Toronto/IBNS, Sept. 26 -- Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych's latest feature To The Victory! has won the 2025 TIFF Platform Award, festival organizers announced Thursday, marking a unanimous decision by the international jury in a programme dedicated to bold directorial vision.

Set in a near-future Ukraine grappling with the aftermath of war, To The Victory! blends the filmmaker's signature long takes and austere visual style with a meta-narrative about art, trauma, and national identity.

The film stars Vasyanovych himself as Roman, a director in Kyiv striving to make a new film while navigating separation from his wife and daughter, who have fled to Vienna. His son remains with him - a generational tether to a country unraveling....