WFF_2023 Official Selection
If your film is included in the Official Selection, congratulations!
All films included in the Official Selection are eligible for the WFF_2023 Official Selection laurels.
To access laurels, click on the links below.
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If your film is not included, please do not be disheartened as the selection process is not solely based on merit, but is influenced by the task of the festival curators to choose between many superb films in their pursuit of a balanced festival programme which has been tailored to specific themes and audiences.
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About the Festival
Winchester Film Festival 2023 takes place in two parts. Part 1 is in November 2023. Part 2 takes place in February 2024. In the coming days you will receive an email about when your film will be screened, with the vast majority of films being screened in Part 2 of the Festival in February 2024. You will also receive an email about Q&A opportunities, interviews and complimentary tickets.
The Award Winners and Special Mentions of each category will be announced during Part 2 of the festival, which will take place in February 2024. (dates to be confirmed).
If the title of details of your film or a film you represent are not correct, please contact us at myfilm@winchesterfilmfestival.com (using as subject matter: Correction 2023 + title of your film) so that we can correct it immediately. We know how important this is to you.
WFF_2023 Official Selection
Feature Film Award
Bright House | Rouhollah Hejazi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Eleanor Slaughter | Chris Chan Roberson | United States
Flathead | Andrew Modeen | United States
The Annoyed | Mehdi Fard Ghaderi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Lies We Tell Ourselves | Saara Lamberg | Australia
Traces | Dubravka Turic | Croatia
Best Foreign Short Film
Adieu Gaston | Victor Guilbaud | France
Back & Forth | Che Chun Hei | Hong Kong
Beyond the Sea | Hippolyte Leibovici | Belgium
Cleaner | Edwin Mullane | Ireland
Close | Markus Tolvo | Spain
Erosion | Maryam Ghasemi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Falling Up | Maryam Bakhtiari | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Fully Effaced | Sophie Artus | Israel
Gray House | Bahram Afshari | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Her Mother’s Eyes | Sawyer Macres | United States
I Promise You Paradise | Morad Mostafa | Egypt
La Première | Nadav Lapid | France
Lady | Fardin Ansari | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Malakout | Farnoosh Abedi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Matapang | Léa-Jade Horlier | France
Mirage | Nazanin Ghanbari Mohammadi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mixed | Mina Sadat Hosseini | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Naked Men in the Woods | Paul Ploberger | Austria
No | Kavoos Aghaei | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Parvaz Mahiha | Mohammad Towrivarian | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Pregnant |Golnaz Jamsheed | Iran
Presto | Keyvan Ahmadi | Iran
Privacy | Habib Zahirnia, Meisam Amiri Hoseini | Iran, Islamic Republic of
REM | Muhammadreza Yarikia | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Rooftop | Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov | Bulgaria
Slight Pain | Poya Nabi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Somewhere to Stay | Amirhossein Hatami | Iran
Subzero | Laleh Noureddin Mousa
Survivers | Carlos Gómez-Trigo | Spain
Survivor | Karim Azimi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Bathtub | Sergi Marti Maltas | Spain
The Last Dinner | Marie-Ange Casalta | France
The Naming of the Things | Gadi Rubin | United States
The Old Young Crow | Liam LoPinto | Japan
The Sprayer | Farnoosh Abedi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Steak | Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Two Lives of Sepideh | Soha Niasti | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Unjustified | Mohammad R. Khavari | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Vis A Vis | Soheil Kiani | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Witness | Aida tebianian | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Best British Short Film
Baby Boy | Greg Hall
By Any Other Name | Daniel Deville
By the time I came looking you were already gone | Inti Rowland
Chairs | James Hughes
Don’t Choke | Sonny Baez
First Timers | Hector Bell
Kind-Hearted Intermission | Ian Roberts
ManMade | Plum Stupple-Harris
Ruth | Paul Romero Méndez, Arturo M. Antolín
Scavengers | Hugo Cavalier
Tell Me You Love Me | Paulette Randall MBE
The Liver | Daniel Brereton
The Pink Pill | Cassiah Joski-Jethi
The Tortuer | Peyman Mandegar
The Whole World Blind (or: The Ballad of The Ballad of the Cuck and the Eunuch | Finbar Somers, Seán Mackey
Toast | Lawrence Rowe
Unthinkable Conversations | Emma Richardson
Best Short Documentary
Berook | Andreas Johansson | Sweden
Beyond the Facade | Tiara Symone Jamison | United States
Culture Talk on the Radio | Errkaa | Germany
Best Animated Short
Kicking a ball really hard into the face of a child (and the subsequent act of revenge) | Ian Roberts | United Kingdom
love bubbles | Marcel Hobi | Switzerland
Malakout | Farnoosh Abedi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Sprayer | Farnoosh Abedi | Iran, Islamic Republic of
Best Foreign New Director
Dawn of Death | Armin Rajaei
Don Javier | Alejandro Llamas
Falling Up | Maryam Bakhtiari
Malakout | Farnoosh Abedi
Pregnant | Golnaz Jamsheed
Survivor | Karim Azimi
The last Dinner | Marie-Ange Casalta
The Old Young Crow | Liam LoPinto
The Sprayer | Farnoosh Abedi
The Steak | Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi
Best British New Director
A Dream Dark Day | Aaron Stephen Bishop
Heart’s Desire | Loren Alleyne
Short Stay, Long Stay | Danny Carter
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