Inside AmirThe new feature film by the writer and director Amir Azizi (Two dogs,, Temporary) This follows a young man in Tehran, Iran, about to emigrate, won the director’s prize, the first prize, during the 2025 edition of Venice Days, or Giornate Degli Autri, the parallel section independent of the Venice Film Festival.
“In the midst of dispersed memories, unfinished conversations and slow days, he faces a decision he has not yet taken: to leave or stay,” reads a synopsis for the film. “The only thing he refuses to separate is his bicycle – a companion in the streets of the city and a symbol of his past.”
The Jury of the Venice Days was led by the Norwegian writer and director Dag Johan Haugerud and also included Italian Vermilion Producer Francesca Andreoli, the French filmmaker-Palestinian Lina Soualem (Bye bye Tiberias), New York film commissioner Josh SiegelAdèle’s life,, Timbuktu).
The jury called Inside Amir “Meditation on daily life”, adding: “It reminds us of how routines, movements and daily conversations with friends offer both security and freedom. With a framing that gradually reveals a complex life marked by loss and sorrow in a backdrop of exiled and social doubts, the film poses fundamental questions. ”
Concludes the jury: “It is a film which takes time to listen to, and which shows how the unexpected and spontaneous meetings build a rich life. The precise dialogue and the staging of the film give a strong feeling of presence, and as a spectator, you feel a generosity in the way you are invited among a group of friends and that you take great pleasure both on the intimate film and to trivial conversations. periods, often in the same frame, and often during the same bicycle ride. »»
Meanwhile, the Europa Cinemas Label Award Prize has been To carry by Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B. Papadakis. The film follows the relationship between two young Queer women at the top in the mountains of the Balkans.
The price of the choice of the people, “determined on the basis of the preferences expressed by viewers in Sala Perla at the Palazzo del Casinò at the end of the projections of the official selection”, went to two ex aequo films, namely Memory by Vladlena Sandu and A sad and beautiful world by Cyril Aris.
“Vladlena, six, goes from Crimea to Grozny after her parents’ divorce, ignoring that war will soon consume his childhood,” reads a synopsis for Memory. “While the Soviet Union collapses, the Chechen Republic fractures itself. His Russian -speaking friends flee while the expensive Chechens return, recovering their homeland. Tensions degenerate and an armed conflict bursts. ”
A sad and beautiful worldAs for him, is described as a “radical love story” which extends over three decades. “Nino and Yasmina find themselves gathered by a magnetic relationship,” explains his synopsis. “While they are confronted with an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and trace a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies that ravage the country.”
