon Karataev: Unanswered (Hungary)
Hungarian Cinematographers’ Association Award
Tamás Füzesi for Silent Night (Hungary)
Student Jury Award – Best Cinematographer
Judit Evelin Tóth for PVRGATORIVM (Hungary)
Critics’ Writing Competition (in Hungarian)
1st place: Blanka Pillár
2nd: Karola Kolumbán
3rd: Petronella Kiss
Special mention: Ádám Leposa-Hőgye
A detailed review of the festival by guest writer and film critic Kusumita Das will be published soon.
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