Official Selection

OFFICIAL SELECTION

21st edition TIFF 2023

FULL LENGTH Competition

FEATURE

  1. Blaga’s Lessons by Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Germany | 2023 | 114’ | Drama
  2. Endless Borders by Abbas Amini | Iran, Czech Republic | 2023 | 111’ | Drama, War
  3. Filip by Michal Kwiecinski | Poland | 2022 | 124’ | Drama, War
  4. Kaymak by Milcho Manchevski | North Macedonia, Denmark, Netherlands, Croatia | 2022 | 107’ | Black Comedy, Drama
  5. She-Hero by Mira Fornay | Slovakia | 2023 | 83’ | Adventure, Family
  6. Telephone by Jerzain Ortega | Mexico | 2023 | 113’ | Suspense, Comedy

PerspecTIFF

  1. Behind the Haystack by Asimina Proedrou | Greece, Germany, North Macedonia | 2022 | 118’ | Drama, Family
  2. Dreaming & Dying by Nelson Yeo | Singapore, Indonesia | 2023 | 77’ | Drama
  3. It´s Burning by Erol Afsin | Germany | 2023 | 89’ | Drama
  4. Mammalia by Sebastian Mihăilescu | Romania, Poland, Germany | 2023 | 88′ | Drama
  5. Sirin by Senad Sahmanovic | Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo | 2023 | 87’ | Drama, Family
  6. Swarm by Bartek Bala | Poland | 2023 | 100’ | Thriller, Family

DOCUMENTARY

  1. After the Bridge by Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano | Italy | 2023 | 65’
  2. Home Invasion by Graeme Arnfield | UK | 2023 | 92’
  3. Knit’s Island by Quentin L’helgoualc’h, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse | France | 2023 | 95’
  4. Love Is Not an Orange by Otilia Babara | Belgium | 2022 | 73’
  5. Manifesto by Angie Vinchito | Russia | 2022 | 68’
  6. The Wonder Way by Emmanuelle Antille | Switzerland | 2023 | 96’

SHORT Films Competition

LIVE ACTION OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying

  1. A Moment Frozen by Jack Wake-Walker | UK | 2023 | 12’
  2. Cycle by Naz Çaybaşı | Turkey | 2023 | 11’
  3. Fuck You I'm Millwall by Romain Dumont | France | 2023 | 16’
  4. I Promise you Paradise by Morad Mostafa | Egypt | 2023 | 25’
  5. My Name is Aseman by Gianluca Mangiasciutti, Ali Asgari | Italy | 2023 | 15’
  6. Not Tomorrow by Amerissa Basta | Greece | 2022 | 20’
  7. Our Males and Females by Ahmad Alyaseer | Jordan | 2023 | 11’
  8. Pacific Bell by Sandrine Béchade | Canada | 2022 | 23’
  9. Please Hold the Line by Tan Ce Ding | Malaysia | 2022 | 19’
  10. The Beads by Rafaela Camelo, Emanuel Lavor | Brazil | 2023 | 19’
  11. Tin Soldiers & Crawdads by Ville Gobi | Sweden | 2023 | 25’
  12. Wings by Fivos Imellos | Greece | 2023 | 18’

ANIMATION OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying

  1. Ana Morphose by Joao Rodrigues | Portugal | 2023 | 10’
  2. Antipolis by Kaspar Jancis | Estonia | 2023 | 26’
  3. Dog Apartment by Priit Tender | Estonia | 2022 | 15’
  4. From Our Side by Simone Massi | Italy | 2022 | 5’
  5. Green Grass by Élise Augarten | France, Portugal | 2023 | 13’
  6. La Perra by Carla Melo Gampert | France | 2023 | 14’
  7. Lights by Jitka Nemikinsová | Czech Republic | 2023 | 9’
  8. Lupus In Fabula by Vuk Palibrk, Tanja Brzaković | Serbia | 2022 | 8’
  9. Nun or Never! by Heta Jäälinoja | Finland | 2023 | 10’
  10. The Bolt’s Story by Mohammad Reza Alimorad | Iran | 2023 | 13’
  11. The Great Arc by Camille Authouart | France | 2022 | 12’

DOCUMENTARY European Film Awards qualifying

  1. A History of the World According to Getty Images by Richard Misek | Norway | 2022 | 19’
  2. Aqueronte by Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain | 2023 | 25’
  3. Fantoomwijk by Ravi Sandberg | Netherlands | 2023 | 15’
  4. Jill, Uncredited by Anthony Ing | UK | 2022 | 19’
  5. The Fruit Tree by Isabelle Tollenaere | Belgium | 2022 | 14’
  6. The Mechanics of Fluids by Gala Hernández López | France | 2022 | 30’
  7. When a Rocket Sits on the Launch Pad by Bohao Liu | China | 2023 | 12’

VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL European Film Awards qualifying

  1. Asterión by Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic | 2022 | 15’ | Experimental
  2. Backflip by Nikita Diakur | Germany | 2022 | 13’ | Experimental
  3. Demi-Goddesses by Martin Gerigk | Germany | 2023 | 8’ | Video Art
  4. Enantiodromia by Carla Streckwall, Stathis Kalatzi | Germany | 2023 | 18’ | Video Art
  5. Lotus-Eyed Girl by Rajee Samarasinghe | USA | 2022 | 6’ | Video Art
  6. Memories of an Empty House by Bruno Carnide | Portugal | 2023 | 11’ | Experimental
  7. Password123 by Daniel McKee | UK | 2023 | 3’ | Experimental
  8. Racconto by Giulio Melani | Italy | 2022 | 13’ | Experimental
  9. Sparks of Higher Grounds by Mika Altskan | Peru | 2022 | 7’ | Video Art
  10. Turbulence by Telemach Wiesinger | Germany | 2022 | 15’ | Video Art
  11. What Remains by Alejandro Rodríguez | Spain | 2022 | 9’ | Experimental

STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying

Fiction

  1. Cat by Zofia Kowalewska | Poland | 2022 | 21’
  2. Children of Light by Minkyu Kang | USA | 2023 | 21’
  3. Crack of Dawn by Anna Llargués | Spain | 2022 | 29’
  4. Let’s Talk About it Tomorrow by Nona Shariari | Iran | 2023 | 12’
  5. Night Shift by Jia Yu Chiang | Taiwan | 2023 | 26’
  6. Summer Nap by Chengzhou Xie | China | 2022 | 30’
  7. We Have Homeland by Mikel Garrido | Spain, Venezuela | 2023 | 20’

Animation

  1. Dodo by Yi Luo | Germany | 2023 | 13’
  2. Perfect City: The Mother by Shengwei Zhou | China | 2023 | 7’
  3. Primitive Times by Hao Yu | Germany | 2023 | 6’
  4. Soaked In by Shiyu Tang | China | 2022 | 5’
  5. Thao by B. Maury, E. Garreau, S. Robelin, S. Gire, A. Blum, J. Mekidiche | France | 2022 | 7’
  6. The Draft by A. Dana, L. Delbos, E. Desclaux, S. Jousset, A. Moquet, Th. Remark, R. Taddia, A. Viatgé | France | 2022 | 6’

Documentary

  1. Exoskeletons by Mariana Castiñeiras | Hungary | 2022 | 18’
  2. Filho by Tomas Ponsteen | Netherlands | 2022 | 23’
  3. May the Earth Become the Sky by Ana Vijdea | Romania | 2022 | 15’
  4. Mother Just a Smile by Cyrielle Raingou | Portugal | 2022 | 18’
  5. The (Other) 700 Club by Juan Blanco Garcia | Spain | 2022 | 10’
  6. Waking Up in Silence by Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi | Germany | 2023 | 17’

Experimental

  1. Birds Don't Look Through the Windows by Eirini Tampasouli | Greece | 2023 | 8’
  2. Blinded by Centuries by Parinda Mai | Thailand | 2022 | 13’
  3. Cyclepaths by Anton Cla | Belgium | 2023 | 13’
  4. Image Me by Till Gombert | Germany | 2022 | 6’
  5. Top View of my Brain as a Crime Scene by Luzia Vita Johow | Austria | 2022 | 13’

BALKAN Shorts

  1. 11:20 AM by Dimitris Nakos | Greece | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
  2. Aerolin by Alexis Koukias-Pantelis | Greece | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction
  3. Are You a Man by Gjorce Stavreski | North Macedonia | 2023 | 15’ | Fiction
  4. Fracture by Panagiotis Fafoutis | Greece | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
  5. Highway of a Broken Heart by Nikos Kyritsis | Greece | 2023 | 11’ | Fiction
  6. I Don’t Need Another Defeat by Tolga Özdemir | Turkey | 2023 | 22’ | Fiction
  7. Money and Happiness by Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr | Serbia | 2022 | 10’ | Animation
  8. Not Today by Yağmur Mısırlıoğlu | Turkey | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
  9. Remote by Dana Rogoz | Romania | 2023 | 22’ | Fiction
  10. Super by Nikolas Kouloglou | Greece | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction
  11. The Boar by Konstantinos Tsiodoulos | Greece | 2022 | 20’ | Fiction
  12. The Legend of Goldhorn by Lea Vučko | Slovenia | 2022 | 14’ | Animation
  13. Together, Alone by Kasım Ördek | Turkey | 2022 | 20’ | Fiction

In ALBANIAn Shorts

  1. Almost Crying by Aulona Selmani | Switzerland | 2022 | 23’ | Fiction
  2. I Kemi Varros Baballarët by Hekuran Isufi | France | 2022 | 24’ | Fiction
  3. Of Cats and Daughters by Elda Sorra | Germany | 2023 | 18’ | Fiction
  4. Scent of Love by Altin Sulaj, Genti Deçka | Albania | 2023 | 23’ | Experimental
  5. The Cello by Robert Deçani | Germany | 2023 | 12’ | Fiction
  6. The Shot by Herion Mustafaraj | Albania | 2023 | 23’ | Fiction
  7. The Strange Case of Teresita by Renis Hyka | Albania | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction

SPECIAL PROGRAM

RetrospecTIFF – Homage to Satyajit Ray

  1. The Big City (Mahanagar) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1963 | 130’ | Drama
  2. The Lonely Wife (Charulata) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1964 | 114’ | Drama, Romance
  3. The Coward (Kapurush) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1965 | 67’ | Drama, Romance
  4. The Saint (Mahapurush) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1965 | 64’ | Comedy, Drama
  5. The Hero (Nayak) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1966 | 117’ | Drama, Satire
  6. The Elephant God (Jai Baba Felunath) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1979 | 116’ | Adventure, Family

FOCUS: Andreas Dresen

  1. Silent Country (Stilles Land) by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 1992 | 95’ | Comedy, Drama
  2. Grill Point (Halbe Treppe) by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 2002 | 111’ | Comedy, Drama
  3. Gundermann by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 2018 | 128’ | Drama, Music
  4. Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen | Germany, France | 2022 | 119’ | Drama

FOCUS: SWEDISH Stories

  1. Burn All My Letters by Björn Runge | Sweden | 2022 | 120’ | Drama
  2. I Am Zlatan by Jens Sjögren | Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands | 2021 | 100’ | Biopic, Drama
  3. The Emigrants by Erik Poppe | Sweden, New Zealand, Norway | 2021 | 148’ | Drama

SPECIAL SCREENING

A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On by Gentian Koçi | Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Portugal | 2022 | 99’ | Drama

TIFF’s Case Study on silence and under-the-skin language in film.

The screening will be followed by an open discussion with film director Gentian Koçi and producer Blerina Hankollari.

PANORAMA Competition

KIDs Program -10

  1. A Story for 2 Trumpets by Amandine Meyer | France | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
  2. About a Cow by Pavla Baštanová | Czech Republic | 2023 | 13’ | Animation
  3. Apocalypse Dog by A. Le Clainche, C. Nasarre, J. Qian, J. Barraux, E. Plumey, L. Arnaud, S. Cauchie | France | 2022 | 8’ | Animation
  4. Balam by Guillermo Casarin | Mexico | 2023 | 10’ | Animation
  5. Blue Teddy Bear by Marina Andree Skop | Croatia | 2023 | 11’ | Animation
  6. Canary by Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Benoit Therriault | Canada | 2022 | 12’ | Animation
  7. Dede is Dead by Philippe Kastner | Czech Republic | 2023 | 9’ | Animation
  8. Hope by K. Randresy, O. Laouer, L. Jean, H. M. Mbeck, M. Pitrou | France | 2022 | 8’ | Animation
  9. Kind of Fishy by Aleksander Leines Nordaas | Norway | 2022 | 5’ | Animation
  10. Malacabra by M. Bort, M. Bourges, H. Florin, J. Guibert, V. Miniot, V. Nogues, A. Prukop, P. Segonds | France | 2022 | 7’ | Animation
  11. Polar by L. Levy, L. Al Bayati, M. Michel, S. Briand, S. Bentz, A. Hobadam, F. Martin | France | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
  12. Reste by Ginger Le Pêcheur | Canada | 2022 | 8’ | Fiction
  13. Roald by C. Bigache, L. Chavalle, J. Chene, Th. Chopinet, A. Gaucheron, A. Lheureux, M. Prone | France | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
  14. Shyraq by Meirzhan Sandybay | Kazakhstan | 2022 | 25’ | Animation
  15. Swing to the Moon by M. Bordessoule, A. Bouissie, N. De Boer, E. Drique, Ch. Lauzu, V. Levrero, S. Moreau | France | 2022 | 7’ | Animation
  16. The Brave Locomotive by Andrew Pierce Chesworth | USA | 2023 | 8’ | Animation
  17. The Market by Lulu (Jung) Chen | Canada | 2023 | 4’ | Animation
  18. The Menace from Above by Mariam Khayat | Saudi Arabia | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
  19. Witchfairy by Cedric Igodt, David Van de Weyer | Belgium | 2022 | 15’ | Animation

KIDs Program 11+

  1. A Clay Horse by Abdullah Khan | Pakistan | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction
  2. Angelman by Sacha Picard | France | 2023 | 12’ | Fiction
  3. Brais’s Video by Víctor García | Spain | 2023 | 12’ | Fiction
  4. Butterflies by Lena Dana | France | 2022 | 24’ | Fiction
  5. Close your Eyes by M. Bérardengo, A. Defonte, L. Depoix, D. Koessler, C. Laurent, P. Guislain, Ch. Boursier | France | 2022 | 8’ | Animation
  6. Cosmos Melancolia by Damien de Medeiros, Alexandra Leroux | France | 2023 | 30’ | Fiction
  7. Cowboy Kevin by Anna Lund Konnerup | Denmark | 2022 | 7’ | Animation
  8. Kafka's Doll by Bruno Simões | Spain | 2022 | 10’ | Animation
  9. Little Smasher by Gilles Cuvelier | France | 2021 | 14’ | Animation
  10. Scrumpy by Dan Holmwood | Ireland | 2023 | 9’ | Fiction
  11. Sports Day by August Adrian Braatz | Slovenia | 2023 | 23’ | Fiction
  12. Tahlequah the Whale: A Dance of Grief by Daniel Kreizberg | Lithuania | 2023 | 15’ | Animation
  13. The Boar by Jules Pourchet | France | 2022 | 23’ | Fiction
  14. The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World by Damaris Zielke | Germany | 2022 | 7’ | Animation
  15. The Wake-Up Chirp by Kaan Orgunmat | Sweden | 2023 | 14’ | Fiction
  16. Timis by Awa Moctar Gueye | Senegal | 2023 | 16’ | Fiction
  17. Under the Wing of a Night by Lesia Diak | Ukraine | 2023 | 20’ | Documentary

GENERATIONs

  1. Almost Invisible by Dalia Huerta Cano | Norway | 2023 | 9’ | Fiction
  2. Don't Be Cruel by Andrej Chinappi | Italy | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
  3. I'm on Fire by Michael Spiccia | USA | 2022 | 24’ | Fiction
  4. It Turns Blue by Shadi Karamroudi | Iran | 2023 | 15’ | Fiction
  5. Now I'm in the Kitchen by Yana Pan | USA, China | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
  6. Out of the Fog by Tigrane Minassian | France | 2022 | 20’ | Fiction
  7. Pachyderme by Stéphanie Clément | France | 2022 | 11’ | Animation
  8. Stuck Together by Anna Wowra | Czech Republic | 2023 | 23’ | Fiction

NEW WORLD

  1. All My Scars Vanish in the Wind by Angélica Restrepo, Carlos Velandia | Colombia | 2022 | 15’ | Animation
  2. Applause by Guilherme Daniel | Portugal | 2023 | 13’ | Fiction
  3. Deadlock Seven by Javad Atefeh | USA | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
  4. Freedom by Martin Delfino Guevara | Spain | 2022 | 13’ | Fiction
  5. Intelligence by Jeanne Frenkel, Cosme Castro | France | 2023 | 15’ | Fiction
  6. Island by Michael Faust | Israel | 2022 | 8’ | Animation
  7. Les Chenilles by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany | France, Lebanon | 2023 | 30’ | Fiction
  8. Mother by Salomon Ligthelm | Ukraine | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction
  9. Power Signal by Oscar Boyson | USA | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction
  10. Subway Stops by Joe Zakko | USA | 2023 | 18’ | Documentary
  11. The Ballad by Christofer Nilsson | Sweden, France | 2023 | 14’ | Fiction
  12. The Elevator by Jiang Dong | France, China | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction

DIVERGENT MINDs

  1. A Clay Horse by Abdullah Khan | Pakistan | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction
  2. Aphonia by Marta Z. Nowak | Poland | 2022 | 12’ | Fiction
  3. Disused by Susanne Walström, Ester Holmén | Sweden | 2023 | 10’ | Fiction
  4. Modern Speed by Mats Christian Rude Halvorsen | Norway | 2023 | 17’ | Documentary
  5. Nada De Todo Esto by Patricio Martínez, Francisco Cantón | Spain | 2023 | 18’ | Fiction
  6. The Bridge by Gabriel Agustin Freire | USA | 2022 | 4’ | Animation
  7. Waving by Rolfin Nyhus, Steven Brumwell | UK | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction

PARADE

  1. Christopher at Sea by Tom CJ Brown | France | 2022 | 21’ | Animation
  2. DogFriend by Maissa Lihedheb | Germany | 2022 | 18’ | Fiction
  3. Flamme by L. Alonso, A. Fornara, C. Geangu, O. Papet, Y. Pardo, S. Rodriguez, C. Terras, D. Vales | France | 2022 | 5’ | Animation
  4. Into the Silence, After the Silence by Elio Quiroga Rodriguez | Spain | 2023 | 10’ | Experimental
  5. Mercy by Milla Lewis | Poland | 2022 | 13’ | Fiction
  6. Scred TBM by Kevin Le Dortz | France | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction
  7. The Melting Creatures by Diego Céspedes | France | 2022 | 17’ | Fiction
  8. The Notch by Mina Sadati | Iran | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction

REFLECTING ALBANIA

  1. I Am Burrnesha by Radiana Bozhikova | Bulgaria | 2022 | 29’ | Documentary
  2. Rrugë e Mirë by Theo Ammann | Italy | 2023 | 17’ | Documentary
  3. The Needle – My Secret Garden by Merita Çoçoli Sali | North Macedonia | 2023 | 67’ | Documentary
  4. Three Sparks by Naomi Uman | Mexico, Albania | 2023 | 95’ | Documentary

Screenplay ContesTIFF

Selected scripts for Pitching

  1. Cocoon by Bo Nawacharee | Thailand
  2. Companion by Mahsa Talebi | Iran
  3. I Am Not Picky by Gang Chen | China
  4. Love On a Rainy Day by Carla Celia Cristina Pekander | Finland
  5. One For All by Victoria Myssik | Kazakhstan
  6. Rudolph by Man-oh Lee | South Korea
  7. Seventeen by Geqi Li | China
  8. Stuck by Fergal O’Byrne | Denmark
  9. Switch by Samuel Lampaert, David Bourgie, Christian Docin Julien | Belgium
  10. Teeth by Lyubo Yonchev | Bulgaria