The 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2023 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place online from 25 January to 5 February 2023.
Official selection The following films were selected to be screened: Opening and closing films
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Opening filmMunch Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken NorwayClosing filmAll India Rank Varun Grover India
Tiger The following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 100 Seasons 100 årstider Giovanni Bucchieri Sweden The Breath of Life Nummer achttien Guido van der Werve Netherlands Gagaland 舞迪斯科特 Teng Yuhan China Geology of Separation Yosr Gasmi, Mauro Mazzocchi Tunisia Indivision Leïla Kilani MoroccoMunnel Visakesa Chandrasekaram Sri Lanka New Strains Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan USA Notes on a Summer Notas sobre un verano Diego Llorente Spain Numb Amir Toodehroosta Iran One Last Evening Letzter Abend Lukas Nathrath Germany La Palisiada Philip Sotnychenko UkrainePlayland Georden West USALe spectre de Boko Haram Cyrielle Raingou Cameroon Structure Mannvirki Gústav Geir Bollason Iceland Thiiird Karim Kassem Lebanon three sparks Naomi Uman Albania
Big Screen The following films are selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Before the CollapseAvant l’effondrement Alice Zeniter, Benoît Volnais France Before the Buzzards Arrive Antes que lleguen los zopilotes Jonás N. Díaz Mexico Copenhagen Does Not Exist København findes ikke Martin Skovbjerg Denmark Drawing Lots Lotto Zaza Khalvashi, Tamta Khalvashi Georgia Endless Borders Marzhaye bi payan Abbas Amini Czech Republic, Germany, Iran Four Little Adults Neljä pientä aikuista Selma Vilhunen FinlandLa hembrita Laura Amelia Guzmán Conde Dominican RepublicJoram Devashish Makhija IndiaLuka Jessica Woodworth Belgium Midas' AntsLe formiche di Mida Edgar Honetschläger Austria My Little Nighttime Secret Один маленький ночной секрет Natalya Meshchaninova RussiaNão Sou Nada – The Nothingness Club Edgar Pêra Portugal Okiku and the World せかいのおきく Junji Sakamoto Japan One Win 1승 Shin Yeon-shick South Korea Southern StormLa sudestada Daniel Casabé, Edgardo Dieleke Argentina Travel in ItalyVoyages en Italie Sophie Letourneur France
Limelight English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Pierre Földes Canada Aftersun Charlotte Wells United Kingdom The Blue Caftan Le Bleu du caftan Maryam Touzani France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark Il Boemo Petr Václav Czech Republic The Boys 소년들 Chung Ji-young South Korea Burning Days Kurak Günler Emin Alper Turkey Cairo Conspiracy Tarik Saleh DenmarkEO IO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg United Kingdom Funny Pages Owen Kline USA Godland Hlynur Pálmason Denmark Goodbye Stranger Aaron Rookus Netherlands A House in Jerusalem Muayad Alayan Palestine, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar I Can't Stop Biting You 血ぃともだち Mamoru Oshii Japan Kamli کملی Sarmad Khoosat Pakistan Kira & El Gin Marwan Hamed Egypt Lonely Castle in the Mirror かがみの孤城 Keiichi Hara Japan Mediterranean Fever حمى البحر المتوسط Maha Haj Germany, France, Cyprus, Palestine, Qatar Medusa Deluxe Thomas Hardiman United Kingdom Mother and Son Un petit frère Léonor Serraille France Munch Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken Norway No Bears خرس نیست Jafar Panahi Iran No Dogs or Italians Allowed Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens Alain Ughetto France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal Nostalgia Mario Martone Italy Saint Omer Alice Diop France Showing Up Kelly Reichardt USA Sri Asih Upi Indonesia Strangeness La stranezza Roberto Andò Italy Superposition Karoline Lyngbye Denmark War Pony Riley Keough, Gina Gammell USA The Whale Darren Aronofsky USA Where the Wind Blows Philip Yung Hong Kong We Are Next of Kin Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen Hans-Christian Schmid Germany
Harbour English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 1744 White Alto Senna Hegde India 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned Norbert Pfaffenbichler Austria The Abandoned 查無此心 Tseng Ying-ting Taiwan Alien Food Giorgio Cugno Denmark If Yes, Okay Als uw gat maar lacht Dick Verdult Netherlands Another Spring Mladen Kovačević Serbia, Qatar Arnold Is a Model Student Arnon pen nakrian tuayang Sorayos Prapapan Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, France, Netherlands Because We Have Each Other Sari Braithwaite Australia Beyond the Fences of Lâlehzâr Amen Feizabadi Germany Blue Jean Georgia Oakley United Kingdom Bodyshop Scud Hong Kong Convenience Story コンビニエンス ストーリー Satoshi Miki Japan Corazonada J.M. Cravioto Mexico Dalva Emmanuelle Nicot Belgium Deadly Love Poetry Garin Nugroho Indonesia The Dead Remain with Their Mouths Open I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta Fabrizio Ferraro Italy Demigod: The Legend Begins 素還真 Chris Huang Wen-chang Taiwan Drunkard Nursing Home Shuai Zhang China Exterior Night Esterno notte Marco Bellocchio Italy, France Faces of Anne แอน Rasiguet Sookkarn, Kongdej Jaturanrasmee Thailand Fairytale Сказка Alexander Sokurov Belgium Family Don Palathara India Will-o'-the-Wisp Fogo-Fátuo João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal, France Geylang 芽笼 Boi Kwong Singapore Hand 手 Daigo Matsui Japan How to Find Happiness いつか、いつも つまでも。 Shunichi Nagasaki Japan I AM HERE! Ludwig Wüst Austria I Love You, Beksman Mahal kita, beksman Percival Intalan Philippines If We Burn James Leong, Lynn Lee Hong Kong In My Mother's Skin Kenneth Dagatan Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan Killing a Traitor Khaen-koshi Masoud Kimiai Iran Kunstkamera Jan Švankmajer Czech Republic Landen Vanessa Nica Mueller Germany Let It Ghost 猛鬼3寶 Wong Hoi Hong Kong Letters Unwritten to Naiyer Masud Shahi AJ India A Light Never Goes Out 燈火闌珊 Anastasia Tsang Hong Kong Like & Share Gina S. Noer Indonesia Like Sheep Among Wolves Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi Lyda Patitucci Italy Little Dixie John Swab USA LOLA Andrew Legge Ireland, United Kingdom The Long Voyage of the Yellow BusA longa viagem do ônibus amarelo Júlio Bressane, Rodrigo Lima Brazil Love & Crashes Lucile Chaufour France Luise Matthias Luthardt France Maryam Badrul Hisham Ismail Malaysia Mascotte Remy van Heugten Netherlands Mayday! May day! Mayday! Yonri S. Revolt Indonesia Moha Santosh Sivan India The Mountain La montaña Diego Enrique Osorno Mexico The Mysterious Affair at Styles A titokzatos stylesi eset Péter Lichter Hungary Night in America É noite na América Ana Vaz Italy, France, Brazil Night Walk 夜行 Sohn Koo-yong South Korea At Night the Cats Are Brown De noche los gatos son pardos Valentin Merz Switzerland Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Naomi Kawase Japan Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B Naomi Kawase Japan One Hundred Years and Hope 百年と希望 Takashi Nishihara Japan Orphea in Love Axel Ranisch Germany The Other Shape La otra forma Diego Felipe Guzman Colombia, Brazil Pacifiction Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles Albert Serra France, Spain, Portugal, Germany Pamfir Памфір Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Ukraine, Poland, France, Luxembourg Pett Kata Shaw Nuhash Humayun Bangladesh Power Moc Mátyás Prikler Czech Republic Pretty Red Dress Dionne Edwards United Kingdom The Condor's Fist El puño del cóndor Ernesto Díaz Espinoza Chile Revolution der Augen Friederike Pezold Austria Safe Place Sigurno mjesto Juraj Lerotić Croatia SAGAL: Snake and Scorpion Lee Dongwoo South Korea Silent Ghosts 失语镇 Yang Heng Hong Kong Silent Witnesses Mudos testigos Jeronimo Atehortua Arteaga, Luis Ospina Colombia Slowly Nowhere Polako nikuda Damir Čučić Croatia Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis Canada Stiekyt Etienne Fourie South Africa The Store Ami-Ro Sköld Sweden Suddenly Aniden Melisa Önel Turkey Tage Peter Schreiner Austria La tour Guillaume Nicloux France Trenque Lauquen Laura Citarella Argentina Under the Hanging Tree Perivi John Katjavivi Namibia Unidentified 미확인 Jude Chun South KoreaUntold Herstory 流麻溝十五號 Zero Chou Taiwan Vera Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Austria We Had the Day Bonsoir On a eu la journée bonsoir Narimane Mari France When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon Lav Diaz Denmark Wicked Games: Rimini Sparta Ulrich Seidl Austria
Bright Future English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) All India Rank Varun Grover India Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster Sanki Her Sey Biraz Felaket Umut Subasi Turkey Amiko こちらあみ子 Yūsuke Morii Japan The Bad Family La mala familia Nacho A. Villar, Luis Rojo France Burning Fire Füür brännt Michael Karrer Switzerland Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe Harvey Rabbit Germany Open Sky Cielo abierto Felipe Esparza Pérez France Clementina Agustín Mendilaharzu, Constanza Feldman Argentina Croma Kid Pablo Chea Dominican Republic Day of the Tiger Tigru Andrei Tănase Romania Die middag Nafiss Nia Netherlands The Enterprise La empresa André Siegers Germany I Sing to Books, and Women A los libros y a las mujeres canto María Elorza Spain Karparaa Vignesh Kumulai India Kissing the Ground You Walked On 海鸥来过的房间 Heng Fai Hong Macau The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty-Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His Het leven en de vreemde verrassende avonturen van Robinson Crusoe die acht en twintig jaar helemaal alleen op een bewoond eiland leefde en zei dat het van hem was Benjamin Deboosere Belgium My Girlfriend's Girlfriend La amiga de mi amiga Zaida Carmona Spain Natura Matti Harju Finland Outsider Girls Las demás Alexandra Hyland Chile Paco Tim Carlier Antigua & Barbuda The First Age A primeira idade Alexander David Portugal Represa Diego Hoefel Brazil Residency Winnie Cheung USA Shimoni Angela Wanjiku Wamai Kenya Vildanden Nadja Ericsson Sweden Whispering Mountains Jagath Manuwarna Sri Lanka White River 燕交 Ma Xue China, South Korea
Awards Winner(s) Work/director Notes Ref.Le spectre de Boko HaramCyrielle RaingouMunnelVisakesa ChandrasekaramNew StrainsArtemis Shaw and Prashanth KamalakanthanEndless BordersAbbas AminiLa PalisiadaPhilip SotnychenkoWhispering MountainsJagath ManuwarnaAqueronteManuel Muñoz RivasNatureza HumanaMónica LimaTitoKervens Jimenez and Taylor McIntoshWhat the Soil RemembersJosé CardosoHélène Louvart – Cinematographer (France) References
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