{"id":211107,"date":"2025-09-15T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=211107"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:23:07","slug":"blog-autumn-festivals-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/blog-autumn-festivals-2025","title":{"rendered":"IFFR-backed films continue their festival journeys in Toronto, Busan, San Sebasti\u00e1n and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">With 2025 so far full of prizes and premieres for Hubert Bals Fund, CineMart, Darkroom and IFFR 2025 titles, the autumn sees more IFFR-supported filmmakers reaching major international festival stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1818\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Amoeba.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211109\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film: <strong>Amoeba<\/strong> by Siyou Tan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TIFF welcomed two IFFR-backed world premieres, whilst highlights at San Sebasti\u00e1n include John Skoog\u2019s CineMart-presented debut <strong>Redoubt <\/strong>in New Directors competition, next to Kim Torres\u2019s HBF-supported <strong>Si no ardemos, c\u00f3mo iluminar la noche<\/strong>. The Basque festival close out their daring Zabaltegi Tabakalera section with our IFFR 2025 Tiger Award-winner, <strong>Fiume o morte!<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toronto International Film Festival (4\u201314 September)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the world premieres hosted at TIFF was <strong>Amoeba<\/strong> by Siyou Tan, a rebellious coming-of-age story of four teenage girls in Singapore, and <strong>Bayaan<\/strong> by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, a tense Indian drama about a rookie detective (Huma Qureshi) confronting entrenched power and silence. Both HBF-supported, the latter was screened in IFFR Pro\u2019s Darkroom work-in-progress programme last edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World premieres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Amoeba<\/strong> by Siyou Tan (HBF Development 2022, NFF+HBF Co-production Support 2023, HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support, Dutch co-producer Volya Films) \u2013 Discovery programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bayaan<\/strong> by Bikas Ranjan Mishra (HBF Development 2013, CineMart 2013, Darkroom 2025) \u2013 Discovery programme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Bayaan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211112\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Bayaan<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North American premieres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Blue Trail (O \u00faltimo azul)<\/strong> by Gabriel Mascaro (HBF Development 2014, CineMart 2017, NFF+HBF 2020) \u2013 Centerpiece programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dry Leaf<\/strong> by Alexandre Koberidze (Darkroom 2025) \u2013 Wavelengths<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Non-Actor<\/strong> by Eliza Barry Callahan (world premiere IFFR 2025 Short &amp; Mid-length) \u2013 Short Cuts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nuestra Tierra<\/strong> by Lucrecia Martel (HBF Development 2019, NFF+HBF 2020, Dutch Post-production Award 2021) \u2013 TIFF Docs programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Useful Ghost<\/strong> by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (HBF+Europe 2023) \u2013 Centerpiece programme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Canadian premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dead Lover<\/strong> by Grace Glowicki (European premiere IFFR 2025) \u2013 Midnight Madness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Busan International Film Festival (17\u201326 September)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several supported films screen in Busan, including the world premiere of <strong>Spying Stars<\/strong> by Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara in the newly launched Competition section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1460\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Spying-Stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Spying-Stars.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757927502 1460w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Spying-Stars-288x162.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757927502 288w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Spying-Stars-432x243.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757927502 432w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Spying-Stars-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757927502 832w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Spying-Stars-1296x729.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757927502 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1460px) 100vw, 1460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Spying Stars<\/strong> by Vimukthi Jayasundara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A sci-fi mediation on loss, mourning and technology, the film follows bioengineer Anandi, who returns from space only to be quarantined at a remote resort during a mysterious pandemic. Jayasundara\u2019s debut <strong>The Forsaken Land <\/strong>(2005) won the Camera d\u2019Or at Cannes. The project was funded in 2022 through the HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme, supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spying Stars<\/strong> by Vimukthi Jayasundara (HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Icons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Romer\u00eda<\/strong> by Carla Sim\u00f3n (CineMart 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Window on Asian Cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A Useful Ghost <\/strong>by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (HBF+Europe 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amoeba<\/strong> by Siyou Tan (HBF Development 2022, NFF+HBF Co-production Support 2023, HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support, Dutch co-producer Volya Films)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bayaan<\/strong> by Bikas Ranjan Mishra (HBF Development 2013, CineMart 2013, Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Becoming<\/strong> by Zhannat Alshanova (HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support, Dutch co-producer Volya Films)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Love on Trial<\/strong> by Koji Fukada (CineMart 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World Cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Blue Trail<\/strong> by Gabriel Mascaro (HBF Development 2014, CineMart 2017, NFF+HBF 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dry Leaf <\/strong>by Alexandre Koberidze (Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival (19\u201327 September)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Update:&nbsp;<strong><strong>Hiedra (The Ivy)<\/strong> <\/strong>by Ana Cristina Barrag\u00e1n&nbsp;received a special mention during the presentation of the awards in the Horizontes Latinos section.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Basque festival hosts two IFFR-backed world premieres, and closes its daring Zabaltegi Tabakalera section with our 2025 Tiger Award winner <strong>Fiume o morte!<\/strong> by Igor Bezinovi\u0107.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/redoubt-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/redoubt-01.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757926355 1280w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/redoubt-01-288x162.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757926355 288w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/redoubt-01-432x243.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757926355 432w, https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/redoubt-01-832x468.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1757926355 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Redoubt<\/strong> by John Skoog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedish filmmaker and visual artist John Skoog\u2019s debut feature <strong>Redoubt<\/strong> screens in the New Directors competition, after its presentation at the 2023 edition of CineMart \u2013 where it won the Filmmore Post-Production Award. French actor Denis Lavant (<strong>Holy Motors<\/strong>) stars as a farm worker who, at the peak of the Cold War, compulsively transforms his house into a fortress to protect himself and his puzzled neighbours from an enemy attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film was produced by Plattform Produktion, founded by Ruben Ostlund and Erik Hemmendorff, and is a Dutch co-production together with Amsterdam\u2019s Lemming Film.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Costa Rican filmmaker Kim Torres presents her HBF+Europe-supported debut feature <strong>Si no ardemos, c\u00f3mo iluminar la noche <\/strong>in the same section. In the film, the thirteen-year-old Laura must navigate a new rural home amid forests and endless palm plantations, where violence lingers like a shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1667\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/MV5BZDFjODM5YTEtOWNlYS00MzY2LWI1NDEtZDY3Nzk3NDYyMWMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211115\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Si no ardemos, c\u00f3mo iluminar la noche<\/strong> by Kim Torres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World premieres in New Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>V\u00e4rn (Redoubt)<\/strong> by John Skoog (CineMart 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Si no ardemos, c\u00f3mo iluminar la noche (If We Don\u2019t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night)<\/strong> by Kim Torres (HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Horizontes Latinos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hiedra (The Ivy)<\/strong> by Ana Cristina Barrag\u00e1n (CineMart 2021, Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nuestra tierra (Landmarks)<\/strong> by Lucrecia Martel (HBF Development 2019, NFF+HBF 2020, Dutch Post-production Award 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zabaltegi Tabakalera \u2013 Closing Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fiume o morte!<\/strong> by Igor Bezinovi\u0107 (Winner IFFR 2025 Tiger Award)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New York Film Festival (September 26 \u2013 13 October)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Four IFFR-backed films are set to screen in New York across the Main Slate and Currents programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/1-ANOCHE-CONQUISTE-TEBAS-min-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211070\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes<\/strong> by Gabriel Azor\u00edn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Main Slate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks)<\/strong> by Lucrecia Martel (HBF Development 2019, NFF+HBF 2020, Dutch Post-production Award 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Romer\u00eda<\/strong> by Carla Sim\u00f3n (CineMart 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Currents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dry Leaf<\/strong> by Alexandre Koberidze (Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (Anoche conquist\u00e9 Tebas)<\/strong> by Gabriel Azor\u00edn (Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BFI London Film Festival (8\u201319 October)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amongst the wide range of supported films screening in London, HBF-supported work by Lucrecia Martel and Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke screen in the two feature competitions, whilst IFFR 2025 Big Screen Competition film <strong>The Assistant<\/strong> by Wilhelm Sasnal &amp; Anka Sasnal screens in in the \u201cDare\u201d section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Update: Hubert Bals Fund-supported Nuestra Tierra wins BFI London Film Festival\u2019s Best Film for 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nuestra Tierra<\/strong> by Lucrecia Martel \u2013 supported three times by the HBF (HBF Development 2019, NFF+HBF 2020, Dutch Post-production Award 2021) \u2013 won Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucrecia Martel\u2019s documentary explores the long history of colonialism and land dispossession in Latin America, chronicling the 2009 murder of Javier Chocobar, an Indigenous community leader in the north of Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith deep empathy and extraordinary journalistic and cinematic rigor\u201d said the jury, \u201cMartel emerges with a portrait of \u2013 and for \u2013 an Indigenous community, and grants them a measure of the justice the courts have long denied them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/nuestra_tierra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210959\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Nuestra Tierra<\/strong> by Lucrecia Martel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Official Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks)<\/strong> by Lucrecia Martel (HBF Development 2019, NFF+HBF 2020, Dutch Post-production Award 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First Feature Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A Useful Ghost<\/strong> by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (HBF+Europe 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Romer\u00eda<\/strong> by Carla Sim\u00f3n (CineMart 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ariel<\/strong> by Lois Pati\u00f1o (world premiere IFFR 2025 Harbour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Assistant<\/strong> by Wilhelm Sasnal &amp; Anka Sasnal (IFFR 2025 Big Screen Competition)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dry Leaf<\/strong> by Alexandre Koberidze (Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Journey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Redoubt (V\u00e4rn)<\/strong> by John Skoog (CineMart 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Blue Trail (O \u00faltimo azul)<\/strong> by Gabriel Mascaro (HBF Development 2014, CineMart 2017, NFF+HBF 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promised Sky<\/strong> by Erige Sehiri (HBF+Europe 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mostra Internacional de Cinema em S\u00e3o Paulo (17\u201330 October)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With our new HBF+Brazil partnership with the cities of S\u00e3o Paulo (Spcine), Rio de Janeiro (RioFilme) and Projeto Paradiso, supporting the early development of projects by Brazilian filmmakers, we&#8217;re delighted to see so many films from IFFR 2025 and supported by the Hubert Bals Fund and IFFR Pro screening at the\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo Mostra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/11813-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212149\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Film still: <strong>Four Girls<\/strong> by Karen Suzane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>New Directors Competition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cotton Queen<\/strong> by Suzannah Mirghani (HBF+Europe 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Crowd<\/strong> by Sahand Kabiri (IFFR 2025 Bright Future world premiere)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes<\/strong> by Gabriel Azor\u00edn (Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Shipwrecked Triptych<\/strong> by Deniz Eroglu (IFFR 2025 Bright Future world premiere)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Soft Leaves<\/strong> by Miwako Van Weyenberg (IFFR 2025 Big Screen Competition)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vitrival \u2013 The Most Beautiful Village in the World<\/strong> by No\u00eblle Bastin &amp; Baptiste Bogaert (IFFR 2025 Tiger Competition)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wind, Talk to Me<\/strong> by Stefan Djordjevic (IFFR 2025 Tiger Competition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International Perspective<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Desire Lines<\/strong> by Dane Komljen (HBF Development 2018, NFF+HBF 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dry Leaf<\/strong> by Alexandre Koberidze (Darkroom 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fabula<\/strong> by Michiel ten Horn (IFFR 2025 Opening Film)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Primeira pessoa do plural<\/strong> by Sandro Aguilar (IFFR 2025 Tiger Competition)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fiume o Morte!<\/strong> by Igor Bezinovi\u0107 (IFFR 2025 Tiger Award world premiere)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Olivia<\/strong> by Sof\u00eda Petersen (HBF+Europe: Post-production 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Primitive Diversity<\/strong> by Alexander Kluge (IFFR 2025 Harbour world premiere)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mostra Brazil<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Four Girls<\/strong> by Karen Suzane (HBF Dev, HBF+Europe, NFF+HBF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 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