IndieWire looks at the top contenders to win the 2025 Berlin Film Festival's leading prizes from a jury headed by Todd Haynes.

A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes awarded the Golden Bear trophy to “Dreams (Sex Love)” by director Dag Johan Haugerud.

The president of the International Jury, Todd Haynes poses for photographers upon arrival at the opening of the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ma

Filmmakers Todd Haynes, Maria Schrader and Nabil Ayouch discuss politics at the opening press conference of the Berlin International Film Festival. (Feb. 13)

A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes

The Film Festival, Berlinale International Jury from left, Nabil Ayouch, Rodrigo Moreno, Maria Schrader, Todd Haynes, Fan Bingbing, Bina Daigeler, Amy Nicholson and the festival Director Tricia Tuttle

Serving as head juror at the Berlinale, Haynes says "The need for filmmakers to speak out feels more urgent than ever." Screenshot: Still Watching Netflix/YouTube Just a few weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidential term and some of America’s most powerful institutions are already bending to his whims.

Berlin Film Festival Jury President Todd Haynes recently opened the annual celebration Thursday, February 13 with an ominous warning about the current Trump administration. "We're in a state of particular crisis right now in the United States,

Filmmakers Todd Haynes, Maria Schrader and Nabil Ayouch discuss politics at the opening press conference of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Berlin International Film Festival jury president Todd Haynes said the Trump administration is deliberately creating “a sense of destabilization and shock."

How the Trump administration will affect filmmaking remains to be seen, but film's ability to parse difficult issues has taken on extra urgency amid the current state of the world, Berlin Film Festival jury president Todd Haynes said on Thursday.