# 2018 Stockholm International Film Festival

The 29th Stockholm International Film Festival took place on 7–18 November 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Canadian drama film Firecrackers won the Bronze Horse, most prestigious award.

## Official selections
### Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| All Good | Alles ist gut | Eva Trobisch | Germany |
| Butterflies | Kelebkler | Tolga Karaçelik | Turkey |
| Capernaum | Capharnaüm | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon |
| The Chambermaid | La Camarista | Lila Avilés | Mexico |
| Diamantino | Diamantino | Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt | Portugal, France, Brazil |
| Firecrackers | Firecrackers | Jasmin Mozaffari | Canada |
| Fugue | Fuga | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden |
| Genesis | Genèse | Philippe Lesage | Canada |
| Girl | Girl | Lukas Dhont | Belgium |
| Hard Paint | Tinta Bruta | Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon | Brazil |
| The Heiresses | Las Herederas | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Uruguay, Germany, Brazil, Norway |
| The Innocent | Der unschuldige | Simon Jacquemet | Switzerland, Germany |
| Jesus | Karai | Hiroshi Okuyama | Japan |
| The Kindergarten Teacher | The Kindergarten Teacher | Sara Colangelo | United States |
| The Load | Teret | Ognjen Glavonić | Serbia, Croatia, France, Iran, Qatar |
| Museum | Museo | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico |
| Pause | Pause | Tonia Mishiali | Cyprus |
| Skate Kitchen | Skate Kitchen | Crystal Moselle | United States |
| Styx | Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | Germany, Austria |
| Sunset | Napszállta | László Nemes | Hungary, France |
| Wildlife | Wildlife | Paul Dano | United States |
| X & Y | X & Y | Anna Odell | Sweden |

### American Independents

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| American Animals | American Animals | Bart Layton | United States |
| Beautiful Boy | Beautiful Boy | Felix van Groeningen | United States |
| Blaze | Blaze | Ethan Hawke | United States |
| Diane | Diane | Kent Jones | United States |
| Icebox | Icebox | Daniel Sawka | United States |
| Jonathan | Jonathan | Bill Oliver | United States |
| A Kid Like Jake | A Kid Like Jake | Silas Howard | United States |
| Madeline's Madeline | Madeline's Madeline | Josephine Decker | United States |
| Mapplethorpe | Mapplethorpe | Ondi Timoner | United States |
| Monsters and Men | Monsters and Men | Reinaldo Marcus Green | United States |
| Nancy | Nancy | Christina Choe | United States |
| Night Comes On | Night Comes On | Jordana Spiro | United States |
| Puzzle | Puzzle | Marc Turtletaub | United States |
| Thunder Road | Thunder Road | Jim Cummings | United States |
| Tyrel | Tyrel | Sebastián Silva | United States |
| A Vigilante | A Vigilante | Sarah Daggar-Nickson | United States |
| We the Animals | We the Animals | Jeremiah Zagar | United States |

### Discovery

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Angel Face | Gueule d'ange | Vanessa Filho | France |
| Another Day of Life | Another Day of Life | Raúl de la Fuente, Damien Nenow | Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary |
| Blindspotting | Blindspotting | Carlos López Estrada | United States |
| Girls of the Sun | Les filles du soleil | Eva Husson | France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland |
| Lemonade | Lemonade | Ioana Uricaru | Romania, Germany, Sweden, Canada |
| Little Tickles | Les Chatouilles | Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | France |
| Sofia | Sofia | Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi | France, Qatar |
| The Truk | L'enkas | Sarah Marx | France |
| Twin Flower | Fiore Gemello | Laura Luchetti | Italy |
| When the Trees Fall | Koly padayut dereva | Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine, Poland, Macedonia |

### Documentary Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| An Army of Lovers | En Armé av Älskande | Ingrid Ryberg | Sweden |
| Ex-Shaman | Ex-Pajé | Luiz Bolognesi | Brazil |
| Fahrenheit 11/9 | Fahrenheit 11/9 | Michael Moore | United States |
| Freedom Fields | Freedom Fields | Naziha Arebi | Libya, United Kingdom |
| I See Red People | Je vois Rouge | Bojina Panayotova | France, Bulgaria |
| Minding the Gap | Minding the Gap | Bing Liu | United States |
| People's Republic of Desire | People's Republic of Desire | Hao Wu | China, United States |
| Putin's Witnesses | Svideteli Putina | Vitaly Mansky | Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic |
| The Waldheim Waltz | Waldheims Walzer | Ruth Beckermann | Austria |

### Icons

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Black '47 | Black '47 | Lance Daly | Ireland, Luxembourg |
| Boy Erased | Boy Erased | Joel Edgerton | United States |
| The Front Runner | The Front Runner | Jason Reitman | United States |
| Life Itself | Life Itself | Dan Fogelman | United States |
| Lizzie | Lizzie | Craig William Macneill | United States |
| Manto | Manto | Nandita Das | India |
| The Mountain | The Mountain | Rick Alverson | United States |
| The Old Man & the Gun | The Old Man & the Gun | David Lowery | United States |
| The Summer House | Les Estivants | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France, Italy |
| Suspiria | Suspiria | Luca Guadagnino | Italy, United States, Germany |
| The Trouble with You | En Liberté | Pierre Salvadori | France |
| The World Is Yours | Le monde est à Toi | Romain Gavras | France |
| Vision | Vision | Naomi Kawase | Japan |

### Impact

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Birds of Passage | Pájaros de Verano | Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego | Colombia, Mexico, Denmark, France |
| Cold Sweat | Araghe Sard | Soheil Beiraghi | Iran |
| Core of the World | Serdtse mira | Natalia Meshchaninova | Russia, Lithuania |
| Donbass | Donbass | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania |
| Los Silencios | Los Silencios | Beatriz Seigner | Brazil, Colombia, France |
| Manta Ray | Kraben Rahu | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Thailand, France, China |
| Ray & Liz | Ray & Liz | Richard Billingham | United Kingdom |
| Vox Lux | Vox Lux | Brady Corbet | United States |

### Open Zone

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Asako I & II | Asako I & II | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan, France |
| Burning | Beoning | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| Charlie Says | Charlie Says | Mary Harron | United States |
| Cold War | Żimna Wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, France, United Kingdom |
| Dear Son | Weldi | Mohamed Ben Attia | Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar |
| El Angel | El Angel | Luis Ortega | Argentina, Spain |
| Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben | Asghar Farhadi | Spain, France, Italy |
| The Fall of the American Empire | La Chute de l´empire américain | Denys Arcand | Canada |
| A Family Tour | A Family Tour | Ying Lang | Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia |
| The Favourite | The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
| Float Like a Butterfly | Float Like a Butterfly | Carmel Winters | Ireland |
| The Good Girls | Las niñas bien | Marquez Abella | Mexico |
| Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Ben Wheatley | United Kingdom |
| Hotel by the River | Gang-byun Hotel | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| In the Aisles | In den Gängen | Thomas Stuber | Germany |
| Let Me Fall | Lof mér að falla | Baldvin Zophoníasson | Iceland |
| Mirai | 未来のミライ | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
| Night/Ext | Leil Khargi | Ahmad Abdalla | Egypt |
| Shock Waves: "Diary of My Mind" | Onde de choc, Journal de ma tête | Ursula Meier | Switzerland |
| Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Sibel | Sibel | Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci | Turkey, Germany, France, Luxembourg |
| The Wild Pear Tree | Ahlat ağacı | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |

## Awards

The following awards were presented during the 29th edition:
* Best Film (Bronze Horse): Firecrackers by Jasmin Mozaffari
* Best Director: Eva Trobisch for All Good
* Best Debut: Skate Kitchen by Crystal Moselle
* Best Script: Capernaum by Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Kesrouani, Georges Khabbaz, and Khaled Mouzanar
* Best Actress: Michaela Kurimsky for Firecrackers
* Best Actor: Victor Polster for Girl
* Best Cinematography: Hiroshi Okayama for Jesus
* Best Documentary: Putin's Witnesses by Vitaly Mansky
* Best Short Film: Judgement by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
* FIPRESCI Award: Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski
* Rising Star: Alba August
* Impact Award: Beatriz Seigner for Los Silencios
* Audience Award: Capernaum by Nadine Labaki

### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Mary Harron

### Achievement Award

* Gunnel Lindblom

### Visionary Award

* Asghar Farhadi