Official Submissions (by Country)
A
“Alexander” (Albania) – dir. Ardit Sadiku
“The Delinquents” (Argentina) – dir. Rodrigo Moreno
“Amerikatsi” (Armenia) – dir. Michael A. Goorjian
“Shayda” (Australia) – dir. Noora Niasari
“Vera” (Austria) – dir. Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
B
“No Ground Beneath the Feet” (Bangladesh) – dir. Mohammad Rabby Mridha
“Omen” (Belgium) – dir. Baloji
“The Monk and the Gun” (Bhutan) – dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji
“The Visitor” (Bolivia) – dir. Martín Boulocq
“Excursion” (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – dir. Una Gunjak
“Pictures of Ghosts” (Brazil) – dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
“Blaga’s Lesson” (Bulgaria) – dir. Stephan Komandarev
“Sira” (Burkina Faso) – dir. Apolline Traoré
“Half Heaven” (Cameroon) – dir. Enah Johnscott
“Rojek” (Canada) – dir. Zaynê Akyol
“The Settlers” (Chile) – dir. Felipe Gálvez Haberle
“The Wandering Earth II” (China) – dir. Frant Gwo
“Un Varón” (Colombia) – dir.
“I Have Electric Dreams” (Costa Rica) – dir. Valentina Maurel
“Traces” (Croatia) – dir. Dubravka Turic
“Nlsito’s World” (Cuba) – dir. Fernando Pérez
“Brothers” (Czech Republic) – dir. Tomáš Mašín
D
“The Promised Land” (Denmark) – dir. Nikolaj Arcel
“Cuarencena” (Dominican Republic) – dir. David Maler
E
“Voy! Voy! Voy!” (Egypt) – dir. Omar Hilal
“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” (Estonia) – dir. Anna Hints
F
“Fallen Leaves” (Finland) – dir. Aki Kaurismäki
“The Taste of Things” (France) – dir. Trần Anh Hùng
G
“Citizen Saint” (Georgia) – dir. Tinatin Kajrishvili
“The Teachers’ Lounge” (Germany) – dir. İlker Çatak
“Behind the Haystacks” (Greece) – dir. Asimina Proedrou
H
“A Light Never Goes Out” (Hong Kong) – dir. Anastasia Tsang
“Four Souls of Coyote” (Hungary) – dir. Áron Gauder
I
“Godland” (Iceland) – dir. Hlynur Pálmason
“2018” (India) – dir. Jude Anthany Joseph
“Autobiography” (Indonesia) – dir. Makbul Mubarak
“The Night Guardian” (Iran) – dir. Reza Mirkarimi
“Hanging Gardens” (Iraq) – dir. Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
=”In the Shadow of Beirut” (Ireland) – dir. Stephen Gerard Kelly and Garry Keane
“Seven Blessings” (Israel) – dir. Ayelet Menahemi
“Io capitano” (Italy) – dir. Matteo Garrone
J
“Perfect Days” (Japan) – dir. Wim Wenders
“Inshallah a Boy” (Jordan) – dir. Amjad Al-Rasheed
K
“Mvera” (Kenya) – dir. Daudi Anguka
“This is What I Remember” (Kyrgyzstan) – dir. Aktan Abdykalykov
L
“My Freedom” (Latvia) – dir. Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
“Slow” (Lithuania) – dir. Marija Kavtaradzė
“The Last Ashes” (Luxembourg) – dir. Loïc Tanson
M
“Tiger Stripes” (Malaysia) – dir. Amanda Nell Eu
“Tótem” (Mexico) – dir. Lila Avilés
“Thunders” (Moldova) – dir. Ioane Bobeica
“City of Wind” (Mongolia) – dir. Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
“Sirin” (Montenegro) – dir. Senad Šahmanović
“The Mother of All Lies” (Morocco) – dir. Asmae El Moudir
N
“Under the Hanging Tree” (Namibia) – dir. Perivi Katjavivi
“Halkara” (Nepal) – dir. Bikram Sapkota
“Sweet Dreams” (Netherlands) – dir. Ena Sendijarević
“Mami Wata” (Nigeria) – dir. C.J. Obasi
“Housekeeping for Beginners” (North Macedonia) – dir. Goran Stolevski
“Songs of Earth” (Norway) – dir. Margreth Olin
P
“In Flames” (Pakistan) – dir. Zarrar Kahn
“Bye Bye Tiberias” (Palestine) – dir. Lina Soualem
“Tito, Margot & Me” (Panama) – dir. Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal
“The Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguarete” (Paraguay) – dir. Armando Aquino and Mauricio Rial
“The Erection of Toribio Bardelli” (Peru) – dir. Adrián Saba
“The Missing” (Philippines) – dir. Carl Joseph Papa
“The Peasants” (Poland) – dir. DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
“Bad Living” (Portugal) – dir. João Canijo
R
“Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” (Romania) – dir. Radu Jude
S
“Alhamour H.A.” (Saudi Arabia) – dir. Abdulelah Alqurashi
“Banel & Adama” (Senegal) – dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
“The Duke and the Poet” (Serbia) – dir. Milorad Milinković
“The Breaking Ice” (Singapore) – dir. Anthony Chen
“Photophobia” (Slovakia) – dir. Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík
“Riders” (Slovenia) – dir. Dominik Mencej
“Music is My Life – Dr. Joseph Shabalalal and Ladysmith Black Mambazo” (South Africa) – dir. Mpumi Mbele
“Concrete Utopia” (South Korea) – dir. Um Tae-hwa
“Society of the Snow” (Spain) – dir. J.A. Bayona
“Goodbye Julia” (Sudan) – dir. Mohamed Kordofani
“Opponent” (Sweden) – dir. Milad Alami
“Thunder” (Switzerland) – dir. Carmen Jaquier
T
“Marry My Dead Body” (Taiwan) – dir. Cheng Wei-hao
“Melody” (Tajikistan) – dir. Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
“Not Friends” (Thailand) – dir. Atta Hemwadee
“Four Daughters” (Tunisia) – dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
“About Dry Grasses” (Turkey) – dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
U
“20 Days in Mariupol” (Ukraine) – dir. Mstyslav Cherno
“The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom) – dir. Jonathan Glazer
“Family Album” (Uruguay) – dir. Guillermo Rocamora
“The Shadow of the Sun” (Venezuela) – dir. Miguel Ángel Ferrer
“Glorious Ashes” (Vietnam) – dir. Bùi Thạc Chuyên
“The Burdened” (Yemen) – dir. Amr Gamal
Winner 2023: “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany), Edward Berger