Sepideh Farsi and Sébastien Onomo
Best Animated Film, 2023

Sepideh Farsi and Sébastien Onomo

Best Animated Film, 2023

Sepideh Farsi and Sébastien Onomo

The Siren (La Sirène)

1980, Abadan. The capital of the Iranian oil industry is resisting an Iraqi siege. Fourteen-year-old Omid has braved the siege and stayed in the city…

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Tian Xiaopeng and Qiao Yi
Best Animated Film, 2023

Tian Xiaopeng and Qiao Yi

Best Animated Film, 2023

Tian Xiaopeng and Qiao Yi

Deep Sea (Shen hai)

Shenxiu was abandoned by her mother when she was a child. Since then, she’s had bad dreams about a monster called Nightmare. One day, she travels…

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Ricard Cussó and Tania Vincent and Sophie Byrne and Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates and Ryan Greaves
Best Animated Film, 2023

Ricard Cussó and Tania Vincent and Sophie Byrne and Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates and Ryan Greaves

Best Animated Film, 2023

Ricard Cussó and Tania Vincent and Sophie Byrne and Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates and Ryan Greaves

Scarygirl

When her world is threatened by a loss of sunlight, a young girl must overcome her fears and journey to a fantastical city, save her…

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Makoto Shinkai and Noritaka Kawaguchi and Genki Kawamura and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Tomohiro Tokunaga
Best Animated Film, 2023

Makoto Shinkai and Noritaka Kawaguchi and Genki Kawamura and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Tomohiro Tokunaga

Best Animated Film, 2023

Makoto Shinkai and Noritaka Kawaguchi and Genki Kawamura and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Tomohiro Tokunaga

Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari)

As the skies turn red and the earth trembles, Japan stands on the brink of disaster. But one determined teenager, Suzume, sets out on a…

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Takehiko Inoue and Toshiyuki Matsui
Best Animated Film, 2023

Takehiko Inoue and Toshiyuki Matsui

Best Animated Film, 2023

Takehiko Inoue and Toshiyuki Matsui

The First Slam Dunk

Shohoku’s point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Ryota had become addicted to…

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Azamat Dulatov
Best Cinematography, 2023

Azamat Dulatov

Best Cinematography, 2023

Azamat Dulatov

Qas

Azamat Dulatov is an accomplished director of photography from Kazakhstan who has made a significant impact in the film industry. He has a diverse filmography…

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Krum Rodriguez
Best Cinematography, 2023

Krum Rodriguez

Best Cinematography, 2023

Krum Rodriguez

Citizen Saint (Mokalake Tsmindani)
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Hao Jiayue
Best Cinematography, 2023

Hao Jiayue

Best Cinematography, 2023

Hao Jiayue

A Song Sung Blue
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Kenneth Cyrus
Best Cinematography, 2023

Kenneth Cyrus

Best Cinematography, 2023

Kenneth Cyrus

Whispers of Fire & Water
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Yoshio Kitagawa
Best Cinematography, 2023

Yoshio Kitagawa

Best Cinematography, 2023

Yoshio Kitagawa

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai)
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Celine Song
Best Director, 2023

Celine Song

Best Director, 2023

Celine Song

Past Lives

Korean-Canadian-American filmmaker Celine Song is a respected playwright and exciting new voice in directing and screenwriting. Loosely based on and inspired by Song’s own life…

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Darkhan Tulegenov
Best Director, 2023

Darkhan Tulegenov

Best Director, 2023

Darkhan Tulegenov

Brothers (Bratya)
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Liang Ming
Best Director, 2023

Liang Ming

Best Director, 2023

Liang Ming

Carefree Days (Xiao yao you)
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Rima Das
Best Director, 2023

Rima Das

Best Director, 2023

Rima Das

Tora’s Husband
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Best Director, 2023

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Best Director, 2023

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai)
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Sarvnik Kaur and Koval Bhatia
Best Documentary Film, 2023

Sarvnik Kaur and Koval Bhatia

Best Documentary Film, 2023

Sarvnik Kaur and Koval Bhatia

Against the Tide
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Madeleine Gavin and Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen and Sue Mi Terry
Best Documentary Film, 2023

Madeleine Gavin and Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen and Sue Mi Terry

Best Documentary Film, 2023

Madeleine Gavin and Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen and Sue Mi Terry

Beyond Utopia

Capturing the lengths people will go to gain freedom, Beyond Utopia follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most…

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Wang Bing and K Lihong and Sonia Buchman and Nicholas R de la Mothe
Best Documentary Film, 2023

Wang Bing and K Lihong and Sonia Buchman and Nicholas R de la Mothe

Best Documentary Film, 2023

Wang Bing and K Lihong and Sonia Buchman and Nicholas R de la Mothe

Man in Black

Man in Black is a portrait of 86-year-old Wang Xilin, one of China’s most important modern classical composers and now based in Germany. During the…

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Amanda Kim and Jennifer Stockman and David Koh and Amy Hobby and Jesse Wann and Mariko Munro
Best Documentary Film, 2023

Amanda Kim and Jennifer Stockman and David Koh and Amy Hobby and Jesse Wann and Mariko Munro

Best Documentary Film, 2023

Amanda Kim and Jennifer Stockman and David Koh and Amy Hobby and Jesse Wann and Mariko Munro

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Director Amanda Kim tells the story of Nam June Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-like visions of a future…

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Nisha Pahuja and Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
Best Documentary Film, 2023

Nisha Pahuja and Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

Best Documentary Film, 2023

Nisha Pahuja and Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

To Kill a Tiger
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Wim Wenders and Takuma Takasaki and Koji Yanai
Best Film, 2023

Wim Wenders and Takuma Takasaki and Koji Yanai

Best Film, 2023

Wim Wenders and Takuma Takasaki and Koji Yanai

Perfect Days

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion…

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Tinatin Kajrishvili and Lasha Khalvashi
Best Film, 2023

Tinatin Kajrishvili and Lasha Khalvashi

Best Film, 2023

Tinatin Kajrishvili and Lasha Khalvashi

Citizen Saint (Mokalake Tsmindani)

Miners in a small town discover that a centuries-old crucified saint has come back to life and is living among them. Shortly after celebrating his…

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Satoshi Takata
Best Film, 2023

Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Satoshi Takata

Best Film, 2023

Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Satoshi Takata

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai)

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles…

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Aisultan Seit and Yerkebulan Kurishbayev and Yuliya Kim and Eugenia Moreva
Best Film, 2023

Aisultan Seit and Yerkebulan Kurishbayev and Yuliya Kim and Eugenia Moreva

Best Film, 2023

Aisultan Seit and Yerkebulan Kurishbayev and Yuliya Kim and Eugenia Moreva

Qas

During the famine genocide of the 1930s in the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, gravedigger Isatai picks up bodies and takes them to a mass…

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Pema Tseden and Wang Lei
Best Film, 2023

Pema Tseden and Wang Lei

Best Film, 2023

Pema Tseden and Wang Lei

Snow Leopard (Xue bao)

An unexpected incident of a snow leopard breaking into the sheep pen of a local herder and killing nine rams not only causes a stir…

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Mouna Hawa
Best Performance, 2023

Mouna Hawa

Best Performance, 2023

Mouna Hawa

Inshallah a Boy (Inshallah Walad)
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Jinpa
Best Performance, 2023

Jinpa

Best Performance, 2023

Jinpa

Snow Leopard (Xue bao)
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Koji Yakusho
Best Performance, 2023

Koji Yakusho

Best Performance, 2023

Koji Yakusho

Perfect Days
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Mihaya Shirata
Best Performance, 2023

Mihaya Shirata

Best Performance, 2023

Mihaya Shirata

Last Shadow at First Light
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Zhou Dongyu
Best Performance, 2023

Zhou Dongyu

Best Performance, 2023

Zhou Dongyu

The Breaking Ice (Ran dong)
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Anthony Shim
Best Screenplay, 2023

Anthony Shim

Best Screenplay, 2023

Anthony Shim

Riceboy Sleeps
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Liang Ming
Best Screenplay, 2023

Liang Ming

Best Screenplay, 2023

Liang Ming

Carefree Days (Xiao yao you)
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Nicole Midori Woodford
Best Screenplay, 2023

Nicole Midori Woodford

Best Screenplay, 2023

Nicole Midori Woodford

Last Shadow at First Light
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Pema Tseden
Best Screenplay, 2023

Pema Tseden

Best Screenplay, 2023

Pema Tseden

Snow Leopard (Xue bao)
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Best Screenplay, 2023

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Best Screenplay, 2023

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai)
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Askhat Kuchinchirekov and Anna Katchko
Best Youth Film, 2023

Askhat Kuchinchirekov and Anna Katchko

Best Youth Film, 2023

Askhat Kuchinchirekov and Anna Katchko

Bauryna Salu

In accordance with the old nomadic tradition of bauryna salu, Yersultan was given at birth to his grandmother so that she could raise him. He…

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Muayad Alayan and Rami Alayan and Abeer Salman and Rachel Cohen and Alastair Clark and Dorothe Beinemeier and Hanneke Neins and Giorgos Karnavas
Best Youth Film, 2023

Muayad Alayan and Rami Alayan and Abeer Salman and Rachel Cohen and Alastair Clark and Dorothe Beinemeier and Hanneke Neins and Giorgos Karnavas

Best Youth Film, 2023

Muayad Alayan and Rami Alayan and Abeer Salman and Rachel Cohen and Alastair Clark and Dorothe Beinemeier and Hanneke Neins and Giorgos Karnavas

A House in Jerusalem

Following her mother’s death, a British Jewish girl is moved by her father from London to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can…

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Robert Connolly and James Grandison and Liz Kearney
Best Youth Film, 2023

Robert Connolly and James Grandison and Liz Kearney

Best Youth Film, 2023

Robert Connolly and James Grandison and Liz Kearney

Blueback

The story follows Abby, a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When Abby realises that the fish is under threat, she…

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Kore-eda Hirokazu and Genki Kawamura and Kenji Yamada
Best Youth Film, 2023

Kore-eda Hirokazu and Genki Kawamura and Kenji Yamada

Best Youth Film, 2023

Kore-eda Hirokazu and Genki Kawamura and Kenji Yamada

Monster (Kaibutsu)

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, a mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms…

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Amanda Nell Eu and Foo Fei Ling and Patrick Mao Huang and Fran Borgia and Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem and Jonas Weydemann and Ellen Havenith and Yulia Evina Bhara
Best Youth Film, 2023

Amanda Nell Eu and Foo Fei Ling and Patrick Mao Huang and Fran Borgia and Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem and Jonas Weydemann and Ellen Havenith and Yulia Evina Bhara

Best Youth Film, 2023

Amanda Nell Eu and Foo Fei Ling and Patrick Mao Huang and Fran Borgia and Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem and Jonas Weydemann and Ellen Havenith and Yulia Evina Bhara

Tiger Stripes

The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracised by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning…

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