Film of the year - 2023

The Winner of "Film of the year 2023" is...

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Little Yellow Flower

Director: Chien-Ping Lin
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Runtime: 29 minutes 55 seconds
Project Type: Experimental, Short
Key Cast: Huai-Zhong Wang, Ming-Siou
Tsai, Bozhi Yang

Synopsis:
Photo Retoucher A-nan returns to the old house that saddens him. The eerily beautiful yellow flowers on the loofah trellis attract a whole nest of ants.
As a child, A-nan accidentally killed all these yellow flowers when spraying insecticide on them to kill the ants. In a rage, his father beat him lame. This caused a lifelong conflict between them.
The elderly and paralyzed father, now wrapped in diapers and covered with ants, evokes the painful memories of A-nan’s youth. A-nan sprays and kills the ants again.
But how will A-nan unravel this knotted relationship with his father, entangled for so many years? How will he restore the loving beauty of the yellow flowers that once bloomed in the courtyard?

Here is the list of the nominees for film of the year 2023

Little Yellow Flower

Director: Chien-Ping Lin
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Runtime: 29 minutes 55 seconds
Project Type: Experimental, Short
Key Cast: Huai-Zhong Wang, Ming-Siou Tsai, Bozhi Yang

Stabat Mater

Director: Marina Sagona
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime: 5 minutes 8 seconds
Project Type: Experimental, Short
Key Cast: Marina Sagona

The Scent of Wormwood

Director: Aibek Daiyrbekov
Country of Origin: Kyrgyzstan
Runtime: 01 hour 31 minutes
Project Type: Feature, Drama
Key Cast: Dastan Aibek, Kanat Dildedosov, Bayel Dyusheev

The Shepherd

Director: Ilya Plyusnin
Country of origin: Armenia
Runtime: 9 minutes 10 seconds
Project Type: Short, Sci-Fi
Key Cast: Pavel Pyatirov

When Autumn Comes

Director: Christopher Jacobs
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Runtime: 1 hour 21 minutes 16 seconds
Project Type: Drama, Romance, Mystery
Key Cast: Julia Saubier, Peter Jeffries, Naomi Rose Pfyl, Katt Roberts, Daniel Davids