A total of 121 submissions from 23 countries were reviewed by the selection committee, consisting of film critic Aslı Ildır, editor Baran Bozdağ, and Accessible Film Festival Program Coordinator Kaan Denk. They have selected 14 films, which will be showcased to both the jury members and the audience during October 20-26, 2023.
The Short Film Competition features 14 films from 10 different countries:
- Adieu Gaston (FRANCE), Dir: Victor Guilbaud
- As Possible As Everything (TURKEY), Dir: Selen Örcan
- Birthday (JAPAN), Dir: Nobuyuki Morikawa
- Bitter (TURKEY), Dir: Burak Oğuz Saguner
- Bo and Trash (SPAIN), Dir: Tatiana Skorlupkina
- Conditional Desire (TUNISIA), Dir: Slouli Houcem
- For Child Never Born (IRAN), Dir: Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Vali Bagheri
- Istanbul Istanbul (TURKEY), Dir: Demir Özcan
- Love Has Nothing To Do With It (ISRAEL), Dir: Yotam Knispel
- On the Edge (AUSTRIA), Dir: Matteo Sanders
- Sister (SWITZERLAND), Dir: Dorentina Imeri
- Sleeping Beauty (RUSSIA), Dir: Jana Nedzvetskaya
- Split Ends (IRAN), Dir: Alireza Kazemipour
- The Other (IRAN), Dir: Negah Sohrabi
The Best Film award, to be decided by the competition jury, comes with a prize of $1,000. The winners of the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards will each receive a cash prize of $500. As for the Audience Choice award, the audience, both in the cinema hall and online, will have the opportunity to cast their votes and determine the winner.