Award Winners
by Alexa Dalby
CAUTION: Here be spoilers
Awards
Winners
As the 70th BFI London Film Festival ends, the BFI today announces the winners of this year’s LFF Awards. Showcasing an incredible range of talent from across the world, the Competition sections are a celebration of exciting new cinematic works. The winning films are:
IMPERIUM, Dir. Sergei Loznitsa wins Best Film Award in Official Competition
9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN, Dir. Sompot Chidgasornpongse wins Sutherland Award in First Feature Competition
CONCRETE LAND, Dir. Asmahan Bkerat wins Grierson Award in Documentary Competition
AMAN, Dir. Rahul Roye wins Short Film Award in Short Film Competition
The winning films, which were chosen by four esteemed LFF Juries, explore a fascinating breadth of themes and stories including a revelatory examination of history and empire, a meditative exploration of family, faith and the cycles of life, an intimate portrait of resilience in the face of displacement and cultural erasure, and a nuanced exploration of identity and masculinity.
The winning short film AMAN is available to watch for free on BFI Player until 25th October.
Voting for the ever-popular LFF Audience Awards closes on Wednesday 21 October. The winners of Best Feature Film and Best British Discovery categories will be announced in due course. The 2025 winners of LFF Audience Awards included Chloé Zhao’s period drama Hamnet, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film, and Yemi Bamiro’s documentary Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, which won the Audience Award for Best British Discovery.
This year’s Jury Presidents were: Sam Pollard (Official Competition), Amir El-Masry (First Feature Competition), Sandhya Suri (Documentary Competition) and Helen Simmons (Short Film Competition).
