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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] [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 AertryckDenmark, 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 AndersonUnited 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
Episodic [ edit ]
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 ] References [ 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.
