The Ecumenical Jury at the 24th Transilvania International Film Festival 2025 awarded its Prize to ‘Peacock' (Pfau - Bin ich echt?, Germany, 2024) by Bernhard Wenger. It also gave a Commendation to ‘Llueve sobre Babel’ (Rains Over Babel, Colombia, Spain, USA, 2024) by Gala del Sol. The festival's main prize, the Transilvania Trophy, went to ‘To a Land Unknown’ (Great Britain, among others, 2024) by Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, while the prize for Best Director went to Noaz Deshe for his film ‘Xoftex’ (Germany, France, 2025). The Prize of the International Film Critics (Fipresci) Jury for a film from the Romanian Days section went to the documentary ‘Merman’ by Ana Lungu (Romania, 2024).
The festival opened on 13 June with ‘Christy’ by Brendan Canty (USA, 2025). The Ecumenical Jury, participating in the festival for the second time, selected its award winners from the 12 films in the international competition. Hungarian director Béla Tarr received an award for his life's work.