International Film Festival Rotterdam
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International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, led by founder Huub Bals. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL for film producers to seek funding.
History
The first festival, then called Film International, was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative, and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. Around 1983, the festival founded CineMart to serve as a "regular film market", and later modified the business model to serve instead as a "co-production market",[1][2][3] which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects.[4]
After the festival founder's sudden death in 1988, a fund was initiated and named after him (Hubert Bals Fund), used for supporting filmmakers from developing countries.[5][6]
The non-competitive character of the festival changed in 1995, when the VPRO Tiger Awards were introduced—three yearly prizes for young filmmakers making their first or second film.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Directors
In 1996 Simon Field, formerly cinema director at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, became director of the festival. In 2004 Sandra den Hamer took over as director of the festival, and from 2007 to 2015 the director was Rutger Wolfson. Film producer Bero Beyer was the next director.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2020, Vanja Kaludjercic was appointed as the new director.[7]
Description
Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental filmmaking by showcasing emerging talents and established auteurs. The festival also places a focus on presenting cutting edge media art and arthouse film, with most of the participants in the short film program identified as artists or experimental filmmakers.[8][9] IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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The IFFR logo is a stylized image of a tiger that is loosely based on Leo, the lion in the MGM logo.[11]
Festival screening locations
The IFFR screens films at multiple locations, including the Pathé cinema at Schouwburgplein, De Doelen, Cinerama, WORM, Oude Luxor Theater, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, KINO, and LantarenVenster.[12]
Tiger Award winners
The Tiger Award has had various sponsors over the years. In the years leading up to and including 2010, it was sponsored by the VPRO. In 2011, the award was presented by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and since 2012 by Hivos.[13]
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Tiger Short Award Winners
The short films have their own competition at IFFR. What differentiates it from the Tiger Competition for feature-length films is the fact that it's not just for young and upcoming talents; all filmmakers have a chance at winning. Since 2005, The Tiger Short Competition[18] has had various sponsors over the years including Ammodo,[19] an institution in the Netherlands that supports the development of arts, architecture and science. In 2023, 24 shorts competed for three equal Tiger Short Awards, each worth €5,000.
| Year | Film | Original title | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Metamorphosis | အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲမှုတစ်ခု | Lin Htet Aung | File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar |
| Temo Re | თემო რე | Anka Gujabidze | Template:Country data Georgia | |
| Merging Bodies | Adrian Paci | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | ||
| 2024 | Crazy Lotus | Naween Noppakun, | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | |
| Few Can See | Frank Sweeney | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | ||
| Workers’ Wings | Ilir Hasanaj | File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo | ||
| 2023 | Human Nature[20] | Natureza Humana | Mónica Lima | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| Tito[20] | Tito | Kervens Jimenez & Taylor McIntosh | File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti | |
| What the Soil Remembers[20] | What the Soil Remembers | José Cardoso | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | |
| 2022 | Becoming Male in the Middle Ages[20] | Tornar-se Homem na Idade Média | Pedro Neves Marques | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| Nazarbazi[20] | Nazarbazi | Maryam Tafakory | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | |
| Nosferasta: First Bite[20] | Nosferasta: First Bite | Bayley Sweitzer & Adam Khalil | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| 2021 | Maat[20] | Maat | Foxy Maxy | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA |
| Sunsets, everyday [20] | Sunsets, everyday | Basir Mahmood | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | |
| Terranova[20] | Terranova | Alejandro Pérez Serrano & Alejandro Alonso Estrella | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | |
| 2020 | Apparition[20] | Apparition | Ismaïl Bahri | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| Communicating Vessels[20] | Communicating Vessels | Maïder Fortuné & Annie MacDonell | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | |
| Sun Dog[20] | Sun Dog | Dorian Jespers | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | |
| 2019 | Wong Ping's Fables 1[20] | Wong Ping's Fables 1 | Wong Ping | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Ultramarine [20] | Ultramarine | Vincent Meessen | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | |
| Freedom of Movement[20] | Freedom of Movement | Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | |
| 2018 | Mountain Plain Mountain[20] | Mountain Plain Mountain | Araki Yu & Daniel Jacoby | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Rose Gold [20] | Rose Gold | Sara Cwynar | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| With History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 4[20] | With History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 4 | Korakrit Arunanondchai | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
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Special Jury Award
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| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pebbles | PS Vinothraj | File:Flag of India.svg India | |
| I Comete: A Corsican Summer | Pascal Tagnati | File:Flag of Corsica.svg Corsica | ||
| Looking for Venera | Norika Sefa | File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo | ||
| 2022 | Excess Will Save Us | Morgane Dziurla-Petit | File:Flag of France.svg France | |
| To Love Again | Gao Linyang | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | ||
| 2023 | Munnel | மணல் | Visakesa Chandrasekaram | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka |
| New Strains | Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | ||
| 2024 | Kiss Wagon | Midhun Murali | File:Flag of India.svg India | |
| Flathead | Jaydon Martin | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | ||
| 2025 | L’arbre de l’authenticité | Sammy Baloji | File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo | |
| Im Haus meiner Eltern | Tim Ellrich | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | ||
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Audience Award
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| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Jasmila Žbanić | File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia | |
| 2022 | Freaks Out | Gabriele Mainetti | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | |
| 2023 | Love According to Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | File:Flag of France.svg France | |
| 2024 | Green Border | Agnieszka Holland | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | |
| 2025 | I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Walter Salles | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil, File:Flag of France.svg France |
Robby Müller Award
This award given since 2020, is a collaborative award between IFFR, the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers and Andrea Müller-Schirmer, Robby Müller’s wife.[23]
- 2020 – Diego García, Cinematographer, Mexico
- 2021 – Kelly Reichardt, American film director and screenwriter.[24]
- 2022 – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Thai cinematographer.[25]
- 2023 – Hélène Louvart, French cinematographer
- 2024 – Grimm Vandekerckhove, Belgian cinematographer[26]
- 2025 – Lol Crawley, English cinematographer[27]
- 2026 – Yorick Le Saux, French cinematographer[28]
See also
- 75B, Netherlands design studio
References
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- ↑ "CineMart History" Template:Webarchive. International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ Mundell, Ian (13 January 2009) "CineMart thriving in tough times" . Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2011. Template:Link note
- ↑ Smith, Nigel M. (17 December 2010). "Rotterdam's CineMart Selects 33 Projects for 2011" Template:Webarchive. IndieWire
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- ↑ Heijs, Jan Heijs & Westra, Frans (1996). Que le tigre danse. Huub Bals: a biography. Otto Cramwinckel: Amsterdam.
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