Best Actors.
The 2025 Edition
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.
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