Amir Azizi’s Inside Amir and UK characteristic Bearcave had been among the many winners of the 2025 version of Giornate degli Autori, the impartial sidebar of the Venice Movie Competition.
Iranian filmmaker Azizi acquired the €20,000 money director’s award.
Inside Amir follows a younger man in Tehran on the verge of emigrating to affix his girlfriend Tara in Italy; however going through as much as his determination in his closing days in Iran.
Written and directed by Azizi, the movie is produced by Azizi, Elham Azizi and Ali Azizi for Fog Movies.
“It reminds us of how each day routines, actions, and conversations with pals present each safety and freedom,” stated a press release from the jury, headed by Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud.
UK characteristic Bearcave gained the Europa Cinemas Label, which consists of a monetary contribution in the direction of distribution and promotion, in addition to a assure that the movie will probably be proven in Europa Cinemas community venues.
Bearcave is directed by Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B. Papadakis for Greece’s Pame Ligo Collective in co-production with the UK’s Pucci Productions.
Producers are Emily Sky Hickin, Thanasis Michalopoulos, Arsinoi Pilou, Ishan Sanjay Deshpande, Dinopoulos and Papadakis.
The movie is ready in a Greek mountain village, the place a girl challenges her greatest buddy to embark on an journey to discover a mystical bear cave.
The Europa Cinemas Label jury described it as “each a conflict and a fusion of the outdated and new. The movie is constructed a little bit like a thriller, however there may be additionally greater than a contact of the supernatural.”
Inside Amir and Bearcave are each on the lookout for gross sales illustration.
Two movies scored precisely 77.4% on the viewers vote for the Individuals’s Selection Award – Vladlena Sandu’s Reminiscence and Cyril Aris’s A Unhappy and Lovely World.
The Venice Movie Competition official choice awards ceremony takes place tomorrow night (Saturday, September 5) at 7pm CEST.
