2023 Stockholm International Film Festival
Opening film | Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Founded | 1990 |
Awards | Bronze Horse (The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez Haberle) |
No. of films | 130 from 50 countries |
Festival date | 8–19 November 2023 |
Website | stockholmfilmfestival |
The 34th Stockholm International Film Festival took place on 8 to 19 November 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
The festival was opened with science fantasy film Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, which won the Audience Award.[2][3] Chilean drama film The Settlers won the most prestigious award of the festival, Bronze Horse.[4]
Official Selection
[edit]Opening film
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
Stockholm Competition
[edit]The following films were selected for the main international competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | Morocco, Qatar, France |
The Breaking Ice | 燃冬 | Anthony Chen | China, Singapore |
Dream Scenario | Kristoffer Borgli | United States | |
The Enchanted | Els encantats | Elena Trapé | Spain |
Grace | Blazh | Ilya Povolotsky | Russia |
Hesitation Wound | Tereddüt çİzgİsİ | Selman Nacar | Turkey, France, Spain, Romania |
Hounds | Les meutes | Kamal Lazraq | Morocco, Qatar, France, Belgium, Saudi Arabia |
How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom, Greece | |
Let Me Go | Laissez-moi | Maxime Rappaz | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
The Nature of Love | Simple comme Sylvain | Monia Chokri | France, Canada |
Only the River Flows | 河边的错误 | Wei Shujun | China |
The Pod Generation | Sophie Barthes | United Kingdom, France, Belgium | |
Reality | Tina Satter | United States | |
Rosalie | Stéphanie Di Giusto | France, Belgium | |
Scrapper | Charlotte Regan | United States | |
The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Sweden, France, Chile, Denmark, United Kingdom, Argentina, Germany, Taiwan |
Slow | Marija Kavtaradzė | Lithuania, Sweden, Spain | |
Toll | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil, Portugal |
- Highlighted title indicates Bronze Horse winner.
Stockholm Documentary Competition
[edit]The following films were selected for the international documentary competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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20 Days in Mariupol | Mstyslav Chernov | Ukraine | |
The Arc of Oblivion | Ian Cheney | United States | |
Beyond Utopia | Madeleine Gavin | United States | |
Citizen Sleuth | Chris Kasick | United States | |
The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
God Is a Woman | Dieu est une femme | Andres Peyrot | France, Switzerland, Panama |
Hollywoodgate | Ibrahim Nash'at | United States, Germany | |
Megaheartz | Emily Norling | Sweden | |
On the Edge | État limite | Nicolas Peduzzi | France |
Pictures of Ghosts | Retratos Fantasmas | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
Somliga går med trasiga skor | Magnus Gertten | Sweden, Denmark | |
Total Trust | Jialing Zhang | Germany, The Netherlands | |
Vista Mare | Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler | Austria, Italy |
Discovery
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Almamula | Juan Sebastián Torales | France, Argentina, Italy | |
Amina | Ahmed Abdullahi | Sweden | |
Hello Dankness | Soda Jerk | Australia | |
I Used to Be Funny | Ally Pankiw | Canada | |
In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | United Kingdom | |
Inshallah a Boy | Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan, Qatar, France, Saudi Arabia | |
The Persian Version | Maryam Keshavarz | United States | |
The Rapture | Le Ravissement | Iris Kaltenbäck | France |
Shayda | Noora Niasari | Australia, United Kingdom | |
Sky Peals | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom | |
A Song Sung Blue | 小白船 | Zihan Geng | China |
Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India |
American Independents
[edit]Title | Director(s) | Production country |
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A Little Prayer | Angus MacLachlan | United States |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Kelly Fremon Craig | United States |
Cora Bora | Hannah Pearl Utt | United States |
Earth Mama | Savanah Leaf | United States, United Kingdom |
Ex-Husbands | Noah Pritzker | United States |
Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States, Italy |
Riddle of Fire | Weston Razooli | United States |
Rotting in the Sun | Sebastián Silva | United States, Mexico |
Shortcomings | Randall Park | United States |
Sometimes I Think About Dying | Rachel Lambert | United States |
The Starling Girl | Laurel Parmet | United States |
You Hurt My Feelings | Nicole Holofcener | United States |
Icons
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom, United States | |
Bad Behaviour | Alice Englert | New Zealand | |
The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
Eileen | William Oldroyd | United States | |
The Holdovers | Alexander Payne | United States | |
Inside | Vasilis Katsoupis | Belgium, Greece, Germany | |
Manodrome | John Trengove | United Kingdom, United States | |
The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia, United Kingdom | |
Saltburn | Emerald Fennell | United Kingdom | |
Wildcat | Ethan Hawke | United States |
Masters
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Book of Solutions | Le Livre des solutions | Michel Gondry | France |
The Crime Is Mine | Mon crime | François Ozon | France |
Homecoming | Le retour | Catherine Corsini | France |
In Our Day | 우리의 하루 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
In Water | 물안에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy, France, Belgium | |
Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France, Norway |
Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
The Movie Teller | La contadora de películas | Lone Scherfig | France, Chile, Spain |
Origin | Ava DuVernay | United States | |
Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J. A. Bayona | Spain |
Open Zone
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Beast in the Jungle | La Bête dans la jungle | Patric Chiha | France, Belgium, Austria |
The Castle | El castillo | Martín Benchimol | Argentina, France |
Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile |
The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Cédric Kahn | France |
Holly | Fien Troch | Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands | |
A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium | |
The Practice | La práctica | Martín Rejtman | Chile, Argentina, Portugal |
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything | Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen | Emily Atef | Germany |
Shame on Dry Land | Syndabocken | Axel Petersén | Sweden, Malta |
The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | Ilker Çatak | Germany |
Twilight Zone
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Birth/Rebirth | Laura Moss | United States | |
Booger | Mary Dauterman | United States | |
In Flames | Zarrar Kahn | Canada, Pakistan | |
Late Night with the Devil | Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Australia, United Arab Emirates | |
The Lost Children | Les enfants perdus | Michèle Jacob | Belgium |
Pensive | Rūpintojėlis | Jonas Trukanas | Lithuania |
Satan Wants You | Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor | Canada | |
Sleep | 잠 | Jason Yu | South Korea |
Superposition | Karoline Lyngbye | Denmark |
Special Presentations
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Curse (episode 1) | Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie | United States | |
Strange Way of Life | Extraña forma de vida | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain, France |
Awards
[edit]The following awards were presented during the 34th edition:[5][6]
- Best Film (Bronze Horse): The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez Haberle
- Best Director: Molly Manning Walker for How to Have Sex
- Best Debut: How to Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker
- Best Screenplay: Kamal Lazraq for Hounds
- Best Female Actor: Maeve Jinkings for Toll
- Best Male Actor: Kuan Alvarenga for Toll
- Best Cinematography: Nikolai Zheludovich for Grace
- Honorable Mention: Tina Satter for Reality
- Best Documentary: The Eternal Memory by Maite Alberdi
- Best Short Film: Cuarto de Hora by Nemo Arancibia
- FIPRESCI Award: Monster by Hirokazu Kore-eda
- SkyShowtime Rising Star Award: Hanna Ardéhn
Lifetime Achievement Award
[edit]Achievement Award
[edit]Visionary Award
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lumholdt, Jan (7 November 2023). "The Stockholm International Film Festival all set to kick off". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Lipanovich, Monika (8 November 2023). "Stockholm Film Festival 2023: 'Poor Things' Premieres to Glowing Reviews and a Star-Studded Gala". Your Living City. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Peroni 0.0% Audience Award 2023 goes to Poor Things". British Cinematography. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Lumholdt, Jan (20 November 2023). "Stockholm's Bronze Horse goes to Felipe Gálvez Haberle's The Settlers". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Here are the winners at the Stockholm International Film Festival 2023". British Cinematographer. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (17 October 2023). "Stockholm's UK focus includes lifetime award for Ken Loach". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 16 January 2024.