7242 films were submitted and 60 short films from 42 countries were selected into the International Competition.
Gender:
- Females: selected 24 persons (40,0 %) / submitted 2 661 persons (36,8 %)
- Males: selected 28 persons (46,7 %) / submitted 4 365 persons (60,3 %)
- Other / no answer: selected 2 persons (3,3 %) / submitted 137 persons (1,8 %)
- Co-directions (male & female): selected 6 (10,0 %) / submitted 79 (1,1 %)
Selections were made by Liina Härkönen, Jukka-Pekka Laakso ja Riina Mikkonen.
Pre-selections were made by Juhani Alanen, Soilikki Alanne, Anton Asikainen, Enikö Balogh, Roos Hekkens, Liina Härkönen, Yelena Korhonen, Susanna Koskimaa, Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Riina Mikkonen, Peter Murdmaa, Iida Sahlman, Lauri Tapaninen, Christopher Lorenzo Thomas and Mirjami Vertainen.
ALGERIA
TAFTAFA WEL MOKNINN
Amir Hocine Bensaifi | 2022 | 13′ | Fiction
ARMENIA, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED STATES
KAPUITI MIJOV
Victoria Aleksanyan | 2022 | 13′ | Fiction
BELGIUM
HÉMATOME
Babetida Sadjo | 2022 | 19′ | Fiction
BELGIUM, HUNGARY, PORTUGAL
I DID NOT WAKE UP DEAD TODAY
Erin Macpherson | 2022 | 18′ | Experimental, Documentary, Fiction
BOLIVIA
ANGELO
Alex Plumb | 2022 | 9′ | Fiction
CANADA
JOLI JOUR
Philippe Tremblay-Berberi | 2022 | 14′ | Fiction
THE FLYING SAILOR
Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis | 2022 | 8′ | Animation
CHILE
SOMBRA VERTICAL
Felipe Elgueta, Ananke Pereira | 2022 | 14′ | Documentary
CHINA
THROUGH THE WINDOW
Xiao Yang, Sisi Chen | 2022 | 30′ | Documentary
COLOMBIA
TODAS MIS CICATRICES SE DESVANECEN EN EL VIENTO
Angélica Restrepo, Carlos Velandia | 2022 | 15′ | Experimental, Animation, Documentary
COSTA RICA
DIRECCIONES
Maria Luisa Santos, Carlo Nasisse | 2022 | 15′ | Documentary
CROATIA
HORTIKULTURA
Silva Ćapin | 2021 | 15′ | Fiction
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, UNITED KINGDOM
MULIKA
Maisha Maene | 2022 | 14′ | Fiction
ESTONIA
KOERKORTER
Priit Tender | 2022 | 15′ | Animation
NAERIS
Piret Sigus, Silja Saarepuu | 2022 | 8′ | Animation
FINLAND
SCENIC VIEW
Maija Blåfield | 2023 | 15′ | Experimental, Documentary
FRANCE
L’EFFORT DES HOMMES
Jean-Gabriel Périot | 2022 | 13′ | Fiction, Documentary
LES HOMMES DE LA NUIT
Judith Auffray | 2022 | 17′ | Experimental, Fiction
MOTORRODILLO
Alba Jaramillo | 2022 | 30′ | Documentary
GEORGIA
SPINELESS
Gigisha Abashidze | 2023 | 25′ | Fiction
GERMANY
DAS ROTOHR
Paul Drey | 2022 | 30′ | Animation, Documentary
KILLING BAGHEERA
Muschirf Shekh Zeyn | 2022 | 13′ | Experimental, Fiction
GERMANY, AUSTRIA
STAGING DEATH
Jan Soldat | 2022 | 9′ | Experimental, Fiction
GREECE, FRANCE
NOT TOMORROW
Amerissa Basta | 2022 | 20′ | Fiction
HUNGARY, PORTUGAL, BELGIUM
AWAY
Ruslan Fedotow |2022 | 29′ | Documentary
INDONESIA
DANCING COLORS
M. Reza Fahriyansyah | 2021 | 15′ | Fiction
IRELAND
SUCKING DIESEL
Sam McGrath | 2022 | 12′ | Fiction
LATVIA
NO REGRETS
Žanete Skarule | 2022 | 7′ | Fiction
LUXEMBOURG
LA VALISE ROUGE
Cyrus Neshvad | 2022 | 18′ | Fiction
MONGOLIA
YELLOW BUS
Zoljargal Purevdash | 2022 | 19′ | Fiction
MYANMAR
FROM THE STREETS OF MYANMAR
Kaung Sin Thant | 2022 | 12′ | Documentary
THE NETHERLANDS
SEAGULLS SCREAM ON THE WEEKEND
Maria Stuut, Frederik Stuut | 2022 | 12′ | Documentary
BUURMAN ABDI
Douwe Dijkstra | 2022 | 29′ | Documentary
SO LOUD THE SKY CAN HEAR US
Lavinia Xausa | 2022 | 21′ | Experimental, Documentary
NORWAY
OBSERVASJON
Christoffer Lossius | 2022 | 20′ | Fiction
REGISSØREN
Ingrid Liavaag, Linda Gathu | 2022 | 14′ | Fiction
PAKISTAN
FLOATING BIRDS
Hajra Panezai | 2022 | 16′ | Fiction
POLAND
NA ŻYWO
Mara Tamkovich | 2022 | 14′ | Fiction
TOOTHLESS
Andrea Guizar | 2021 | 13′ | Animation
PORTUGAL
APLAUSO
Guilherme Daniel | 2023 | 14′ | Fiction
MAMA DAN SO QUE SORRISO
Cyrielle Raingou | 2022 | 19′ | Documentary, Fiction
ROMANIA
SURUAIKA
Vlad Ilicevici, Radu C. Pop | 2022 | 10′ | Animation
VIAȚĂ DE CLOVN
Ioachim Stroe | 2022 | 17′ | Animation
RUSSIA
SWALLOWTAILS
Yana Osman, Anton Khamchishkin | 2022 | 18′ | Experimental, Documentary
SOUTH AFRICA
BERGIE
Dian Weys | 2022 | 7′ | Fiction
SOUTH KOREA
GAKJIL
Sujin Moon | 2022 | 7′ | Animation
SUDAN, QATAR
VIRTUAL VOICE
Suzannah Mirghani | 2021 | 7′ | Documentary
SWEDEN
DET AUTENTISKA JAGET
Olof Bendz, Fred Bendz, Peter Malmgren, Simon Folger | 2022 | 8′ | Fiction
VI VAR BARN DÅ
Alexander Abdallah, Mustafa Al-Mashhadani | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction
SWITZERLAND
LE MISANTHROPE
Noa Epars | 2022 | 8′ | Experimental, Fiction
LIMITES
Simon de Diesbach | 2022 | 8′ | Experimental, Animation
LUCKY MAN
Claude Luyet | 2022 | 8′ | Animation
TANZANIA
TENZI ZA SINEMA
Darragh Amelia, Gertrude Malizana, Jesse Gerard Mpango, Cece Mlay | 2022 | 17′ | Documentary
THAILAND
DID IT HURT?
Nathan Carreon Lim | 2022 | 24′ | Fiction
TURKEY, NORWAY, SWEDEN
DİYET
Handan Ipekci | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction
UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM
THE CURTAIN
Kateryna Pavlyuk | 2022 | 8′ | Documentary
UNITED KINGDOM
THE DEBUTANTE
Elizabeth Hobbs | 2022 | 9′ | Experimental, Animation
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE STAIRCASE AND THE SKY
Katerina Athanasopoulou | 2022 | 7′ | Experimental, Animation
WE LOVE LIFE
Hana Vojáčková | 2022 | 29′ | Experimental, Documentary
WORLD TO ROAM
Stephen Irwin | 2023 | 13′ | Animation
UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE
LIONS
Beru Tessema | 2022 | 26′ | Fiction
Edit 28.2.:
The film Through the Window (dir. Xiao Yang, Sisi Chen; China 2022) has been withdrawn from the International Competition. It is replaced by Away (dir. Ruslan Fedotow; Hungary, Portugal, Belgium 2022)
