Isabel Hagen’s drama On a String, about a gifted violist’s struggle to find her place as a professional musician, was a two-time winner at the 2025 Naples International Film Festival, taking both the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature and NIFF’s Focus on the Arts Award.
The Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature went to Cindy Meehl’s Jimmy & The Demons, which follows 79-year-old sculptor and artist Jimmy Grashow over four years as he devotes himself to a towering magnum opus.
For the first time, NIFF also presented a Jury Award for Best Short Film, which was awarded to Lee Knight’s A Friend of Dorothy.
The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Ricardo de Montreuil’s Mistura, while the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature was presented to Jenna Naranjo Winters’ Dream Touch Believe. The Audience Award for Best Short Film went to Guto Barra and Peter DiMario’s Parker & Sammy…