AICEF Prize for Cross Cultural Filmmaking
2025 Winners

​Directed by Tumpal Tampubolan
Feature

 In this slow-burning suspense thriller from debut filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon, a young man and his overbearing mother's lives on their isolated crocodile farm are turned upside down with the appearance of a young woman.

​ Directed by Chithra Jeyaram
 Documentary

Love Chaos Kin is a 2025 documentary film by director Chithra Jeyaram that explores the complex dynamics of transracial, open adoption from an unconventional perspective. The film follows two Navajo-descent twins, adopted by a South Asian family, as they reconnect with their birth mother and the family of their estranged Navajo father, challenging traditional adoption narratives and focusing on the universal search for belonging and family identity.