FNE at Auteur Film Festival 2025: Prize Winners

BELGRADE: Serbian-Romanian director Ivana Mladenović’s  Sorella di Clausura  won the main award in the International Competition of the 31st  Auteur Film Festival  (21 – 28 November 2025).

Stefan Đorđević won Best Director for Wind, Talk to Me (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia).

The closing ceremony was followed by the national premiere of Serbian director Vladimir Tagić’s debut feature Yugo Florida , which was produced by Serbia’s Sense Production  in coproduction with Montenegro’s Adriatic Western , Croatia’s Eclectica دانلود آنتی ویروس نود 32 کرک شده  and Bulgaria’s Contrast Films .

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

International Competition:

“Aleksandar Petrović“ Grand Prix Award for Best Film: Sorella di clausura  (Romania, Serbia, Italia, Spain) Directed by Ivana Mladenović Produced by  microFILM , Dunav 84 Coproduced by Nightswim, Boogaloo Films Supported by the  Romanian National Film Centre ,  Film Center Serbia , the  Serbian Ministry of Culture , the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals,  Eurimages

Best Director: Stefan Đorđević for  Wind, Talk to Me / Vetre, pričaj sa mnom  (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia) Produced by  Non-Aligned Films Coproduced by Katunga, SPOK Films,  Restart  (Croatia),  Staragara  (Slovenia) Supported by  Film Center Serbia , the  Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia , Creative Europe – MEDIA, the  Slovenian Film Centre , the  Croatian Audiovisual Centre , visions sudest,  Viba Film

“Gordan Mihić“ Award for Best Screenplay: A Poet / Un Poeta (Columbia, Sweden, Germany) Directed by Simón Mesa Soto

Special Mention: Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master / Otapanje vladara  (Montenegro, Italy, France, Croatia, Serbia) Directed by Ivan Salatić Produced by  Meander Film Coproduced by Nightswim, Bocalupo Films,  Dinaridi Film ,  Non-Aligned Films , the  Radio Television of Montenegro Supported by the  Film Centre of Montenegro , the Ministry of Culture of Italy, the  Croatian Audiovisual Centre ,  Film Center Serbia

Brave Balkan Competition:

Best Film: Peacemaker / Mirotvorac (Croatia) Directed by Ivan Ramljak Produced by Factum Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Special Mention: Slet 1988 (Germany, France, Serbia) Directed by Marta Popivoda

Erste Bank “Trust Yourself“ Award: Hysterical Fit of Laughter / Histerični napad smeha (Serbia, Croatia) Directed by Matrija Glušćević, Dušan Zorić

Other Awards:

“Aleksandar Petković Petko“ Award for Best DoP: Virginie Saint-Martin for  Mother / Majka  (North Macedonia, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, India) Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska  Lensed by Virginie Saint-Martin Produced by  Sisters and Brother Mitevski   Coproduced by Entre Chien et Loup, Rainy Days, Frau Film, Raging Film Supported by the  North Macedonia Film Agency , the Swedish Film Institute, the Danish Film Institute, Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, Film i Väst

“Marko Glušica“ Award for Best Young Editor: Jelena Filipović for  78 Days / 78 Dana  (Serbia) Directed by Emilija Gašić Produced by  Set Sail Films

Network of Festivals of Adriatic Region Award: Maldoror (France, Belgium) Directed by Fabrice Du Welz