Molly Manning Walker and her jury of Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam Vanja Kaludjercic, Italian director, producer and screenwriter Roberto Minervini and Argentinian actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart handed on the prizing late last week for the Un Certain Regard section. Diego Céspedes‘ feature debut The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo was the top winner of the section in 2025. The Chilean filmmaker was joined by Colombia cinema in with Simón Mesa Soto claiming the Jury Prize (for Un Poeta). Soto is a filmmaker who won the Palme d’Or for this short less than a decade back. Here are the winners including some impassioned speeches from Arab and Tarzan Nasser for Once Upon a Time in Gaza and Cleo Diára for Best Actress award in I Only Rest in the Storm.
Un Certain Regard Prize
LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)
Diego Céspedes
1st film
Jury Prize
UN POETA
Simón Mesa Soto
Best Directing
ARAB & TARZAN NASSER
for Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Best Actor
FRANK DILLANE
in Urchin directed by Harris Dickinson
Best Actress
CLEO DIÁRA
in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) directed by Pedro Pinho
Best Screenplay
PILLION
Harry Lighton
1st film
