# 2023 BFI London Film Festival

The 67th BFI London Film Festival was a film festival that took place from 4–15 October 2023. The competition films were announced on 29 August 2023 while the films for the galas and the strands were revealed on 31 August 2023. The juries for the various sections of the festival were announced on 19 September 2023.
The festival opened with Saltburn, directed by Emerald Fennell, and closed with The Kitchen, directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya.

## Juries
### Main Competition

* Amat Escalante, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
* Kate Taylor, programme director of the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival
* Niven Govinden, British novelist

### First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award)

* Raine Allen-Miller, British film director
* Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director of International Film Festival Rotterdam
* Barry Adamson, British musician, composer, filmmaker and photographer

### Documentary Competition

* Rubika Shah, British writer and director
* Jeanie Finlay, British documentary filmmaker
* Paul Tonta, general manager theatrical acquisitions and film festivals at Madman Entertainment

### Short Film Competition

* Charlotte Regan, British writer and director
* Francesca Tomlinson, BFI Film Academy Young Programmer
* Rina Yang, cinematographer

## Venues

The partner venues for the festival included:

### London cinemas

* BFI Southbank
* Curzon Soho
* Curzon Mayfair
* Institute of Contemporary Arts
* Vue West End
* Prince Charles Cinema
* Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
* Odeon Luxe Leicester Square - Press and industry screenings
* Picturehouse Central - Press and industry screenings

### Expanded venues

* Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf

### UK-wide cinemas

* HOME, Manchester
* Watershed, Bristol
* Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
* Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
* Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
* Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast
* Chapter, Cardiff
* Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
* Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham

## Official Selection
### Galas

The following films were selected for the Galas section, which screens world, European, and British premieres of the most anticipated films.
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Opening Night Gala |||
| Saltburn | Emerald Fennell | United Kingdom |
| Closing Night Gala |||
| The Kitchen | Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya | United Kingdom |
| American Express Gala |||
| One Life | James Hawes | United Kingdom |
| Mayor of London Gala |||
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Sam Fell | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Cunard Gala |||
| The Holdovers | Alexander Payne | United States |
| Headline Gala |||
| All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom |
| The Bikeriders | Jeff Nichols | United States |
| The Book of Clarence | Jeymes Samuel | United States |
| The Killer | David Fincher | United States |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| Maestro | Bradley Cooper | United States |
| May December | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Nyad | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | United States |
| Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |

### Special Presentations

The following films were selected for the Special Presentations section.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| Cobweb | 거미집 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| The End We Start From | The End We Start From | Mahalia Belo | United Kingdom |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| Foe | Foe | Garth Davis | Australia, United States |
| Grime Kids | Grime Kids | Abdou Cisse | United Kingdom |
| Hit Man | Hit Man | Richard Linklater | United States |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Housekeeping for Beginners | Goran Stolevski | North Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Australia, United States |
| Les Indésirables | Bâtiment 5 | Ladj Ly | France, Belgium |
| Memory | Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States, Chile |
| Occupied City | Occupied City | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom, Netherlands |
| Priscilla | Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States, Italy |
| The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, United States, Poland |

### In Competition

There were five competition sections, each with a different selection of films and different juries.

#### Official Competition

The following films competed for the Best Film Award.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Baltimore | Baltimore | Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Dear Jassi | Dear Jassi | Tarsem Singh Dhandwar | India |
| Europa | Europa | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria, United Kingdom |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fingernails | Fingernails | Christos Nikou | United States |
| Gasoline Rainbow | Gasoline Rainbow | Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | United States |
| I Am Sirat | I Am Sirat | Deepa Mehta, Sirat Taneja | Canada |
| The Royal Hotel | The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia |
| Self Portrait: 47 Km 2020 | Self Portrait: 47 Km 2020 | Zhang Mengqi | China |
| Starve Acre | Starve Acre | Daniel Kokotajlo | United Kingdom |
| Together 99 | Tillsammans 99 | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark |
    Highlighted title indicates section winner.

#### First Feature Competition

The following films competed for the Sutherland Award, which is awarded to a directorial debut.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Black Dog | Black Dog | George Jaques | United Kingdom |
| Earth Mama | Earth Mama | Savanah Leaf | United States, United Kingdom |
| Hoard | Hoard | Luna Carmoon | United Kingdom |
| In Camera | In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | United Kingdom |
| Mambar Pierrette | Mambar Pierrette | Rosine Mbakam | Belgium, Cameroon |
| Paradise Is Burning | Paradise Is Burning | Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland |
| Penal Cordillera | Penal Cordillera | Felipe Carmona | Chile, Brazil |
| The Queen of My Dreams | The Queen of My Dreams | Fawzia Mirza | Canada |
| Sky Peals | Sky Peals | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom |
| Tiger Stripes | Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar |
| Tuesday | Tuesday | Daina O. Pusić | United Kingdom, United States |
    Highlighted title indicates section winner.

#### Documentary Competition

The following films competed for the Grierson Award, which is awarded to a feature-length documentary.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bye Bye Tiberias | Bye Bye Tiberias | Lina Soualem | France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar |
| Celluloid Underground | Celluloid Underground | Ehsan Khoshbakht | United Kingdom, Iran |
| Chasing Chasing Amy | Chasing Chasing Amy | Sav Rodgers | United States |
| A Common Sequence | A Common Sequence | Mary Helena Clark, Mike Gibisser | United States, Mexico |
| Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | على حافة البركان | Cyril Aris | Germany, Lebanon |
| The Klezmer Project | Adentro mía estoy bailando | Leandro Koch, Paloma Schahmann | Austria, Argentina |
| Queendom | Queendom | Agniia Galdanova | France, United States |
| The Taste of Mango | The Taste of Mango | Chloe Abrahams | United Kingdom, United States |
    Highlighted title indicates section winner.

#### Short Film Competition

The following films competed for the Short Film Award.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians | The Archive: Queer Nigerians | Simisolaoluwa Akande | United Kingdom |
| Area Boy | Area Boy | Iggy London | United Kingdom |
| Boat People | Boat People | Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma | Canada |
| Essex Girls | Essex Girls | Yero Timi-Biu | United Kingdom |
| The Goose's Excuse | The Goose's Excuse | Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin Eldin | Egypt, United Kingdom |
| Khabur | Khabur | Nafis Fathollahzadeh | Germany, Iran |
| Onset | Onset | Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich | United Kingdom, Poland |
| The Singer | The Singer | Cora Bissett | United Kingdom |
| The Walk | The Walk | Michael Jobling | United Kingdom |
| Wells of Despair | Wells of Despair | Sata Taas | Netherlands |
    Highlighted title indicates section winner.

### Strands

Most of the out-of-competition films have been organised into strands, each based on a different mood or emotion.

#### Love

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain |
| Àma Gloria | Àma Gloria | Marie Amachoukeli | France |
| Banel & Adama | Banel et Adama | Ramata-Toulaye Sy | France, Senegal, Mali |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elene Naveriani | Switzerland, Germany, Georgia |
| The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Fancy Dance | Fancy Dance | Erica Tremblay | United States |
| Girl | Girl | Adura Onashile | United Kingdom |
| Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Our Body | Notre Corps | Claire Simon | France |
| Perfect Days | Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan |
| Robot Dreams | Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain, France |
| Silver Haze | Silver Haze | Sacha Polak | Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Slow | Slow | Marija Kavtaradze | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden |
| Tótem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France |
| Unicorns | Unicorns | Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd | United Kingdom |

#### Debate

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Allensworth | Allensworth | James Benning | United Kingdom |
| Fire Through Dry Grass | Fire Through Dry Grass | Alexis Neophytides, Andres "Jay" Molina | United States |
| Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
| The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Cédric Kahn | France |
| High & Low — John Galliano | High & Low — John Galliano | Kevin Macdonald | France, United States, United Kingdom |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| The Mission | The Mission | Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine | United States |
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | France, Japan |
| The Pigeon Tunnel | The Pigeon Tunnel | Errol Morris | United Kingdom |
| The Rye Horn | O corno | Jaione Camborda | Spain, Portugal, Belgium |
| Shoshana | Shoshana | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom, Italy |
| Wilding | Wilding | David Allen | United Kingdom |
| Youth (Spring) | 青春 | Wang Bing | China, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |

#### Laugh

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Asog | Asog | Seán Devlin | Philippines, Canada |
| Bonus Track | Bonus Track | Julia Jackman | United Kingdom |
| The Book of Solutions | Le Livre des solutions | Michel Gondry | France |
| Daaaaaalí! | Daaaaaalí! | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| The Hypnosis | Hypnosen | Ernst De Geer | Sweden, Norway, France |
| Molli and Max in the Future | Molli and Max in the Future | Michael Lukk Litwak | United States |
| The Nature of Love | Simple comme Sylvain | Monia Chokri | Canada, France |
| The Practice [es] | La práctica | Martín Rejtman | Argentina, Chile, Portugal |
| Poolman | Poolman | Chris Pine | United States |
| Shortcomings | Shortcomings | Randall Park | United States |
| Terrestrial Verses | آیه‌های زمینی | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Iran |

#### Dare

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | France, Morocco, Qatar |
| Behind the Mountains | Oura el Jbel | Mohamed Ben Attia | Tunisia, France, Belgium, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania, Luxembourg, France, Croatia |
| Eileen | Eileen | William Oldroyd | United States |
| Foremost by Night | Sobre todo de noche | Víctor Iriarte [es] | Spain, Portugal, France |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Thien An Pham | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France |
| Little Girl Blue | Little Girl Blue | Mona Achache | France, Belgium |
| Music | Music | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, Serbia |
| Omen | Omen | Baloji | Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, South Africa |
| The Peasants | Chłopi | DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Poland, Serbia, Lithuania |
| Power Alley | Levante | Lillah Halla | Brazil, France, Uruguay |
| A Prince | Un prince | Pierre Creton | France |
| Red Island | L'Île rouge | Robin Campillo | France, Belgium, Madagascar |
| Samsara | Samsara | Lois Patiño | Spain |

#### Thrill

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
| The Buckingham Murders | The Buckingham Murders | Hansal Mehta | India, United Kingdom |
| Copa '71 | Copa '71 | Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine | United Kingdom |
| Culprits | Culprits | J Blakeson | United Kingdom |
| Gassed Up | Gassed Up | George Amponsah | United Kingdom |
| Lost in the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Germany, Netherlands |
| Lubo | Lubo | Giorgio Diritti | Italy, Switzerland |
| Only the River Flows | 河边的错误 | Shujun Wei | China |
| Shame on Dry Land | Shame on Dry Land | Axel Petersén | Sweden, Malta |
| Stolen | Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India |
| Unmoored | Unmoored | Caroline Ingvarsson | United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden |

#### Cult

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Birth/Rebirth | Birth/Rebirth | Laura Moss | United States |
| Late Night with the Devil | Late Night with the Devil | Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Australia |
| Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever | Nattevagten - Dæmoner går i arv | Ole Bornedal | Denmark |
| Red Rooms | Les chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| Scala!!! | Scala!!! | Jane Giles, Ali Catterall | United Kingdom |
| Stopmotion | Stopmotion | Robert Morgan | United Kingdom |
| Vincent Must Die | Vincent doit mourir | Stéphan Castang | France, Belgium |

#### Journey

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Raven Jackson | United States |
| The Bride | The Bride | Myriam U. Birara | Rwanda |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina |
| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico, Germany |
| Expats | Expats | Lulu Wang | United States, Hong Kong |
| Haar | Haar | Ben Hecking | United Kingdom |
| How to Have Sex | How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom, Greece |
| If Only I Could Hibernate | Баавгай болохсон | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar |
| Inshallah a Boy | Inshallah Walad | Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt |
| The Lost Boys | Le Paradis | Zeno Graton | Belgium, France |
| The New Boy | The New Boy | Warwick Thornton | Australia |
| Ramona | Ramona | Victoria Linares Villegas | Dominican Republic, United Kingdom |
| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany |
| Shayda | Shayda | Noora Niasari | Australia |
| The Spectre of Boko Haram | Le spectre de Boko Haram | Cyrielle Raingou | Cameroon, France |
| The Sweet East | The Sweet East | Sean Price Williams | United States |
| That They May Face the Rising Sun | That They May Face the Rising Sun | Pat Collins | Ireland, United Kingdom |

#### Create

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Anita | Anita | Alexis Bloom, Svetlana Zill | United States |
| Anselm | Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| Apolonia, Apolonia | Apolonia, Apolonia | Lea Glob | Denmark, Poland, France |
| Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
| The Daughters of Fire | As Filhas do Fogo | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Croma Kid | Croma Kid | Pablo Chea | Dominican Republic |
| Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster | United States |
| In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | Alex Gibney | United States |
| Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States |
| The Pot-au-Feu | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Neo Sora | Japan |
| Swan Song | Swan Song | Chelsea McMullan | Canada |
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain, France, Netherlands |
| This Is Going to Be Big | This Is Going to Be Big | Thomas Charles Hyland | Australia |
| You Can Call Me Bill | You Can Call Me Bill | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |

#### Experimenta

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Lost Art of the Future | The Lost Art of the Future | Theo Cuthand | Canada |
| A Radical Duet | A Radical Duet | Onyeka Igwe | United Kingdom |
| Speech for a Melting Statue | Speech for a Melting Statue | Collectif Faire-Part | Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Wells of Despair | Wells of Despair | Sata Taas | Netherlands |
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians | The Archive: Queer Nigerians | Simisolaoluwa Akande | United Kingdom |
| Everything Worthwhile Is Done with Other People | Everything Worthwhile Is Done with Other People | Rehana Zaman | United Kingdom |
| Night Fishing with Ancestors | Night Fishing with Ancestors | Elizabeth Povinelli | Australia |
| Minevissam (I Am Writing) | Minevissam (I Am Writing) | Niki Kohandel | United Kingdom |
| Notes from Gog Magog | Notes from Gog Magog | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia |
| Coders | Coders | Anastasia Sosunova | Lithuania |
| Platform Ghosts – Turker, Farmer, Bot | Platform Ghosts – Turker, Farmer, Bot | Aarti Sunder | India |
| Onset | Onset | Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich | United Kingdom, Poland |
| Gush | Gush | Fox Maxy | United States |
| Pacific Club | Pacific Club | Valentin Noujaïm | France, Qatar |
| It Can't Be That Nothing That Can Be Returned | It Can't Be That Nothing That Can Be Returned | Dana Kavelina | Ukraine |
| Timekeepers of the Anthropocene | Timekeepers of the Anthropocene | Federico Cuatlacuatl | Mexico, United States |
| Tristxtotl | Tristxtotl | Mădălina Zaharia | United Kingdom |
| Mangosteen | Mangosteen | Tulapop Saenjaroen | Thailand |
| The Goose's Excuse | The Goose's Excuse | Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin Eldin | Egypt, United Kingdom |
| Room in a Crowd | Room in a Crowd | John Torres | Philippines |
| Tempo | Tempo | Yu Araki | Japan |
| All the Days of May | All the Days of May | Miryam Charles | Canada |
| Wood for the Trees | Wood for the Trees | Rob Crosse | Germany |
| Sunflower Siege Engine | Sunflower Siege Engine | Sky Hopinka | United States |
| A Throwing Forth | A Throwing Forth | Xiao Zhang | United States, China |
| Levitate | Levitate | Iván Argote | Italy, Spain, France |
| Desert Dreaming | Desert Dreaming | Abdul Halik Azeez | Sri Lanka |
| Khabur | Khabur | Nafis Fathollahzadeh | Germany, Iran |

#### Family

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dancing Queen | Dancing Queen | Aurora Gossé | Norway |
| Deep Sea (3D) | Deep Sea (3D) | Xiaopeng Tian | China |
| Kensuke's Kingdom | Kensuke's Kingdom | Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle | United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France |
| The Sacred Cave | The Sacred Cave | Daniel Minlo | Cameroon, Burkina Faso, France |

#### Treasures

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Black Pirate | The Black Pirate | Albert Parker | United States |
| The Dupes | المخدوعون | Tewfik Saleh | Syria |
| Macario | Macario | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| Peeping Tom | Peeping Tom | Michael Powell | United Kingdom |
| Pressure | Pressure | Horace Ové | United Kingdom |
| The Stranger and the Fog | غریبه و مه | Bahram Beyzaie | Iran |

### Shorts

The short film programme was divided into the following nine sections.

#### Dialogues Between Past, Present and Future

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians | The Archive: Queer Nigerians | Simisolaoluwa Akande | United Kingdom |
| The Lost Art of the Future | The Lost Art of the Future | Theo Cuthand | Canada |
| A Radical Duet | A Radical Duet | Onyeka Igwe | United Kingdom |
| Speech for a Melting Statue | Speech for a Melting Statue | Collectif Faire-Part | Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Wells of Despair | Wells of Despair | Sata Taas | Netherlands |

#### Stories We Tell

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| All the Lights Still Burning | All the Lights Still Burning | Dominic Leclerc | United Kingdom |
| Essex Girls | Essex Girls | Yero Timi-Biu | United Kingdom |
| Festival of Slaps | Festival of Slaps | Abdou Cissé | United Kingdom |
| Only Yourself to Blame | Only Yourself to Blame | Noomi Yates | United Kingdom |
| The Scottish Play | The Scottish Play | James Soldan | United Kingdom |
| The Singer | The Singer | Cora Bissett | United Kingdom |
| Smoking Dolphins | Smoking Dolphins | Sean Lyons | United Kingdom |

#### What Makes Us

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Area Boy | Area Boy | Iggy London | United Kingdom |
| Blood | Blood | Vathana Suganya Suppiah | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Gorka | Gorka | Joe Weiland | United Kingdom |
| Making Babies | Faire un enfant | Éric K. Boulianne | Canada |
| Mother of Mine | Mother of Mine | Jesse Lewis Reece | United Kingdom |
| Sound & Colour | Sound & Colour | Emma Foley | Ireland |

#### Right Here, Right Now

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Boat People | Boat People | Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma | Canada |
| Graveyard of Horses | Graveyard of Horses | Xiao Xuan Jiang | China |
| I Am More Dangerous Dead | I Am More Dangerous Dead | Majiye Uchibeke | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom |
| Waking Up in Silence | Waking Up in Silence | Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi | Ukraine, Germany |
| The Walk | The Walk | Michael Jobling | United Kingdom |
| Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area | Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area | Solmund MacPherson | Canada |

#### For the Haunted and Possessed

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Coders | Coders | Anastasia Sosunova | Lithuania |
| Notes from Gog Magog | Notes from Gog Magog | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia |
| Onset | Onset | Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich | United Kingdom, Poland |
| Platform Ghosts – Turker, Farmer, Bot | Platform Ghosts – Turker, Farmer, Bot | Aarti Sunder | India |

#### The Creeps

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Doris | Doris | Edem Dotse | Ghana, United States |
| Foreigners Only | Foreigners Only | Nuhash Humayun | Bangladesh, United States |
| The Garden of Heart | The Garden of Heart | Olivér Hegyi | Hungary, Slovakia |
| Predators | Predators | Jack King | United Kingdom |
| Pu Ekaw Tnod | Pu Ekaw Tnod | Rebecca Culverhouse | United Kingdom |
| Strangers | Strangers | Rob Price | United Kingdom |
| The Test | The Test | Olivia Marie Valdez | United States |
| Yummy Mummy | Yummy Mummy | Gabriela Staniszewska | United Kingdom |

#### No Place Called Home

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Hafekasi | Hafekasi | Annelise Hickey | Australia |
| Now and Then | Now and Then | Harris Alvi | United Kingdom |
| Rizoo | Rizoo | Azadeh Navai | Iran, United States |
| South Facing | South Facing | Reneque Samuels | United Kingdom |
| Torn | Torn | Jahfar Muataz | Denmark, Sweden |

#### The Land is the Living Witness

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Desert Dreaming | Desert Dreaming | Abdul Halik Azeez | Sri Lanka |
| Khabur | Khabur | Nafis Fathollahzadeh | Germany, Iran |
| Levitate | Levitate | Iván Argote | Italy, Spain, France |
| Sunflower Siege Engine | Sunflower Siege Engine | Sky Hopinka | United States |
| A Throwing Forth | A Throwing Forth | Xiao Zhang | United States, China |

#### Animated Shorts for Young Audiences

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Pond | Pond | Lena Von Döhren, Eva Rust | Switzerland |
| Swing to the Moon | Swing to the Moon | Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Solenne Moreau | France |
| The Day I Became a Bird | The Day I Became a Bird | Andrew Ruhemann | United Kingdom |
| The Swineherd | The Swineherd | Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith | Denmark |
| Once upon a Studio | Once upon a Studio | Trent Correy, Dan Abraham | United States |
| Ahru | Ahru | Leandro Martinez | Argentina |
| Hooba | Hooba | Sem Assink | Netherlands |
| Upside Down | Upside Down | Dace Rīdūze | Latvia |

### LFF for Free: Shorts

The following films were screened during the LFF for Free programme.

#### Big Little Lives

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The After | The After | Misan Harriman | United Kingdom |
| Such a Lovely Day | Such a Lovely Day | Simon Woods | United Kingdom |
| Pray | Pray | Caleb Azumah Nelson | United Kingdom |
| A Very Short Film About Longing | A Very Short Film About Longing | Eimear McBride | United Kingdom |
| WOACA | WOACA | Mackenzie Davis | United Kingdom, New Zealand |

#### Star Imagine UK

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dragon Slayers United | Dragon Slayers United | Tom Levinge | United Kingdom |
| Lionhead | Lionhead | Alvin Yu | United Kingdom |
| Gently | Gently | Kevin Morosky | United Kingdom |
| Sleepyhead | Sleepyhead | Milly Garnier | United Kingdom |
| Nights | Nights | Laura Jayne Tunbridge | United Kingdom |
| Space Plug | Space Plug | Marcus Anthony Thomas | United Kingdom |

#### London Calling: Brave Faces

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Seekers | Seekers | Josh Feder | United Kingdom |
| Independence | Independence | Karl Jackson | United Kingdom |
| The Girls' Room | The Girls' Room | Tracey Lopes | United Kingdom |
| My Brudda | My Brudda | Ntando Brown | United Kingdom |
| Snow Falls In The Summer | Snow Falls In The Summer | Ajuán Isaac George | United Kingdom |

#### London Calling: Being Seen

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Date | The Date | Amy Hodge | United Kingdom |
| Darwin Story | Darwin Story | Natasha Tonkin | United Kingdom |
| Better | Better | Zoe Hunter Gordon | United Kingdom |
| Wings | Wings | Billy Boyd Cape | United Kingdom |
| The Call | The Call | Riffy Ahmed | United Kingdom |

#### Network@LFF Shorts

For 2023 the Network@LFF short films were split into three programmes.
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Programme 1 |||
| Up | Greg Francis | United Kingdom |
| Muna | Warda Mohamed | United Kingdom, Somalia |
| VHS | Solène Guichard | United Kingdom |
| The Heritage | Andrew Rutter | France |
| Programme 2 |||
| Oba | Femi Oladigbolu | United Kingdom |
| High Tide | Johnny Massahi | United Kingdom |
| The Last Days | Dipo Baruwa-Etti | United Kingdom |
| The Mobius Trip | Simone Smith | United Kingdom |
| Seekers | Josh Feder | United Kingdom |
| Programme 3 |||
| Malcolm | Caleb J. Roberts | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Doss House | Charlotte James | United Kingdom |
| Alo | Xenia Glen | United Kingdom |
| All The Lights Still Burning | Dominic Leclerc | United Kingdom |
| Salt Water Town | Dan Thorburn | United Kingdom |

#### 4Love

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dope Fiend | Dope Fiend | Rosanagh Griffiths | United Kingdom |
| Battery | Battery | Ewan Marshall | United Kingdom |
| Pyramid of Disunion | Pyramid of Disunion | Ella Glendining, Jessi Gutch | United Kingdom |
| MO <3 KYRA 4EVA | MO <3 KYRA 4EVA | Debbie Hannan | United Kingdom |

### Surprise Film

Ferrari, dir. Michael Mann

## Awards
### Competition

Source:
* Best Film Award: Evil Does Not Exist, dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
* Sutherland Award (First Feature): Paradise Is Burning, dir. Mika Gustafson
* Grierson Award (Documentary): Bye Bye Tiberias, dir. Lina Soualem
* Short Film Award: The Archive: Queer Nigerians, dir. Simisolaoluwa Akande

### Audience Awards

Source:
* Best Feature: Gassed Up, dir. George Amponsah
* Best Documentary: The Taste of Mango, dir. Chloe Abrahams
* Best British Film or Work: Festival of Slaps, dir. Abdou Cisse
* Best Immersive/XR: Murals, Lead artists. Alex Topaller, Daniel Shapiro and Artem Ivanenko