# 2022 Stockholm International Film Festival

The 33rd Stockholm International Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 November 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden. The festival was opened with the Nordic premiere of political thriller film Boy from Heaven directed by Tarik Saleh and closed with Paul Schrader's crime thriller Master Gardener.
The most prestigious award, Bronze Horse was awarded to crime thriller film Holy Spider, directed by Ali Abbasi.

## Official Selection
### In competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Autobiography | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia, France, Germany, Poland, Singapore, Philippines, Qatar |
| Beautiful Beings | Berdreymi | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Iceland |
| Blanquita | Blanquita | Fernando Guzzoni | Chile, Mexico, Luxembourg, France, Poland |
| Bread and Salt | Chleb i sól | Damian Kocur | Poland |
| The Damned Don't Cry | Les damnés ne pleurent pas | Fyzal Boulifa | France, Morocco, Belgium |
| Emily | Emily | Frances O'Connor | United Kingdom, United States |
| For My Country | Pour la France | Rachid Hami | France |
| Harka | Harka | Lotfy Nathan | France, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, United States |
| Holy Spider | عنکبوت مقدس | Ali Abbasi | Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany |
| Love According to Dalva | Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | France, Belgium |
| Lullaby | Cinco lobitos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Spain |
| A Man | ある男 | Kei Ishikawa | Japan |
| Mother and Son | Un petit frère | Léonor Serraille | France |
| Motherhood | La Maternal | Pilar Palomero | Spain |
| The Pack | La jauría | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia, France |
| Return to Seoul | Retour à Séoul | Davy Chou | France, Germany, Belgium, Qatar, Cambodia |
| Saint Omer | Saint Omer | Alice Diop | France |
| Scarlet | L'envol | Pietro Marcello | France, Italy, Germany, Russia |
| Until Tomorrow | تا فردا | Ali Asgari | Iran, France, Qatar |
    Highlighted title indicates Bronze Horse winner.

### International Documentary

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All That Breathes | All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | India, United States, United Kingdom |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras | United States |
| Eternal Spring | Eternal Spring | Jason Loftus | Canada |
| Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Evgeny Afineevsky | Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States |
| The Grab | The Grab | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | United States |
| The Kiev Trial | Киевский процесс | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine, Netherlands |
| Lynch/Oz | Lynch/Oz | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |
| The March on Rome | Marcia su Roma | Mark Cousins | Italy |
| Mariupolis 2 | Mariupolis 2 | Mantas Kvedaravičius | Lithuania, France, Germany |
| The Matchmaker | The Matchmaker | Benedetta Argentieri | Italy |
| My Old School | My Old School | Jono McLeod | United Kingdom |
| Nothing Compares | Nothing Compares | Kathryn Ferguson | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| A Rising Fury | A Rising Fury | Lesya Kalynska, Ruslan Batytsky | Ukraine, Norway, United States |
| The Territory | The Territory | Alex Pritz | Brazil, Denmark, United States |

### Open Zone

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Beasts | As bestas | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain, France |
| Boy from Heaven (opening) | صبي من الجنة | Tarik Saleh | Sweden, France, Finland |
| Broker | 브로커 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | South Korea |
| Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Empire of Light | Empire of Light | Sam Mendes | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Kings of the World | Los reyes del mundo | Laura Mora Ortega | Colombia |
| Klondike | Клондайк | Maryna Er Gorbach | Ukraine, Turkey |
| Leonora addio | Leonora addio | Paolo Taviani | Italy |
| Nostalgia | Nostalgia | Mario Martone | Italy, France |
| The Novelist's Film | 소설가의 영화 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| One Year, One Night | Un año, una noche | Isaki Lacuesta | Spain, France |
| Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush | Andreas Dresen | Germany, France |
| Rebel | Rebel | Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
| The Silent Twins | The Silent Twins | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | United Kingdom, Poland, United States |
| Stella in Love | Stella est amoureuse | Sylvie Verheyde | France |
| Walk Up | 탑 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| World War III | جنگ جهانی سوم | Houman Seyyedi | Iran |

### Discovery

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Alma viva | Alma viva | Cristèle Alves Meira | Portugal, Belgium, France |
| Blue Jean | Blue Jean | Georgia Oakley | United Kingdom |
| Brian and Charles | Brian and Charles | Jim Archer | United Kingdom |
| Butterfly Vision | Бачення метелика | Maksym Nakonechnyi | Ukraine, Croatia, Czechia, Sweden |
| Daughter of Rage | La hija de todas las rabias | Laura Baumeister de Montis | Nicaragua |
| How Is Katia? | Як там Катя? | Christina Tynkevych | Ukraine |
| Plan 75 | Plan 75 | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, Philippines, France |
| Robe of Gems | Manto de gemas | Natalia López Gallardo | Mexico, Argentina, United States |
| Rodéo | Rodéo | Lola Quivoron | France |
| The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin | Colm Bairéad | Ireland |
| The Water | El agua | Elena López Riera | Switzerland, Spain, France |
| The Woodcutter Story | Metsurin tarina | Mikko Myllylahti | Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany |
| The Worst Ones | Les Pires | Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret | France |

### Icons

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | United Kingdom, United States |
| Bones and All | Bones and All | Luca Guadagnino | Italy, United States |
| Call Jane | Call Jane | Phyllis Nagy | United States |
| Dead for a Dollar | Dead for a Dollar | Walter Hill | Canada, United States |
| Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Sophie Hyde | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Listener | The Listener | Steve Buscemi | United States |
| Living | Living | Oliver Hermanus | United Kingdom |
| Master Gardener (closing) | Master Gardener (closing) | Paul Schrader | United States |
| Other People's Children | Les enfants des autres | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| Prison 77 | Modelo 77 | Alberto Rodríguez Librero | Spain |
| She Said | She Said | Maria Schrader | United States |
| The Sitting Duck | La Syndicaliste | Jean-Paul Salomé | France, Germany |
| The Son | The Son | Florian Zeller | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| The Woman King | The Woman King | Gina Prince-Bythewood | United States |

### American Independent

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bruiser | Bruiser | Miles Warren | United States |
| Cherry | Cherry | Sophie Galibert | United States |
| Funny Pages | Funny Pages | Owen Kline | United States |
| I Love My Dad | I Love My Dad | James Morosini | United States |
| Monica | Monica | Andrea Pallaoro | United States, Italy |
| Nanny | Nanny | Nikyatu Jusu | United States |
| Palm Trees and Power Lines | Palm Trees and Power Lines | Jamie Dack | United States |
| Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | Tyler Riggs | United States |
| To Leslie | To Leslie | Michael Morris | United States |
| War Pony | War Pony | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | United States |

### Twilight Zone

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Blood Flower | Harum Malam | Dain Said | Malaysia |
| Family Dinner | Family Dinner | Peter Hengl | Austria |
| The Gravity | La Gravité | Cédric Ido | France |
| House of Darkness | House of Darkness | Neil LaBute | United States |
| Hunt | 헌트 | Lee Jung-jae | South Korea |
| Medusa Deluxe | Medusa Deluxe | Thomas Hardiman | United Kingdom |
| Nightsiren | Světlonoc | Tereza Nvotová | Slovakia, Czechia |
| Project Wolf Hunting | 늑대사냥 | Kim Hong-seon | South Korea |
| V/H/S/99 | V/H/S/99 | Johannes Roberts, Vanessa and Joseph Winter, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Flying Lotus | United States |
| Venus | Venus | Jaume Balagueró | Spain, United States |
| Wetiko | Wetiko | Kerry Mondragon | Mexico |

### Special Presentations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Network |
| Copenhagen Cowboy | Copenhagen Cowboy | Nicolas Winding Refn | Denmark | Netflix |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
* Best Film (Bronze Horse): Holy Spider by Ali Abbasi
* Best Director: Frances O'Connor for Emily
* Best Debut: Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak
* Best Script: Beautiful Beings by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
* Best Actress: Annabelle Lengronne for Mother and Son
* Best Actor: Mehdi Bajestani for Holy Spider
* Best Cinematography: Balthazar Lab for The Pack
* Honorable Mention: Pilar Palomero for Motherhood
* Best Documentary: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras
* Best Short Film: File by Sonia K. Hadad
* FIPRESCI Award: World War III by Houman Seyyedi
* Zalando Rising Star Award 2022: Sara Shirpey

### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Anthony Hopkins

### Achievement Award

* Fares Fares

### Visionary Award

* Sam Mendes