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The 2023 edition of the Calgary International Film Festival , the 24th edition in the event's history, took place from September 21 to October 1, 2023 in Calgary , Alberta , Canada .[ 1]
The festival opened with Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life , a documentary film by Dan Covert about Calgary-born artist Geoff McFetridge, and closed with Cody Lightning 's comedy film Hey, Viktor! .[ 2]
In 2023, the festival introduced a new CA$ 5,000 juried prize for Best Canadian Narrative Feature sponsored by Air Canada , as a complement to its existing RBC Emerging Artist Award for first-time Canadian filmmakers. New filmmakers remained eligible for the RBC Award, while Canadian films by more established directors were eligible for the Air Canada award.[ 3]
Juried award winners were announced on September 25,[ 4] with audience-voted award winners announced at the conclusion of the festival.[ 5]
Award
Film
Filmmaker
Audience Choice Alberta Feature
Tales from the Rez
Colin Ahnahktsipiitaa Van Loon, Trevor Solway
Audience Choice Canadian Narrative Feature
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
Ariane Louis-Seize
Audience Choice Canadian Documentary Feature
Summer Qamp
Jen Markowitz
Audience Choice International Narrative Feature
The Persian Version
Maryam Keshavarz
Audience Choice International Documentary Feature
Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life
Dan Covert
Audience Choice Late Shift
The Puppetman
Brandon Christensen
Audience Choice Generation Next
Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
Banchi Hanuse
Audience Choice Music on Screen
Immediate Family
Denny Tedesco
Audience Choice Special Presentations
The Old Oak
Ken Loach
Audience Choice Alberta Short
MONSTR
Tank Standing Buffalo
Audience Choice Narrative Short
Dead Cat (Chat mort)
Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet
Audience Choice Animated Short
Ninety-Five Senses
Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess
Audience Choice Documentary Short
Jack and Sam
Jordan Matthew Horowitz
Air Canada Canadian Narrative Feature
Suze
Dane Clark , Linsey Stewart
Air Canada Canadian Narrative Feature, Special Jury Citation
Charlie Gillespie (performance)
RBC Emerging Canadian Artist
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
Ariane Louis-Seize
RBC Emerging Canadian Artist, Special Jury Citation
Asog
Seán Devlin
Hey, Viktor!
Cody Lightning
DGC Canadian Documentary Feature
Swan Song
Chelsea McMullan
DGC Canadian Documentary Feature, Special Jury Citation
Summer Qamp
Jen Markowitz
International Narrative Feature
Animalia (Parmi nous)
Sofia Alaoui
International Narrative Feature, Special Jury Citation
Close to You
Elliot Page (performance)
20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas)
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (direction)
International Documentary Feature
Between the Rains
Moses Thuranira, Andrew H. Brown
Short Film Grand Jury Prize
Palm Sunday
Wes Andre Goodrich
Devon Bolton Memorial Award
MONSTR
Tank Standing Buffalo
Youth by Youth Canada Short Film Award
Operation Carl
Sandra Hurd
Live Action Short Film
Death to the Bikini! (À mort le bikini!)
Justine Gauthier
Animated Short Film
Boat People
Thao Lam , Kjell Boersma
Documentary Short Film
The Last Repair Shop
Ben Proudfoot , Kris Bowers
Student Short Film
Simone
Aisha Amin
Official selections [ edit ]
Canadian Narrative Competition [ edit ]
Canadian Documentary Competition [ edit ]
International Narrative Competition [ edit ]
International Documentary Competition [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Between the Rains
Moses Thuranira, Andrew H. Brown
Kenya, United Kingdom
Break the Game
Jane M. Wagner
United States
Fantastic Machine
Axel Danielson , Maximilien Van Aertryck
Denmark, Sweden
Four Daughters
بنات ألفة
Kaouther Ben Hania
France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
Going Varsity in Mariachi
Alejandra Vasquez, Sam Osborn
United States
Great Photo, Lovely Life
Amanda Mustard , Rachel Beth Anderson
United States
Jesszilla
Emily Sheskin
United States
On the Adamant
Sur l'Adamant
Nicolas Philibert
France, Japan
Silver Dollar Road
Raoul Peck
United States
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Savvusanna sõsarad
Anna Hints
Estonia, France, Iceland
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Thomas von Steinaecker
Germany, United Kingdom
You Can Call Me Bill
Alexandre O. Philippe
United States
Features not in competition [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
About Dry Grasses
Kuru Otlar Üstüne
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomie d'une chute
Justine Triet
France
The Animal Kingdom
Le Règne animal
Thomas Cailley
France
Big Boys
Corey Sherman
United States
La Chimera
Alice Rohrwacher
Italy, France, Switzerland
The Delinquents
Los delincuentes
Rodrigo Moreno
Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile
A Difficult Year
Une année difficile
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
France
Drop
Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi
Canada
Dumb Money
Craig Gillespie
United States
Evil Does Not Exist
悪は存在しない
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Japan
Fallen Leaves
Kuolleet lehdet
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland, Germany
Faultline
Anna Cooley
Canada
Hailey Rose
Sandi Somers
Canada
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker
United Kingdom
How We Ended Us
Grant Harvey
Canada
If Only I Could Hibernate
Баавгай болохсон, Baavgai Bolohson
Zoljargal Purevdash
Mongolia
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Bên trong vỏ kén vàng
Phạm Thiên Ân
Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain
Isle of Hope
Damian Romay
United States
Jericho Ridge
Will Gilbey
United Kingdom
Kidnapped
Rapito
Marco Bellocchio
Italy, France, Germany
Little Brother
Sheridan O'Donnell
United States
A Little Prayer
Angus MacLachlan
United States
Mayhem
Farang
Xavier Gens
France, Thailand
Monster
怪物
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan
The Old Oak
Ken Loach
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Peak Season
Steven Kanter, Henry Loevner
United States
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders
Japan, Germany
The Pot-au-Feu
La Passion de Dodin Bouffant
Tran Anh Hung
France
The Promised Land
Bastarden
Nikolaj Arcel
Denmark, Germany, Sweden
The Puppetman
Brandon Christensen
United States
Robot Dreams
Pablo Berger
Spain, France
Romi
Robert Cuffley
Canada
The Royal Hotel
Kitty Green
Australia, United Kingdom
The Sacrifice Game
Jenn Wexler
United States
Seven Veils
Atom Egoyan
Canada
Sleep
잠
Jason Yu
South Korea
The Teachers' Lounge
Das Lehrerzimmer
Ilker Çatak
Germany
The Ties That Bind
James Reckseidler
Canada
Tótem
Lila Avilés
Mexico, Denmark, France
Vincent Must Die
Vincent doit mourir
Stéphan Castang
France, Belgium
When Evil Lurks
Cuando acecha la maldad
Demián Rugna
Argentina
Documentaries not in competition [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Anselm
Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit
Wim Wenders
Germany
Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life
Dan Covert
United States
Immediate Family
Denny Tedesco
United States
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Miri Navasky, Maeve O'Boyle, Karen O'Connor
United States
Kiss the Future
Nenad Cicin-Sain
Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States, Ireland
The Lebanese Burger Mafia
Omar Mouallem
Canada
Patria y Vida: The Power of Music
Beatriz Luengo
Spain
They Shot the Piano Player
Dispararon al pianista
Fernando Trueba , Javier Mariscal
Spain, France, Netherlands
The Stones & Brian Jones
Nick Broomfield
United Kingdom
Without Leaving Anyone Behind
Sylvester Ndumbi
Canada
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Tales from the Rez
Trevor Solway, Colin Ahnahktsipiitaa Van Loon
Canada
Telling Our Story
Kim O'Bomsawin
Canada
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
27
Flóra Anna Buda
France, Hungary
6 Minutes per Kilometre
6 minutes/km
Catherine Boivin
Canada
At Last
Resmiye Emir
Turkey
Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
Basri & Salma Dalam Komedi Yang Terus Berputar
Khozy Rizal
Indonesia
Beauty Visa
Kate He, Simeon Hu
United States
Between Earth & Sky
Andrew Nadkarni
United States
Blond Night
Nuit blonde
Gabrielle Demers
Canada
Boat People
Thao Lam , Kjell Boersma
Canada
The Breakthrough
Daniel Sinclair
United States
Calf
Jamie O'Rourke
Ireland
Catherine & Michael
Kathy Fusco
United States
Chemical Somnia
Scott Portingale
Canada
Christopher at Sea
Tom CJ Brown
France
Closing Dynasty
Lloyd Lee Choi
United States
Coaching While Black
Alex Eskandarkhah
Canada
Coddle No More
Nicholas Bentgen
United States
Conviction
Bruce Thomas Miller
Canada
Counter Clockwise
Roman Shipley
Canada
Dead Cat
Chat mort
Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet
Canada
Death & Ramen
Tiger Ji
United States
Death to the Bikini!
À mort le bikini!
Justine Gauthier
Canada
Detour
Kargo Chen
Hong Kong
Dicks That I Like
Johanna Gustin
Germany
Don't Come In...Yet
Isaac Elliott
Australia
Eeva
Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov
Croatia, Estonia
The Family Portrait
Lea Vidakovic
Croatia, France, Serbia
The Firefighter's Ball
Le Bal des pompoers
Baptiste Drapeau
France
Fishmonger
Neil Ferron
United States
The Gateway
Kamala Parel-Nuttall
Canada
The Girl with the Red Beret
Janet Perlman
Canada
Go for Gold
John Torres
Canada
Grill
Jade Hærem Aksnes
Norway
Hide Your Crazy
Austin Kase
United States
High End Dying
Helen Liu
Canada
Hiraeth
Emma McDonald
Canada
Hit Man: Secrets of Lies
Elias Plagianos
United States
Hooks
Les crochets
Charles Parisé
Canada
Human Resources
Ressources humaines
Trinidad Plass, Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek
France
I Have No Tears and I Must Cry
Luis Fernando Puente
United States
In the Heat
Sam Chou
Canada
It's a Date
Nadia Parfan
Ukraine
Jack and Sam
Jordan Matthew Horowitz
United States
Jinn Julian
Jae Sterling
Canada
The Key to the Heart of Time
MJ Hansen
Canada
A Kind of Testament
Stephen Vuillemin
France
Kolaj
Gülce Besen Dilek
Germany
Konpa
Al'Ikens Plancher
United States
Lo-Tech Reality
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Spain
Losing Blue
Leanne Allison
Canada
Making Money in Manitou, Manitoba
Austin Ladouceur
Canada
Mine
Esabella Strickland
Canada
Monstr
Tank Standing Buffalo
Canada
My Eyes Are Up Here
Nathan Morris
United Kingdom
Mystic Tiger
Marc Martínez Jordán
Spain
Nai Nai & Wai Po: Grandma & Grandma
Sean Wang
United States
Nian
Michelle Krusiec
United States
Ninety-Five Senses
Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess
United States
No More Kîyâm
Lese Skidmore
Canada
Noodles Forever
McKinley Carlin
United States
Okem
Joshua Okwuosa
Nigeria, United States
Old Dragon Man
Douglas Cook
Canada
Only You
James David Duric
Canada
Operation Carl
Sandra Rachel Hurd
Canada
The Orchestra Chuck Built
Christopher Stoudt
United States
Overtime
Jenny Lee-Gilmore
Canada
Pacific Bell
Sandrine Béchade
Canada
Palm Sumday
Wes Andre Goodrich
United States
Piece by Piece
Reza Rasouli
Austria
Poof
Margaret Miller
United States
Power Signal
Oscar Boyson
United States
Pussy Love
Linda Krauss
Germany
Rise of Afrobeats in the Prairies
Fahad Suleiman
Canada
Salopica
Serenella Sol, Callum McCormack
Canada
Shadow Brother Sunday
Alden Ehrenreich
United States
Simone
Aisha Amin
United States
Soleil de nuit
Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias
Canada
The Soup
John Torres
Canada
The Sperm Bank
Margaux Susi
United States
Suzy Makes Cupcakes
Jayson Therrien
Canada
The Syrian Cosmonaut
Charles Emir Richards
Turkey
Third Wheel
Kevin Haefelin
Japan, Switzerland
Tiny
Ritchie Hemphill, Ryan Haché
Canada
Two One Two
Shira Avni
Quebec
Unveiled Traditions
Lili Yas Tayefi
Canada
Wave Rider
Dustin Chok
Canada
Well Wishes My Love, Your Love
Gabriel Gabriel Garble
Malaysia, Sweden
White Ant
Shalini Adnani
India, United Kingdom
Yellowbird
Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North
United States
Zip
Ava Maria Safai
Canada
Special Experiences [ edit ]
^ Stephen Hunt, "CIFF lineup includes 20 Canadian feature premieres, including lots of Alberta content" . CTV Calgary , August 31, 2023.
^ Aryn Toombs, "CIFF opens and closes festival with pair of award winning, crowd pleasing Canadian films" . LiveWire Calgary , August 30, 2023.
^ Aryn Toombs, "Calgary International Film Festival adds new competition to 2023" . LiveWire Calgary , August 16, 2023.
^ Aryn Toombs, "Winners of 2023 CIFF competitions unveiled" . LiveWire Calgary , September 25, 2023.
^ "Summer Qamp, Drawing a Life audience favourites at CIFF" . LiveWire Calgary , October 3, 2023.