2023 Stockholm International Film FestivalOpening film | Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
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Founded | 1990 |
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Awards | Bronze Horse (The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez Haberle) |
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No. of films | 130 from 50 countries |
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Festival date | 8–19 November 2023 |
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Website | stockholmfilmfestival.se/en |
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Stockholm International Film Festival |
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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
Opening film
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
Stockholm Competition
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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
The following films were selected for the international documentary competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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
Icons
Masters
Open Zone
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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
Special Presentations
Awards
The following awards were presented during the 34th edition:[5][6]
Lifetime Achievement Award
Achievement Award
Visionary Award
References
- ^ 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.
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