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29 November 2025 Festival

RIDM 2025 prize list unveiled!

The 28th edition of RIDM comes to a close today. After eleven intense days of discovery, and encounters, the RIDM 2025 prize list was unveiled at the awards ceremony on Saturday, November 29, at the Cinémathèque québécoise.

Here are the winners of this 28th edition, organized by film category.

 

GRAND PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION 
Imago by Déni Oumar Pitsaev

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION presented by Vital Distribution
Waking Hours by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini


A special mention went to Evidence by Lee Anne Schmitt



GRAND PRIZE FOR NATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and
 PRIM
Partition by Diana Allan

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR NATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION presented by  Télé-Québec and Post-Moderne
Kindergarten by Jean-François Caissy

 

NEW VISIONS AWARD presented by la Société civile des auteurs multimédia (SCAM) et Prix FRIPESCI 
Soul of the Foot by Mustafa Uzuner

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT OR MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM presented by URBANIA
Marratein, Marratein by Julia Yezbick

 

BEST NATIONAL SHORT OR MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM presented by the Coop VidéoSLA Location and Cineground
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished by Lesley Loksi Chan and Lloyd Wong



SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR NATIONAL SHORT OR MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM presented by Paraloeil
Momentum by Nada El-Omari

 

MAGNUS-ISACSSON AWARD presented with the participation of DOC Québec, l’ARRQFunambules MédiasCinema Politica and Main Film

Spare My Bones, Coyote! by Jonah Malak


A special mention is dedicated to Recomposée by Nadia Louis-Desmarchais

 

STUDENT JURY AWARD presented by the Caisse Desjardins du Plateau-Mont-Royal
Recomposée by Nadia Louis-Desmarchais Image



WOMEN INMATE JURY AWARD with the support of la Ville de Montréal and the Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec

The Blueberry Blues by Andrés Livov 

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A special mention went to Spare My Bones, Coyote! by Jonah Malak

 

EMERGING TALENT AWARD RADIO-CANADA présented by Radio-Canada
Histoires d’anxiétés by Adèle Schneider

 

RIDM would like to acknowledge the support of all its partners!

 

Find the jury members for the various competitions by following this link.

 

Read the press release by following this link.

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