# 2023 Stockholm International Film Festival

The 34th Stockholm International Film Festival took place on 8 to 19 November 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The festival was opened with science fantasy film Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, which won the Audience Award. Chilean drama film The Settlers won the most prestigious award of the festival, Bronze Horse.

## Official Selection
### Opening film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Poor Things | 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 | 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 | 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 | The Pod Generation | Sophie Barthes | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
| Reality | Reality | Tina Satter | United States |
| Rosalie | Rosalie | Stéphanie Di Giusto | France, Belgium |
| Scrapper | Scrapper | Charlotte Regan | United States |
| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Sweden, France, Chile, Denmark, United Kingdom, Argentina, Germany, Taiwan |
| Slow | 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 | 20 Days in Mariupol | Mstyslav Chernov | Ukraine |
| The Arc of Oblivion | The Arc of Oblivion | Ian Cheney | United States |
| Beyond Utopia | Beyond Utopia | Madeleine Gavin | United States |
| Citizen Sleuth | 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 | Hollywoodgate | Ibrahim Nash'at | United States, Germany |
| Megaheartz | 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 | Somliga går med trasiga skor | Magnus Gertten | Sweden, Denmark |
| Total Trust | Total Trust | Jialing Zhang | Germany, The Netherlands |
| Vista Mare | Vista Mare | Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler | Austria, Italy |

### Discovery

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Almamula | Almamula | Juan Sebastián Torales | France, Argentina, Italy |
| Amina | Amina | Ahmed Abdullahi | Sweden |
| Hello Dankness | Hello Dankness | Soda Jerk | Australia |
| I Used to Be Funny | I Used to Be Funny | Ally Pankiw | Canada |
| In Camera | In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | United Kingdom |
| Inshallah a Boy | Inshallah a Boy | Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan, Qatar, France, Saudi Arabia |
| The Persian Version | The Persian Version | Maryam Keshavarz | United States |
| The Rapture | Le Ravissement | Iris Kaltenbäck | France |
| Shayda | Shayda | Noora Niasari | Australia, United Kingdom |
| Sky Peals | Sky Peals | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom |
| A Song Sung Blue | 小白船 | Zihan Geng | China |
| Stolen | Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India |

### American Independents

| Title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 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

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All of Us Strangers | All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom, United States |
| Bad Behaviour | Bad Behaviour | Alice Englert | New Zealand |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Eileen | Eileen | William Oldroyd | United States |
| The Holdovers | The Holdovers | Alexander Payne | United States |
| Inside | Inside | Vasilis Katsoupis | Belgium, Greece, Germany |
| Manodrome | Manodrome | John Trengove | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Royal Hotel | The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia, United Kingdom |
| Saltburn | Saltburn | Emerald Fennell | United Kingdom |
| Wildcat | Wildcat | Ethan Hawke | United States |

### Masters

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 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 | 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 | Origin | Ava DuVernay | United States |
| Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J. A. Bayona | Spain |

### 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 | Holly | Fien Troch | Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
| The Old Oak | 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

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Birth/Rebirth | Birth/Rebirth | Laura Moss | United States |
| Booger | Booger | Mary Dauterman | United States |
| In Flames | In Flames | Zarrar Kahn | Canada, Pakistan |
| Late Night with the Devil | 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 | Satan Wants You | Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor | Canada |
| Sleep | 잠 | Jason Yu | South Korea |
| Superposition | Superposition | Karoline Lyngbye | Denmark |

### Special Presentations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Curse (episode 1) | The Curse (episode 1) | Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie | United States |
| Strange Way of Life | Extraña forma de vida | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain, France |

## Awards

The following awards were presented during the 34th edition:
* 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

* Ken Loach

### Achievement Award

* Ethan Hawke

### Visionary Award

* Catherine Breillat