21/11/2025
The jury presents the IDFA Award for Best Directing to a film that creates a powerful philosophical metaphor for the futility of humanity’s obsession with preservation. Through its precise, poetic visual language and subtle humor, it reveals the fragile tension between conservation and inevitable decay. Its courageous, contemplative direction transforms this struggle into an elegant, resonant meditation that stays with the viewer. The film stages the continuous human struggle with time. The IDFA Award for Best Directing goes to Holy Destructorsby Aiste Žegulytė.”