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The program for the Stockholm International Film Festival 2023 has now been released!
The Stockholm International Film Festival is brimming with cinematic joy and will showcase 130 films from 50 countries. A significant part of this year's program consists of debutantes who offer new stories about our time.
The festival will take place from November 8th to 19th and will kick off with the acclaimed film "Poor Things" directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this year's winner of the Golden Lion, who previously received Stockholm Film Festival's top prize for the film "Dogtooth" (2007). Seven years later, he was awarded the Stockholm Visionary Award (2015). The main roles in "Poor Things" are played by Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and notably, Willem Dafoe.
- This year's program offers sharp contemporary analyses and plenty of humor. Many of the films showcase great originality, and the program is best described as a bit untamed. This year's spotlight, "The Other Truth," reflects the contemporary society's uncertainty about what is real and what is not. In seven films, we get to follow a creative exploration of Fake News, AI, and filter bubbles. says Beatrice Karlsson, Program Director.
This year's "SPOTLIGHT" we have chosen to call THE OTHER TRUTH. Under this slogan, we highlight films that in various ways examine the blurred boundaries of reality in our highly technological age. What happens to the truth when images are constantly distorted and reinterpreted?
Here you'll find "Hello Dankness" by the artist duo Soda Jerk, which mixes deep fake scenes from American cult movies with political satire. This year's centerpiece film , "The Beast" by Bertrand Bonello, explores the boundary between human and machine. The documentary "Total Trust" portrays the Chinese government's AI-driven surveillance system for its own citizens, while the film "Citizen Sleuth" examines true crime podcasts and their alleged hunt for the truth.
During the Stockholm International Film Festival, the Stockholm Achievement Award 2023 is presented to the actor and director Ethan Hawke. On November 10th, the film "Wildcat", directed by Hawke, will have its Nordic premiere at Skandia, followed by an exclusive Face2Face.
The Stockholm Visionary Award 2023 goes to the french filmmaker, novelist, and auteur film professor Catherine Breillat. Alongside the screening of the film "Last Summer" there will be an exclusive Q&A with Catherine Breillat.
Other notable films to be showcased at the festival include "Dream Scenario" by Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli, starring Nicolas Cage; "Some Walk with Broken Shoes" by Magnus Gertten, "The Delinquents" by Rodrigo Moren, "The Holdovers" by Alexander Payne, "All of Us Strangers" by Andrew Haigh.
As previously announced, the prestigious Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 honors the legendary director, and film producer Ken Loach for his long and devoted service to the film industry. Ken Loach will visit the Skandia cinema in Stockholm to receive his honorary award and participate in an exclusive Face2Face event. Following this, the film "The Old Oak" will be screened.
The focus country of the year is the United Kingdom. Among the British films highlighted by the festival are "How to Have Sex" by Molly Manning, "Poor Things" by Yorgos Lanthimos, "In Camera" by Naqqash Khalid, "All of Us" by Andrew Haigh, and more.
This year, the Stockholm Film Festival will feature no fewer than 11 Oscar submissions:
- Io Capitano, directed by Matteo Garrone (Italy)
- Society of the Snow, directed by J.A Bayona (Spain)
- Slow, directed by Marija Kavtaradzé(Lithuania)
- The Breaking Ice, directed by Anthony Chen (Singapore)
- The Settlers, directed by Felipe Gálvez Haberle (Chile)
- Inshallah A Boy, directed by Amjad Al Rasheed (Jordan)
- 20 Days in Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov (Ukraine)
- Pictures of Ghosts, directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho (Brazil)
- The Delinquents, directed by Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina)
- The Teachers´ Lounge, directed by Ilker Catak (Germany)
- Shayda, directed by Noora Niasari (Australia)
Tickets and the program for the Stockholm International Film Festival 2023 are released today, on Wednesday, October 11th, on the festival's website.
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Stockholms Internationella Filmfestival | November 8-19 2023
The Stockholm Film Festival has been one of Europe's leading film festivals since its inception in 1990, and the 2023 edition is no exception. Featuring over 130 film premieres from countries around the world, the festival offers a unique opportunity to experience the best of international cinema.
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