GFF 2023

Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day-to-day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio show, where she meets Talulah, a youngster she decides to take under her wing.

Vicky lives with her mother Joanne and father Jimmie. When Vicky's aunt Julia arrives after being released from prison, her presence brings back the past in a violent, magical way.

Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene.

Asja, 40, single in Sarajevo, meets Zoran, 43-year-old banker at dating event. He was a shooter during 1993 war, seeking forgiveness from first victim. They relive pain while searching for forgiveness and closure.

Interviews with Aurora Mardiganian herself, storybook-style animation, and surviving footage from the silent epic 'Auction of Souls'. This mostly-animated documentary revives a story about tragedy, survival, hope, and the endurable human spirit.

Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace and meet a blogger she found on the internet.

The story of love between Clara and her children, set in Rome in the '70s.

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.

Helena and Iván, about to have their first child, they decide to leave the city and move to the countryside to reset a cork plantation.

After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately finding renewal in the inestimable world of her own imagination.

Relationships between three women and their partners in a southern seaside village.

In a moment of ordinary madness, three girlfriends decide to shoot a burqa music video.

A group of friends with their children go on a traditional long weekend trip on the Danish island of Bornholm. An incident between children will trigger a wave of crisis in their relationships.

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

Karl and Ada are engaged, Gustaf is a sailor and in love with Elsa. For her sake he's willing to stay ashore.

The year is 1933, and society has very specific expectations of how young women should behave. Seventeen-year-old Maren is wild and unruly, so she is sent to the women's institution on Sprogø to adapt. The stay has the opposite effect.

In a Palestinian town, Tamer and his friends lead a typical high school student's life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa'. To please her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel's Independence Day which is a mourning day for Palestinians.

An ex-convict returns home in search of a new life and a chance to reconnect with his estranged young daughter, only to be met with resistance from his father-in-law - an influential pastor in the Evangelical community in town.

A married couple believe they meet their doppelgängers in Tehran.

A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.

Rosa, an Indigenous girl on Chiloé Island, seeks justice after her father is attacked by the farm foreman. She turns to a powerful sorcerers' organization, led by their king, for help in the late 19th century.

Pamfir wants to be a decent family man, but challenging circumstances force him to give up honest breadwinning to help his family.

Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.

Emre, a young prosecutor newly appointed to the small town of Yaniklar, finds himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first criminal investigation.

Two Mexican day laborers are unexpected guests at their employer's intimate dinner party.

What began as a straightforward documentary about the cult rock band King Crimson as it turned 50, mutated into an exploration of time, death, family, and the transcendent power of music to change lives. But with jokes.

A former pop star and a fan of his boy band struggle to fit in with society.

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Homeless and invisible - the Twins are constantly struggling to survive. Sister is a ticking time bomb; her screams are loud. Brother, on the other hand, doesn't speak, but rather screams inward.

The death of Jon's mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and this trip will be the gamechanger Jon never dreamt of.

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.

Madeleine, leaves small suburban to join a nursing home, on the other side of Paris. Charles, a taxi driver, comes to pick her and in no hurry to reach, she asks him to go through places of the capital, which have counted in her life.

When a chinese merchant brings to a neighbourhood of Luanda a peculiar holy plastic figure of Our Lady, a mourning mother will seek peace, a committed barber starts a new cult and a stray kid will look for revenge for his lost friend.

A French diplomat must escape an FSB plot in Siberia.

Waleed dreams of a writing career while suffering from depression. He develops a relationship with his neighbor - a small-time crook. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.

A professional smuggler tries to save a 12-year-old girl whose family has gone missing in the Syrian war.