2025 AWARD WINNERS
The inaugural Stories in the Landscape International Film Festival proudly unveils its complete slate of award winners for 2025.

"This unique festival celebrates films in which landscape, location, cultural identity, and environment are essential to storytelling rather than mere backdrops."

Best Feature Film Award

100 Sunset

Canada, 2025

A poignant immersion into Toronto’s Parkdale Tibetan immigrant community, capturing the rhythms, struggles, and beauty of multicultural urban life.

Best Director Award

The Lions by the River Tigris

Directed by Dominique Keller

A deeply human, culturally grounded portrait of Mosul’s rebirth along the iconic Tigris River.

Best Artistic Achievement

Brides

Cinematography by Hakan Demir | UK/Italy/Turkey, 2025

The cinematography traverses London’s suburbs, the Balkan countryside, and Istanbul’s historic districts with emotional precision, presenting landscapes that echo the characters’ internal journeys.