Taiwan’s Deep Quiet Room and Iraq’s The President’s Cake scooped the highest prizes on the closing evening of the 9th Pingyao Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Shen Ko-shang’s Deep Quiet Room claimed the Fei Mu Award for greatest movie within the pageant’s Hidden Dragons part, that includes first or second movies by rising administrators. It included a money prize of $137,000 (RMB1m), half of which is meant to help the filmmaker’s subsequent challenge whereas the rest goes to the movie’s Chinese language distributor.
The movie, wherein a husband uncovers darkish household secrets and techniques after the suicide of his pregnant spouse, additionally received greatest actor for Joseph Chang.
Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake received the Roberto Rossellini Award for greatest movie within the Crouching Tigers part, made up of rising worldwide filmmakers. The characteristic, a few younger lady given the intimidating function of baking Saddam Hussein’s birthday cake, was the primary Iraqi movie to play at Cannes, the place it received the Folks’s Alternative award within the Administrators’ Fortnight sidebar.
Additional Roberto Rossellini Award-winners included UK-Nigeria filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr, who received greatest director for My Father’s Shadow, whereas South Korea’s The World Of Love by Yoon Ga-eun picked up the jury award.
The pageant, based by famend director Jia Zhangke, rand from September 24-30 within the walled metropolis of Pingyao, in northeastern China’s Shanxi province.
Pingyao Worldwide Movie Pageant 2025 Winners
Fei Mu Awards (Hidden Dragons part)
- Greatest movie: Deep Quiet Room, dir. Shen Ko-shang (Tai-It)
- Greatest director: Zhang Zhongchen, Nighttime Sounds (China)
- Greatest actress: Ranice Tay, Amoeba (Sing-Neth-Fr-Sp-S Kor)
- Greatest actor: Joseph Chang, Deep Quiet Room (Tai-It)
- Jury award: The Toddling Youths, dir. Qi Yanyan (China)
Roberto Rossellini Awards (Crouching Tigers part)
- Greatest movie: The President’s Cake, dir. Hasan Hadi (Iraq-US-Qat)
- Greatest director: Akinola Davies Jr, My Father’s Shadow (Nig-UK)
- Jury award: The World Of Love, dir. Yoon Ga-eun (S Kor)
Additional prizes
- Youth jury award: Amoeba, dir. Tan Siyou (Sing-Neth-Fr-Sp-S Kor)
- Tong Ye award: Daughters, dir. Miao Zhuangzhuang
- Netpac award greatest first movie: Daughters, dir. Miao Zhuangzhuang
- Cinephilia critics award: Amoeba, dir. Tan Siyou (Sing-Neth-Fr-Sp-S Kor)
- Chinese language filmmaker of the 12 months 2025: Huo Meng, Bi Gan, Cai Shangjun
- Feimu awards greatest brief movie: After The Cat, dir. Chu Hoi Ying
