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"Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days" by NHK won both the Special Prize in Honour of the President of the Italian Republic and the TV Performing Arts category, for its delicate, intimate portrayal of the life and art of the legendary Japanese composer. The BBC’s "Hell Jumper" triumphed in TV Documentary, also receiving the Signis Special Prize for its unconventional and deeply human account of the war in Ukraine.

French productions also shone brightly, with a double victory for ARTE France: "Ballade de la baleine" (The Ballad of the Beluga) took home the Radio & Podcast Drama award, while "Malheur niveau 2" (Misfortune Level 2) won in the Radio & Podcast Documentary and Reportage category. France Télévisions also celebrated a strong presence, winning the Ylab Award, chosen by university students, with "Comme si j’étais morte" (As If I Were Dead), and receiving a Special Mention within the Presidential Prize for "Kaboul" (Kabul), an international co-production featuring Rai Fiction among its partners.

Sweden emerged as another key player at Prix Italia 2025: SVT took the TV Drama award with "Whiskey on the Rocks", a tense and ironic portrayal of power and masculinity, while Sveriges Radio won Digital Innovation with "Nyhetssök" (AI-Powered News Search), an experiment that uses artificial intelligence to explore news content.

Other major awards included the Radio & Podcast Music category, won by the Czech broadcaster ČRO with "Republika Zahradníiíiíiíiíi" (Republic of Zahradníiíiíiíiíi); SRG SSR of Switzerland in Digital Factual with "10 ans après les massacres en Irak" (10 Years After the Massacres in Iraq); and Suspilne Ukraine, which won Digital Multimedia with "ARTyleriya" (ARTillery).

The 77th edition also marked the debut of the new Global South Award, created to highlight documentaries distinguished by innovation, originality, and universality of message, even when produced with limited resources. The first winner was SABC of South Africa with "Free at Last: Unresolved Stories of Apartheid", while two Special Mentions went to BBS Bhutan for "Run Against Time: The Snowman Race in Bhutan" and PBC Palestine for "Beyond the Sea."

At the closing ceremony, Chiara Longo Bifano, Secretary General of Prix Italia, underlined the festival’s spirit of openness and community: “We are once again in Naples, a city that has always been a crossroads of people from diverse and sometimes contrasting worlds, yet a place where creativity constantly thrives. This is my fourth edition of Prix Italia, and I am truly proud of what has become our real community. Here, I have found not only the formal seat of a prestigious and historic award but a living, dynamic community of authentic people who share a genuine passion for culture and for quality communication. We are growing and expanding, finding new friends every day. This year, for the first time, we have the honor of a President coming from outside Europe, Mr. Imamura. Thank you, Imamura-san! We have also welcomed new participants from all over the world, as we remain deeply committed to broadening our reach. We are here in Naples to reaffirm our mission as public service media: to make complexity understandable and shareable, with our eyes wide open, with the strength of reason, and with the conviction that reality, the true reality, remains our most precious horizon. Get Real! Get Prix Italia!”