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THE 3RD JAZAIR AWARDS | 2025

NOMINEES

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF 2025

NOMINEES

Touched
directed by Rana Rachid, produced by Bruna Haddad.

Hide and Seek
directed & produced by Rami Abbas.

Natah
directed by Islam Ahmed, produced by Mohanad Hassan.

Olivia
directed & produced by Boukef Shawki.

Flouka Vagabond
directed by Mourad Hamla, produced by Yousra Chougui.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF 2025

NOMINEES

Les Gueules Noires de l’Indépendance
directed by Hamza Mahdi, produced by CADC & Aures Picture.

Spirit Jerusalem
directed by Hamad Yousef Alnoori, produced by Ha Media Production Co.

Hawala
directed by Sabah Benziadi & Enis Mulè, produced by Sabah Benziadi, Enis Mulè & Samara Mulè.

La Force Mentale
directed by Omar Boudi & Zoheir Boudi, produced by New Vision Prod.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OF 2025

NOMINEES

SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE
Production design by NILESH S. GORKSHE.

STONE
Production design by FATMA CHAMMAM.

TWO MEN, ONE DESTINY
Production design by RAMZI BADJI.

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
Production design by MAYA MANCER.

BIN OU BIN
Production design by MOHAMED LAMINE AMRANI.

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING OF 2025

NOMINEES

THE YELLOW PLANE
Celia Oudni.

STONE
Zeineb Ayachi.

SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE
Krishna Karmakar.

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
Karima Laouir, Lynda Cherouati & Toufik Bouterfa.

ROSE WATER
Sabah Hassan & Aneesa Kamel.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE OF 2025

NOMINEES

STONE
Isaac Haaddour.

GAIA
Kartik Ahuja.

THE YELLOW PLANE
Amine Dehan.

ROSE WATER
Hassan Haddad.

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
Toti Basso.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF 2025

NOMINEES

Najla Barouni
STONE.

Dana Al-Salem
ROSE WATER.

Amal Kateb
THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956.

Priyasha Bhardwaj
GAIA.

Almaz Papatakis
UNDER MY SKIN.

BEST LEADING ACTRESS OF 2025

NOMINEES

MAYSSA SASSI
STONE.

KOMAL MUNSHI
GAIA.

SONALLI SHARMISSTHA
SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE.

MARYAM ZEMAN
ROSE WATER.

SOUHILA MALLEM
THE YELLOW PLANE.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY OF 2025

NOMINEES

DEVENDRA GOLATKAR
SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE.

AMINE DHAQUADI
STONE.

MUSTAFA OZGUN
TWO MEN, ONE DESTINY.

DEBESH MEHROTRA
GAIA.

TARIEL MELIAVA
BIN OU BIN.

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM OF 2025

NOMINEES

SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE
produced by Vikash Sharma.

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
produced by Abdenour Zahzah.

STONE
produced by Najla Barouni & Majdi Housseini.

ROSE WATER
produced by Mahmood Alshaikh.

GAIA
produced by Anuradha Kapoor & Abhay Kapoor.

THE YELLOW PLANE
produced by CADC.

UNDER MY SKIN
produced by Pascal Tessaud, Nassim El Mounabbih & Yasmina Er Rafass.

BIN OU BIN
produced by Youcef Krache.

TWO MEN, ONE DESTINY
produced by Fatima Ouazene.

BEST SCREENPLAY OF 2025

NOMINEES

GAIA
Written by Abhay Kapoor.

STONE
Written by Karim Berrhouma.


SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE
Written by Shilpee Bhardwaj & Abhilash Sharma.


THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
Written by Abdenour Zahzah.


ROSE WATER
Written by Mahmood Alshaikh & Mohammad Ateeq.

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF 2025

NOMINEES

Spin
directed by Khaled alsayed ata youssef, produced by Khaled alsayed ata youssef & Abdelrahman Fahmy.

Pail
directed by Adel Al-Haimi & produced by Nour Mansour.

The beginning of the end
directed & produced by Maryam Abdulghaffar.

Beyond Olympic Glory
directed & produced by Shedrack Salami.

Champion
directed by Mohamed Masli, produced by Mohamed Masli & Mohamed Al Qasir.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF 2025

NOMINEES

GAIA
Costume design by ANURADHA KAPOOR & ABHAY KAPOOR.

THE YELLOW PLANE
Costume design by HAMID OURTI & ROUMAILA MERABET.

ROSE WATER
Costume design by FATIMA AL BASTAKI.

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
Costume design by ASMA BEN NAOUM & JULIA DIDIER.

BIN OU BIN
Costume design by JEAN MARC MIRETE.

BEST FILM EDITING OF 2025

NOMINEES

THE YELLOW PLANE
Houssem Eddine Rais.

STONE
Douraid Benzarti.

GAIA
Shivendra Kumar Jha.

ROSE WATER
Mohammed Ahmed & Mahmood Ateeq.

SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE
Suresh Pal & Abhilash Sharma.

BEST SOUND OF 2025

NOMINEES

GAIA
Shivendra Kumar Jha.

TWO MEN, ONE DESTINY
Lotfi Adamo, Angel Ignace & Clément Ignace.

BIN OU BIN
Amine Teggar.

ROSE WATER
Mohammed Nehme & Mohammed Erhama Al Thawadi.

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956
Fred Salles & Fred Biele.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF 2025

NOMINEES

Atul Tiwari
GAIA.

Omar Boulakirba
THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953-1956.

Hussain Abdali
ROSE WATER.

Laurent Gernigon
THE YELLOW PLANE.

Mabrouk Ferroudji
BIN OU BIN.

BEST LEADING ACTOR OF 2025

NOMINEES

SATYA RANJAN
SWAHA: IN THE NAME OF FIRE.

ALEXANDRE DESANE
THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953 – 1956.

JAMAAN AL-RUWAIE
ROSE WATER.

LAKSHYA GOEL
GAIA.

SALIM KECHIOUCHE
BIN OU BIN.

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM OF 2025

NOMINEES

THE STEAK
directed & produced by Kiarash Dadgar.

THE BOX
directed by Amine Beldi, produced by Ahmed Mabrouk.

MIRAH
directed & produced by Ahmed Samir.

DAWN EVERY DAY
directed by Amir Youssef, produced by Norah El Khateeb.

WHERE IS DIANA ?
directed & produced by Samy Chaffaï.

STUCK IN REVERSE
directed by Majd Emad, produced by Majd Emad & Wassim Emad.

MARIANNA
directed by Luigi Di Domenico, produced by Davide Bottiglieri, Luigi Di Domenico & Lorenzo Forte.

MARIONETTE
directed Faisal Buhaishi, produced by Asad Ali.

CATSAROS
directed & produced by Muhammad ElHadidi.

THE ANT THAT CROSSED MY SKETCHBOOK
directed by Chris Akoury, produced by Christelle Rmeily.