"I gaze at the stars in a daze," begins the group Mishima, in front of a beating heart in the Oval Room of the National Museum of Art, at the presentation of the Sant Jordi Crosses 2025. On stage, 21 personalities and 10 entities have collected the highest recognition from the Generalitat in "the disciplines that are necessary for progress," Sonia Hernández Almodóvar, and cited commitment, creativity, perseverance, drive, language, science, culture, research. "The strength of a country is not measured only by its institutions but also by the human quality of its people," she noted.

Filmmaker Carla Simón, actress Loles León, journalist and writer Mercè Ibarz, the Lleida Puppet Center, and La Cubana are some of the personalities and organizations that will receive the Creu de Sant Jordi 2025. This is one of the highest recognitions awarded by the Generalitat (Catalan Government). Other winners include visual artist Eugenia Balcells, journalist Rosa Maria Calaf, dancer and choreographer Montse Colomé, playwright Lluïsa Cunillé, musician and cultural manager Marc Lloret (posthumously), orchestra conductor Josep Pons, and businessman and editor Francisco Javier Moll (founder of Pren and Planeta).