2019_Stockholm_International_Film_Festival
2019 Stockholm International Film Festival
Film festival edition
The 30th Stockholm International Film Festival took place on 6–17 November 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
Quick Facts Opening film, Closing film ...
| Opening film | Marriage Story |
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| Closing film | Jojo Rabbit |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Awards | Bronze Horse (Song Without a Name by Melina León) |
| No. of films | 150 |
| Festival date | 6–17 November 2019 |
| Website | stockholmfilmfestival |
| Stockholm International Film Festival | |
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Peruvian drama film Song Without a Name won the Bronze Horse, most prestigious award.[2] Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story served as the opening film for the 30th edition.[3] Jojo Rabbit closed the festival.[4]
Competition
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le maire | Nicolas Pariser | France, Belgium |
| Arab Blues | Manele Labidi Labbé | France, Tunisia | |
| The Audition | Das Vorspiel | Ina Weisse | Germany |
| Bait | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom | |
| Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | Jan Komasa | Poland |
| Dirty God | Sacha Polak | United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland | |
| Divine Love | Divino Amor | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Denmark, Norway, Sweden |
| Fire Will Come | O que arde | Oliver Laxe | Spain, France, Luxembourg |
| I Lost My Body | J'ai perdu mon corps | Jérémy Clapin | France |
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France | |
| The Lighthouse | Robert Eggers | United States | |
| Made in Bangladesh | Rubaiyat Hossain | France, Bangladesh, Denmark, Portugal | |
| Monos | Alejandro Landes | Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark | |
| Sanctorum | Joshua Gil | Mexico, Dominican Republic, Qatar | |
| Song Without a Name | Canción sin nombre | Melina León | Peru, Spain, United States, Chile |
| Synonyms | Synonymes | Nadav Lapid | France, Israel, Germany |
| You Deserve a Lover | Tu mérites un amour | Hafsia Herzi | France |
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American Independents
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| The Art of Self-Defense | Riley Stearns | United States | |
| Brittany Runs a Marathon | Paul Downs Colaizzo | United States | |
| Bull | Annie Silverstein | United States | |
| End of Sentence | Elfar Adalsteins | Iceland, Ireland, United States | |
| Give Me Liberty | Kirill Mikhanovsky | United States | |
| Lingua Franca | Isabel Sandoval | United States, Philippines | |
| Mickey and the Bear | Annabelle Attanasio | United States | |
| Sound of Silence | Michael Tyburski | United States | |
| Sword of Trust | Lynn Shelton | United States | |
| Them That Follow | Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage | United States | |
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Discovery
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| Africa | Oren Gerner | Israel | |
| Alice | Josephine Mackerras | United Kingdom, Australia, France | |
| Animals | Sophie Hyde | United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland | |
| A Brother's Love | La femme de mon frère | Monia Chokri | Canada |
| The Climb | Michael Angelo Covino | United States | |
| Heroes Don't Die | Les héros ne meurent jamais | Aude Léa Rapin | France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Litigante | Franco Lolli | Spain, Colombia | |
| Marighella | Wagner Moura | Brazil | |
| Maternal | Maura Delpero | Italy, Argentina | |
| The Unknown Saint | Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco, France, Qatar | |
| Verdict | Raymund Ribay Gutierrez | Philippines, France | |
| Vivarium | Lorcan Finnegan | United States | |
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Documania
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Blow It to Bits | On va tout péter | Lech Kowalski | France |
| Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Midge Costin | United States | |
| The Men's Room | For vi er gutta | Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen | Norway |
| Paradise Without People | Francesca Trianni | United States | |
| Red Penguins | Gabe Polsky | United States, Germany, Russia | |
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Documentary Competition
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| Charismatic Megafauna | Jesper Kurlandsky, Fredrik Wenzel | Sweden | |
| Just Don't Think I'll Scream | Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle | Frank Beauvais | France |
| The Kingmaker | Lauren Greenfield | United States, Denmark | |
| Midnight Family | Luke Lorentzen | United States, Mexico | |
| Midnight Traveler | Hassan Fazili | United States, Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada | |
| One Child Nation | Born in China | Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang | United States |
| Sea of Shadows | Richard Ladkani, Sean Bogle | Austria | |
| Shooting the Mafia | Kim Longinotto | Ireland | |
| State Funeral | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, Lithuania | |
| Talking About Trees | Suhaib Gasmelbari | France, Sudan, Chad, Germany, Qatar | |
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Icons
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| After the Wedding | Bart Freundlich | United States | |
| The Bare Necessity | Perdrix | Erwan Le Duc | France |
| The Best Years of a Life | Les plus belles années d'une vie | Claude Lelouch | France |
| Ema | Pablo Larraín | Chile | |
| Honey Boy | Alma Har'el | United States | |
| Judy and Punch | Mirrah Foulkes | Australia | |
| Knives Out | Rian Johnson | United States | |
| La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bedos | France | |
| Ordinary Love | Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | United Kingdom | |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma | France |
| The Report | Scott Z. Burns | United States | |
| Seberg | Benedict Andrews | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Specials | Hors normes | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | France |
| The Traitor | Il traditore | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Brazil, Germany |
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Impact
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| Atlantics | Atlantique | Mati Diop | France, Senegal, Belgium |
| Beanpole | Dylda | Kantemir Balagov | Russia |
| The Farewell | Lulu Wang | United States | |
| Just 6.5 | Metri Shesh-o Nim | Saeed Roustayi | Iran |
| Matthias & Maxime | Matthias et Maxime | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| The Souvenir | Joanna Hogg | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Tremors | Temblores | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala, France |
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Open Zone
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| About Endlessness | Om det oändliga | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Germany, Norway |
| By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | François Ozon | France, Belgium |
| A Girl Missing | Yokogao | Kōji Fukada | Japan, France |
| The Girl with a Bracelet | La Fille au bracelet | Stéphane Demoustier | France, Belgium |
| I Was at Home, But | Ich war zuhause, aber | Angela Schanelec | Germany, Serbia |
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | United States, Germany | |
| La Llorona | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala, France | |
| Liberté | Albert Serra | France, Portugal, Spain | |
| Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Moffie | Oliver Hermanus | South Africa, United Kingdom | |
| Nina Wu | Juo ren mi mi | Midi Z | Taiwan |
| Parasite | Gisaengchung | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| Photograph | Ritesh Batra | Germany, India | |
| Piranhas | La paranza dei bambini | Claudio Giovannesi | Italy |
| Rounds | Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Serbia | |
| This Is Not Berlin | Esto no es Berlín | Hari Sama | Mexico |
| Those Who Remained | Akik maradtak | Barnabás Tóth | Hungary |
| Vitalina Varela | Pedro Costa | Portugal | |
| While at War | Mientras dure la guerra | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain, Argentina |
| The Whistlers | La Gomera | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania, France, Germany |
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The following awards were presented during the 30th edition:[5][6][7]
- Best Film (Bronze Horse): Song Without a Name by Melina León
- Best Director: Mark Jenkin for Bait
- Best First Film: You Deserve a Lover by Hafsia Herzi
- Best Script: Synonyms by Nadav Lapid and Haim Lapid
- Best Actress: Nina Hoss for The Audition
- Best Actor: Bartosz Bielenia for Corpus Christi
- Best Cinematography: Inti Briones for Song Without a Name
- Best Documentary: One Child Nation by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
- Best Short Film: Kingdom Come by Sean Robert Dunn
- FIPRESCI Award: By the Grace of God by François Ozon
- Rising Star: Celie Sparre
- Impact Award: Kantemir Balagov for Beanpole
Lifetime Achievement Award
Achievement Award
Visionary Award
- Bałaga, Marta (17 October 2019). "Stockholm International Film Festival turns 30". Cineuropa. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- Mitchell, Wendy (18 November 2019). "Melina Leon's Peruvian baby trafficking drama 'Song Without A Name' wins in Stockholm". Screen International. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- "Marriage Story opens the 30th Anniversary of Stockholm International Film Festival". Cision. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- "Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit to close the 30th Stockholm International Film Festival". Cision. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- "This year's festival winners". Stockholm International Film Festival. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- Tehrani, Bijan (23 October 2019). "Iranian actor, Payman Maadi to receive the Stockholm Achievement Award". Cinema Without Borders. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- Roxborough, Scott (20 September 2019). "Céline Sciamma Named 2019 Stockholm Visionary Award Winner". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 December 2021.