The film "The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov" directed by Yuri Semashko won the Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival.

This award is given to the film that most impressed Tagesspiegel readers during the festival. In its decision, the jury noted the originality and depth of the film, which combines real political events, the personal aspirations of a young musician and elements of Greek mythology.

"The Tagesspiegel readers' jury deliberated for two hours - after a long deliberation on the three final favorites, the winning film was determined. The seven-member jury watched 24 films from the Berlinale Forum section, 42 hours of cinema in eight days, and chose "The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov" by Yuri Semashko."

 
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