AWARDS 2025

REFLET D’OR FOR BEST FEATURE 2025

UN POETA
SIMÓN MESA SOTO | 2025 | CO, DE, SE

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival

Offered by the City and Canton of Geneva (CHF 10,000)

Awarded by a Jury composed of the artist, screenwriter, and director Kantarama Gahigiri, and four students from Swiss film schools: Raphaël Jaques, University of Lausanne (Unil); Pepe Harder, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK); Maha Benraïs, SAE Institute Geneva; Mariam Bitsadze, Master in Film (ECAL-HEAD)


REFLET D’OR FOR BEST SERIES 2025

REQUIEM FOR SELINA

EMMELINE BERGLUND | 2025 | NO

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival

Offered by the City and Canton of Geneva (CHF 10,000)
Awarded by an international expert jury composed of Nicolas Dufour (CH), Géraldine Gonard (FR), and Adrian Illien (CH)


REFLET D’OR FOR BEST IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE 2025

REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT

CHLOÉ LEE | 2025 | us, de

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival

Offered by the City and Canton of Geneva (CHF 10,000)
Awarded by an international expert jury composed of Hayoun Kwon (KR), Margot Mottaz (GB), and Karen Palmer (US)


FUTURE IS SENSIBLE AWARD 2025

ANCESTORS

STEYE HALLEMA | 2024 | NL

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival


Funded by the “Pour-cent culturel Migros” cultural support program (10,000 CHF)


Awarded by an international Jury of experts composed of Thomas Imbach (CH), Tibor de Jong (NL), and Pascal Greco (CH).


SWISS SERIES STORYTELLING AWARD 2025

THE DEAL
JEAN-STÉPHANE BRON | 2025 | CH, FR, LU, BE

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival

A prize provided by the SSA cultural funds and Suissimage (20,000 CHF)
Awarded by an independent jury composed of three international television industry professionals: Ann Bergström (SE), Marianne Furevold-Boland (NO), Frédéric Lavigne (FR)


FILM & BEYOND 2025

SIR STEPHEN FREARS (GB)

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival

In association with O. Zbinden, Baume & Mercier, and HEAD–Genève


TALES OF SWISS INNOVATION 2025

NATHALIE NATH (CH)

GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival