The Short film competition will include 42 films and 41 films have been selected for the Student film competition. The Croatian film competition will feature 19 films.

Approximately 1,800 films from 93 countries were submitted.

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) from the United Kingdom will be awarded as the Best Animation School for the second year in a row.

GRAND COMPETITION - FEATURE FILM 2023:

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (France, Luxembourg, Canada, the Netherlands)
Directed by Pierre Földes

Feast of Amrita (Japan)
Directed by Saku Sakamoto

My Love Affair with Marriage (Latvia, United States, Luxembourg)
Directed by Signe Baumane
Produced by Studio Locomotive
Coproduced by The Marriage Project LLC, Antevita Films
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, Film Fund Luxembourg, New York State Council on the Arts, New York’s Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre, BBPostHouse Riga, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, H. O. Peet Foundation, Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, the Ravenal Foundation Grant of New York Women in Film & Television, Creative Europe MEDIA

No Changes Have Taken in Our Life (China)
Directed by Jingwei Xu

Unicorn Wars (Spain, France)
Directed by Alberto Vázquez

White Plastic Sky (Hungary, Slovakia)
Directed by Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
Produced by Salto Film
Coproduced by Artichoke, Proton Cinema
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the RTVS – Radio and Television Slovakia, Eurimages, the Hungarian Film Incentive, the Slovak Cash Rebate and the Lithuanian tax incentive