2018 Stockholm International Film Festival

{{Short description|Film festival edition}}

{{Infobox Film festival

| name = 2018 Stockholm International Film Festival

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| location = Stockholm, Sweden

| founded = 1990

| awards = Bronze Horse (Firecrackers by Jasmin Mozaffari)

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| date = 7–18 November 2018

| website = {{URL|stockholmfilmfestival.se/en}}

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| main = Stockholm International Film Festival

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

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The 29th Stockholm International Film Festival took place on 7–18 November 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/361959/|title=The Stockholm International Film Festival announces its official programme|work=Cineuropa|first=Marta|last=Bałaga|date=19 October 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022}}

Canadian drama film Firecrackers won the Bronze Horse, most prestigious award.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/global/firecrackers-skate-kitchen-win-top-awards-at-female-centric-stockholm-film-festival-1203030706/|title='Firecrackers,' 'Skate Kitchen' Win Top Awards at Female-Centric Stockholm Film Festival|work=Variety|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=16 November 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022}}

Official selections

=Competition=

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scope="col" | English title

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!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

All Good

| Alles ist gut

| Eva Trobisch

| Germany

Butterflies

| Kelebkler

| Tolga Karaçelik

| Turkey

Capernaum

| Capharnaüm

| Nadine Labaki

| Lebanon

The Chambermaid

| La Camarista

| Lila Avilés

| Mexico

colspan="2"|Diamantino

| Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt

| Portugal, France, Brazil

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| colspan="2"|Firecrackers

| Jasmin Mozaffari

| Canada

Fugue

| Fuga

| Agnieszka Smoczyńska

| Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden

Genesis

| Genèse

| Philippe Lesage

| Canada

colspan="2"|Girl

| Lukas Dhont

| Belgium

Hard Paint

| Tinta Bruta

| Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon

| Brazil

The Heiresses

| Las Herederas

| Marcelo Martinessi

| Paraguay, Uruguay, Germany, Brazil, Norway

The Innocent

| Der unschuldige

| Simon Jacquemet

| Switzerland, Germany

Jesus

| Karai

| Hiroshi Okuyama

| Japan

colspan="2"|The Kindergarten Teacher

| Sara Colangelo

| United States

The Load

| Teret

| Ognjen Glavonić

| Serbia, Croatia, France, Iran, Qatar

Museum

| Museo

| Alonso Ruizpalacios

| Mexico

colspan="2"|Pause

| Tonia Mishiali

| Cyprus

colspan="2"|Skate Kitchen

| Crystal Moselle

| United States

colspan="2"|Styx

| Wolfgang Fischer

| Germany, Austria

Sunset

| Napszállta

| László Nemes

| Hungary, France

colspan="2"| Wildlife

| Paul Dano

| United States

colspan="2"|X & Y

| Anna Odell

| Sweden

=American Independents=

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colspan="2"|American Animals

| Bart Layton

| United States

colspan="2"|Beautiful Boy

| Felix van Groeningen

| United States

colspan="2"|Blaze

| Ethan Hawke

| United States

colspan="2"|Diane

| Kent Jones

| United States

colspan="2"|Icebox

| Daniel Sawka

| United States

colspan="2"|Jonathan

| Bill Oliver

| United States

colspan="2"|A Kid Like Jake

| Silas Howard

| United States

colspan="2"|Madeline's Madeline

| Josephine Decker

| United States

colspan="2"|Mapplethorpe

| Ondi Timoner

| United States

colspan="2"|Monsters and Men

| Reinaldo Marcus Green

| United States

colspan="2"|Nancy

| Christina Choe

| United States

colspan="2"|Night Comes On

| Jordana Spiro

| United States

colspan="2"|Puzzle

| Marc Turtletaub

| United States

colspan="2"|Thunder Road

| Jim Cummings

| United States

colspan="2"|Tyrel

| Sebastián Silva

| United States

colspan="2"|A Vigilante

| Sarah Daggar-Nickson

| United States

colspan="2"|We the Animals

| Jeremiah Zagar

| United States

=Discovery=

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scope="col" | English title

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Angel Face

| Gueule d'ange

| Vanessa Filho

| France

colspan="2"|Another Day of Life

| Raúl de la Fuente, Damien Nenow

| Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary

colspan="2"|Blindspotting

| Carlos López Estrada

| United States

Girls of the Sun

| Les filles du soleil

| Eva Husson

| France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland

colspan="2"|Lemonade

| Ioana Uricaru

| Romania, Germany, Sweden, Canada

Little Tickles

| Les Chatouilles

| Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer

| France

colspan="2"|Sofia

| Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi

| France, Qatar

The Truk

| L'enkas

| Sarah Marx

| France

Twin Flower

| Fiore Gemello

| Laura Luchetti

| Italy

When the Trees Fall

| Koly padayut dereva

| Marysia Nikitiuk

| Ukraine, Poland, Macedonia

=Documentary Competition=

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scope="col" | English title

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An Army of Lovers

| En Armé av Älskande

| Ingrid Ryberg

| Sweden

Ex-Shaman

| Ex-Pajé

| Luiz Bolognesi

| Brazil

colspan="2"|Fahrenheit 11/9

| Michael Moore

| United States

colspan="2"|Freedom Fields

| Naziha Arebi

| Libya, United Kingdom

I See Red People

| Je vois Rouge

| Bojina Panayotova

| France, Bulgaria

colspan="2"|Minding the Gap

| Bing Liu

| United States

colspan="2"|People's Republic of Desire

| Hao Wu

| China, United States

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| Putin's Witnesses

| Svideteli Putina

| Vitaly Mansky

| Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic

The Waldheim Waltz

| Waldheims Walzer

| Ruth Beckermann

| Austria

=Icons=

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scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

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colspan="2"|Black '47

| Lance Daly

| Ireland, Luxembourg

colspan="2"|Boy Erased

| Joel Edgerton

| United States

colspan="2"|The Front Runner

| Jason Reitman

| United States

colspan="2"|Life Itself

| Dan Fogelman

| United States

colspan="2"|Lizzie

| Craig William Macneill

| United States

colspan="2"|Manto

| Nandita Das

| India

colspan="2"|The Mountain

| Rick Alverson

| United States

colspan="2"|The Old Man & the Gun

| David Lowery

| United States

The Summer House

| Les Estivants

| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

| France, Italy

colspan="2"|Suspiria

| Luca Guadagnino

| Italy, United States, Germany

The Trouble with You

| En Liberté

| Pierre Salvadori

| France

The World Is Yours

| Le monde est à Toi

| Romain Gavras

| France

colspan="2"|Vision

| Naomi Kawase

| Japan

=Impact=

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scope="col" | English title

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!scope="col" | Director(s)

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Birds of Passage

| Pájaros de Verano

| Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego

| Colombia, Mexico, Denmark, France

Cold Sweat

| Araghe Sard

| Soheil Beiraghi

| Iran

Core of the World

| Serdtse mira

| Natalia Meshchaninova

| Russia, Lithuania

colspan="2"|Donbass

| Sergei Loznitsa

| Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania

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| colspan="2"|Los Silencios

| Beatriz Seigner

| Brazil, Colombia, France

Manta Ray

| Kraben Rahu

| Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

| Thailand, France, China

colspan="2"|Ray & Liz

| Richard Billingham

| United Kingdom

colspan="2"|Vox Lux

| Brady Corbet

| United States

=Open Zone=

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colspan="2"|Asako I & II

| Ryusuke Hamaguchi

| Japan, France

Burning

| Beoning

| Lee Chang-dong

| South Korea

colspan="2"|Charlie Says

| Mary Harron

| United States

Cold War

| Żimna Wojna

| Paweł Pawlikowski

| Poland, France, United Kingdom

Dear Son

| Weldi

| Mohamed Ben Attia

| Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar

colspan="2"|El Angel

| Luis Ortega

| Argentina, Spain

Everybody Knows

| Todos lo saben

| Asghar Farhadi

| Spain, France, Italy

The Fall of the American Empire

| La Chute de l´empire américain

| Denys Arcand

| Canada

colspan="2"|A Family Tour

| Ying Lang

| Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia

colspan="2"|The Favourite

| Yorgos Lanthimos

| Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

colspan="2"| Float Like a Butterfly

| Carmel Winters

| Ireland

The Good Girls

| Las niñas bien

| Marquez Abella

| Mexico

colspan="2"|Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

| Ben Wheatley

| United Kingdom

Hotel by the River

| Gang-byun Hotel

| Hong Sang-soo

| South Korea

In the Aisles

| In den Gängen

|Thomas Stuber

| Germany

Let Me Fall

| Lof mér að falla

| Baldvin Zophoníasson

| Iceland

Mirai

| 未来のミライ

| Mamoru Hosoda

| Japan

Night/Ext

| Leil Khargi

| Ahmad Abdalla

| Egypt

Shock Waves: "Diary of My Mind"

| Onde de choc, Journal de ma tête

| Ursula Meier

| Switzerland

Shoplifters

| 万引き家族

| Hirokazu Kore-eda

| Japan

colspan="2"|Sibel

| Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci

| Turkey, Germany, France, Luxembourg

The Wild Pear Tree

| Ahlat ağacı

| Nuri Bilge Ceylan

| Turkey

Awards

The following awards were presented during the 29th edition:{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/firecrackers-wins-best-film-at-stockholm-film-festival/5134589.article|title='Firecrackers' wins best film at Stockholm Film Festival|work=Screen Daily|date=17 November 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022|first=Wendy|last=Mitchell}}{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/363436/|title=Female directors win big at the Stockholm International Film Festival|work=Cineuropa|first=Marta|last=Bałaga|date=19 November 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022}}

=Lifetime Achievement Award=

  • Mary Harron{{cite web|url=https://news.cision.com/stockholms-filmfestival/r/director-mary-harron-to-receive-the-2018-stockholm-lifetime-achievement-award,c2642772|title=Director Mary Harron to receive the 2018 Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award|work=Cision|date=11 October 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022}}

=Achievement Award=

  • Gunnel Lindblom{{cite web|url=https://news.cision.com/stockholms-filmfestival/r/actress-gunnel-lindblom-is-honored-with-the-stockholm-achievement-award-2018,c2644050|title=Actress Gunnel Lindblom is honored with the Stockholm Achievement Award 2018|date=15 October 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022|work=Cision}}

=Visionary Award=

  • Asghar Farhadi{{cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/428735/Asghar-Farhadi-to-receive-Stockholm-Visionary-Award|title=Asghar Farhadi to receive Stockholm Visionary Award|work=Tehran Times|date=19 October 2018|accessdate=2 January 2022}}

References

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