The Berlin International Film Festival Unveils 2025 Panorama Audience Award Winners

The Berlin International Film Festival has revealed the winners of the prestigious 2025 Panorama Audience Awards. The top honor for Best Feature Film went to the Spanish drama Sorda (Deaf), directed by Eva Libertad. In the Panorama Dokumente category, the German documentary Die Möllner Briefe (The Moelln Letters), helmed by Martina Priessner, took home the award. These accolades, determined by audience votes, were presented in partnership with radioeins and rbb television.

Spotlight on Sorda

Sorda tells the poignant story of Ángela (played by Miriam Garlo) and Héctor (portrayed by Álvaro Cervantes), an inter-abled couple in Spain as they prepare for the arrival of their child. Ángela, who is deaf, finds herself in a supportive community of deaf friends but faces pressure from her hearing parents to use hearing aids. After the birth of their daughter, she grapples with the fear of not being able to connect fully with her child and the surrounding world, which strains her relationship with her hearing husband, Héctor. Produced by Distinto Films, Nexus CreaFilms, and A Contracorriente Films, Sorda is being marketed globally by Latido Films.

Notable Mentions in Feature Film Category

The second and third-place honors in the feature film category were awarded to Lesbian Space Princess, directed by Australian filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese—recognized as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Berlinale Hidden Gems this year—and Hjem, kære hjem (Home Sweet Home), a drama focused on a home carer, directed by Danish filmmaker Frelle Petersen.

Documentary Insights

In the documentary category, Priessner’s Die Möllner Briefe revisits the tragic 1992 arson attack in Mölln, Germany, where neo-Nazis targeted Turkish-German families, resulting in three fatalities and numerous injuries. The film follows survivors, including İbrahim Arslan, who was a child during the attack, as they uncover hundreds of condolence letters that were sent by the public but never delivered to the victims’ families. Priessner explores the long-lasting effects of the attack, the bureaucratic failures in preserving historical memory, and the intergenerational trauma that lingers over three decades later.

This impactful documentary was produced by inselfilm production based in Berlin, and is being distributed globally by New Docs.

Panorama Dokumente Category Highlights

In the Panorama Dokumente category, the second and third place awards went to Yalla Parkour by Areeb Zuaiter, which showcases the fearless parkour athletes in Gaza, and Khartoum, a documentary that provides a glimpse into the lives of five diverse residents of the Sudanese capital, directed by a team of Sudanese filmmakers including Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, and British director Phil Cox.

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Persons

Eva Libertad, Miriam Garlo, Álvaro Cervantes, Martina Priessner, Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese, Frelle Petersen, İbrahim Arslan, Areeb Zuaiter, Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox

Company Names

Distinto Films, Nexus CreaFilms, A Contracorriente Films, Latido Films, inselfilm production, New Docs

Titles

Sorda, Die Möllner Briefe, Lesbian Space Princess, Hjem, kære hjem, Yalla Parkour, Khartoum

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