The 69th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 June 2022.[1] First Nations anthology film We Are Still Here opened the festival, while Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama film Broker was the closing film.[2][3]
69th Sydney Film FestivalOpening film | We Are Still Here by Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, and Chantelle Burgoyne |
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Closing film | Broker by Hirokazu Kore-eda |
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Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Founded | 1954 |
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Awards | Sydney Film Prize: Close |
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No. of films | 200 from 64 countries |
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Festival date | 8–19 June 2022 |
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Website | sff.org.au |
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The most prestigious award, Sydney Film Prize, was awarded to drama film Close, directed by Lukas Dhont.[4]
The following were named as the festival juries:[5]
The following films were selected for the main international competition:[6]
English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Alcarràs
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Carla Simón
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Spain, Italy
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Before, Now & Then
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Nana
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Kamila Andini
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Indonesia
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Blaze
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Del Kathryn Barton
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Australia
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The Box
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La caja
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Lorenzo Vigas
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Mexico, United States, Venezuela
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Burning Days
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Kurak Günler
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Emin Alper
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Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia
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Close
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Lukas Dhont
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Belgium, France, Netherlands
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Fire of Love
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Sara Dosa
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United States, Canada
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Godland
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Volaða land
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Hlynur Pálmason
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Iceland, Denmark, France, Sweden
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The Quiet Girl
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An Cailín Ciúin
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Colm Bairéad
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Ireland
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Return to Seoul
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Retour à Séoul
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Davy Chou
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France, Belgium, Germany, Qatar, Cambodia
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Utama
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Alejandro Loayza Grisi
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Bolivia, Uruguay, France
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You Won't Be Alone
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Goran Stolevski
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Australia, United Kingdom, Serbia
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- Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.
Documentary Australia
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English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Audrey Napanangka
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Penelope McDonald
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Australia
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Delikado
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Karl Malakunas
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Australia, Hong Kong, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom
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Everybody's Oma
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Jason van Genderen
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Australia
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General Hercules
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Broodie Poole
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Australia
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Keep Stepping
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Luke Cornish
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Australia
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Short Films
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The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone
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Maya Newell
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Australia
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Polenta
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Adrian Di Salle
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Australia
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The Sweetness
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Jessica Barclay Lawton
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Australia
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Warrawong... The Windy Place on the Hill
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Simon Target
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Australia
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Special Presentations
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English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Cha Cha Real Smooth
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Cooper Raiff
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United States
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Fire Island
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Andrew Ahn
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United States
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The Forgiven
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John Michael McDonagh
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United Kingdom
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
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Sophie Hyde
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United Kingdom
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Huda's Salon
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Hany Abu-Assad
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Palestine, Egypt, Netherlands
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Lonesome
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Craig Boreham
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Australia
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Navalny
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Daniel Roher
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United States
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Nude Tuesday
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Armağan Ballantyne
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Australia, New Zealand
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One Fine Morning
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Un beau matin
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Mia Hansen-Løve
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France, Germany
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The Passengers of the Night
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Les passagers de la nuit
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Mikhaël Hers
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France
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The Phantom of the Open
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Craig Roberts
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United Kingdom
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Seriously Red
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Gracie Otto
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Australia
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Tchaikovsky's Wife
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Жена Чайковского
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Kirill Serebrennikov
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Russia, France, Switzerland
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Where Is Anne Frank
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Ari Folman
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France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
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English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love
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A E I O U: Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe
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Nicolette Krebitz
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Germany, France
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Ahed's Knee
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הַבֶּרֶךְ
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Nadav Lapid
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France, Germany
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Alice
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Krystin Ver Linden
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United States
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Anatolian Leopard
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Anadolu leopari
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Emre Kayiş
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Turkey, Denmark, Germany, Poland
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Anatomy of Time
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Jakrawal Nilthamrong
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Thailand, France, Singapore, Netherlands
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The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
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Sokea mies joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia
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Teemu Nikki
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Finland
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The Burning Sea
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Nordsjøen
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John Andreas Andersen
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Norway
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Commitment Hasan
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Bağlılık Hasan
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Semih Kaplanoğlu
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Turkey
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Costa Brava, Lebanon
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Mounia Akl
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Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar
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Emily the Criminal
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John Patton Ford
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United States
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Evicted! A Modern Romance
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Rowan Devereux
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Australia
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Fairy Folk
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Karan Gour
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India
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Father's Day
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Kivu Ruhorahoza
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Rwanda
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Flux Gourmet
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Peter Strickland
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United Kingdom, United States, Hungary
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Gentle
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Szelíd
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László Csuja, Anna Nemes
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Hungary, Germany
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Hinterland
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Stefan Ruzowitzky
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Austria, Luxembourg
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Hommage
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오마주
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Shin Su-won
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South Korea
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The Humans
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Stephen Karam
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United States
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Incredible but True
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Incroyable mais vrai
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Quentin Dupieux
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France
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Inu-Oh
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Masaaki Yuasa
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Japan, China
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Klondike
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Клондайк
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Maryna Er Gorbach
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Ukraine, Turkey
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The Longest Weekend
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Molly Haddon
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Australia
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A Love Song
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Max Walker-Silverman
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United States
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Millie Lies Low
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Michelle Savill
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New Zealand
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No Land's Man
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Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
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United States, India, Australia, Bangladesh
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Nr. 10
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Alex van Warmerdam
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Netherlands, Belgium
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One Year, One Night
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Un año, una noche
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Isaki Lacuesta
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France, Spain
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The Outfit
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Graham Moore
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United States
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The Plains
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David Easteal
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Australia
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Please Baby Please
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Amanda Kramer
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United States
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Private Desert
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Deserto particular
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Aly Muritiba
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Brazil, Portugal
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Return to Dust
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隐入尘烟
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Li Ruijun
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China
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Rimini
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Ulrich Seidl
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Austria, France, Germany
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The Stranger
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الغريب
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Ameer Fakher Eldin
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Palestine, Germany, Syria, Qatar
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The Tasting
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La Dégustation
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Ivan Calbérac
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France
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Unrest
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Unrueh
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Cyril Schäublin
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Switzerland
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Yuni
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Kamila Andini
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Indonesia, Singapore, France, Australia
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International Documentaries
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English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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African Moot
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Shameela Seedat
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South Africa, Finland
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All That Breathes
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Shaunak Sen
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India, United Kingdom, United States
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And Still I Sing
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Fazila Amiri
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Canada
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Beirut: Eye of the Storm
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بيروت في عين العاصفة
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Mai Masri
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Lebanon, France
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Bitterbrush
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Emelie Coleman Mahdavian
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United States
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Black Mambas
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Lena Karbe
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Germany, France
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Calendar Girls
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Love Martinsen, Maria Loohufvud
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Sweden, United States
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Children of the Mist
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Những đứa trẻ trong sương
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Hà Lệ Diễm
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Vietnam
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Day After...
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Anyadin
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Kamar Ahmad Simon
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Bangladesh, France, Norway
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Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
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Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier
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United States, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden
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Fashion Babylon
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Gianluca Matarrese
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France
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Fashion Reimagined
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Becky Hutner
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United Kingdom, United States
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Hidden Letters
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密语者
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Violet Du Feng, Qing Zhao
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China, Germany, Norway, United States
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Hide and Seek
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Nascondino
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Victoria Fiore
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United Kingdom, Italy
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Holidays
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Jours de Fête
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Antoine Cattin
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Switzerland
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A House Made of Splinters
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Будинок із трісок
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Simon Lereng Wilmont
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Denmark
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Into the Ice
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Rejsen til isens indre
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Lars Ostenfeld
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Denmark, Germany
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
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Robert B. Weide, Don Argott
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United States
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Lynch/Oz
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Alexandre O. Philippe
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United States
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Midwives
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Hnin Ei Hlaing
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Myanmar
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My Old School
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Jono McLeod
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United Kingdom
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No Simple Way Home
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Nie ma prostej drogi do domu
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Akuol de Mabior
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South Sudan, Kenya
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Nothing Lasts Forever
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Jason Kohn
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United States
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Singing in the Wilderness
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旷野歌声
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Dongnan Chen
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China
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The Territory
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Alex Pritz
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Brazil, Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
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Tramps!
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Kevin Hegge
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Canada
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We Met in Virtual Reality
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Joe Hunting
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United Kingdom
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Young Plato
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Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath
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Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Belgium
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Europe! Voices of Women in Film
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English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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As in Heaven
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Du som er i himlen
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Tea Lindeburg
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Denmark
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Bitch, A Derogatory Term for a Woman
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Prasica, slabšalni izraz za žensko
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Tijana Zinajić
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Slovenia
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Blue Moon
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Crai nou
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Alina Grigore
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Romania
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Girl Picture
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Tytöt tytöt tytöt
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Alli Haapasalo
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Finland
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It Is In Us All
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Antonia Campbell-Hughes
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Ireland
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Loving Highsmith
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Eva Vitija
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Switzerland, Germany
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Maya Nilo (Laura)
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Lovisa Sirén
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Sweden, Finland, Belgium
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Small Body
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Piccolo corpo
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Laura Samani
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Italy, France, Slovenia
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Talking About the Weather
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Alle reden übers Wetter
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Annika Pinske
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Germany
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Three Minutes: A Lengthening
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Bianca Stigter
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Netherlands, United Kingdom
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English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Bootlegger
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Caroline Monnet
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Canada
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We Are Still Here (opening)
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Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, Chantelle Burgoyne
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Australia, New Zealand
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Whina
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James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones
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New Zealand
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The following films were announced after the initial line-up announcement, which highlighted the Australian premiere of 2023 Cannes Film Festival official selection:[3]
English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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The Blue Caftan
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أزرق القفطان
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Maryam Touzani
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France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark
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Boy from Heaven
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صبي من الجنة
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Tarik Saleh
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Sweden, France, Finland
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Broker (closing)
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브로커
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Hirokazu Kore-eda
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South Korea
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Holy Spider
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عنکبوت مقدس
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Ali Abbasi
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Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany
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Joyland
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جوائے لینڈ
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Saim Sadiq
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Pakistan
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Mediterranean Fever
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حمى البحر المتوسط
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Maha Haj
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Germany, France, Qatar, Palestine, Cyprus
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The Night of the 12th
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La Nuit du 12
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Dominik Moll
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France, Belgium
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Nothing Compares
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Kathryn Ferguson
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United Kingdom, Ireland
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Stars at Noon
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Claire Denis
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France
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Tori and Lokita
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Tori et Lokita
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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
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Belgium, France
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Triangle of Sadness
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Ruben Östlund
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Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
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Will-o'-the-Wisp
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Fogo-Fátuo
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João Pedro Rodrigues
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Portugal, France
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The following awards were presented at the festival:[7]
- Sydney Film Prize: Close by Lukas Dhont
- Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award: Caitlin Yeo
- Documentary Australia Award for Australian Documentary: Keep Stepping by Luke Cornish
- Sustainable Future Award: Delikado by Karl Malakunas
- Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
- Dendy Live Action Short Award: The Moths Will Eat Them Up by Luisa Martiri and Tanya Modini
- Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director: Luisa Martiri and Tanya Modini for The Moths Will Eat Them Up
- Yoram Gross Animation Award: Donkey by Jonathan Daw and Tjunkaya Tapaya
- AFTRS Craft Award: Jonathan Daw and Tjunkaya Tapaya for Donkey