Zoya Laktionova’s Ukrainian documentary Ashes Settling In Layers On The Floor took house the €20,000 Eurimages co-production growth award on the Visions du Reel {industry} awards.
The movie makes use of private archives, historic paperwork and up to date footage to inform the story of a household in Mariupol, dwelling via destruction and restoration.
The jury mentioned Ashes Settling “celebrates an bold inventive proposition rising from a deeply private invitation to journey into a contemporary industrial fairytale formed by lived experiences, bodily reminiscences of a metropolis that’s political, intimate and imagined on the identical time.”
Comprising the jury have been Eleni Chandrinou (Eurimages), Gianluca Matarrese (director), and Tamara Tatishvili (head of Hubert Bals Fund)
Additional winners included Andrea Suwito’s A Distant Name which received the Visions Sud Et award value €10,000. A UK-Indonesian-French co-production, the movie explores gender fluidity in indigenous Indonesian communities.
The VdR-industry jury gave out a number of awards throughout the VdR-Pitching and VdR-Works in Progress showcases with the highest prize, value €3,242, going to Natyvel Pontalier’s I Eat With Two Hearts from France and Belgium.
The {industry} programme gave out 16 prizes total, value over €85,000.
VdR-industry winners 2025
Eurimages Co-production Improvement award
Ashes Settling In Layers Of The Floor (Ukr-Fr)
Dir. Zoya Laktionova
Visions Sud Et award
A Distant Name (UK-Indo-Fr)
Dir. Andrea Suwito
Visions du Reel award
I Eat With Two Hearts (Fr-Bel)
Dir. Natyvel Pontalier
Visions du Reel Particular Point out
Anamiga (Fr)
Dir. Raphaële Benisty
RTS award
I Eat With Two Hearts (Fr-Bel)
Dir. Natyvel Pontalier
Tënk post-production award
Time Hunter (US-Ger-Namibia)
Dirs. Daniel Chein, Mushiva
Tënk opening scenes award
Homunculus (It)
Dir. Bonheur Suprême
The Celebration Movie Gross sales award
Time Hunter (US-Ger-Namibia)
Dir. Daniel Chein, Mushiva
Lightdox award
Jaripeo (US-Fr-Mex)
Dirs. Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
Unifrance Doc award
Alea Jacarandas (Fr-Alg)
Dir. Hassen Ferhani
Mase Studios award
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Stroll (r)
Dir. Sepideh Farsi
Cannes Docs award
Time Hunter (US-Ger-Namibia)
Dir. Daniel Chein, Mushiva
Dok Leipzig award
The Huge Increase (Switz)
Dir. Gabriel Tejedor
No Nations Movies award
Subject Notes (Ger)
Dir. Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
AIDC award
The Stimulation (Fr)
Dir. Justine Harbonnier
DAE Encouragement award
Subject Notes (Ger)
Dir. Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko