The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1] 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.[2][3] 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. IFFR's logo is a tiger, loosely based on Leo, the lion in the MGM logo.[4] From the beginning, the festival has 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",[5][6] which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects.[7]
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.
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. The next year, 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 and in 2020, Vanja Kaludjercic was appointed as the new director.[8]
Despite financial difficulties in the mid-1980s, the festival has grown steadily, reaching more than 300,000 visitors in 2015.
Festival screening locations[]
The Rotterdamse Schouwburg
The IFFR screens films at multiple locations, including the Pathé cinema at Schouwburgplein, De Doelen, Cinerama, WORM, Oude Luxor Theater, Theater Rotterdam Schouwburg, KINO and Lantaren Venster.[9]
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.[10]
| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Postman | Youchai | Jianjun He | Template:Flag |
| How Old Is the River? | Fuyu no kappa | Kazama Shiori | Template:Flag | |
| Thalassa, Thalassa, Ruckkehr Zum Mmer | Thalassa, Thalassa | Bogdan Dumitrescu | Template:Flag Template:Flag | |
| 1996 | Sons | Erzi | Zhang Yuan | Template:Flag |
| Like Grains of Sand | Nagisa no Shindobaddo | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | Template:Flag | |
| Small Faces | Gillies MacKinnon | Template:Flag | ||
| 1997 | Last Holiday | Posledniye kanikuly | Amir Karakulov | Template:Flag |
| The Day a Pig Fell into the Well | Daijiga umule pajinnal | Hong Sang-soo | Template:Flag | |
| Robinson in Space | Patrick Keiller | Template:Flag | ||
| 1998 | Buttoners | Knoflíkári | Petr Zelenka | Template:Flag |
| Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea | Giro di lune tra terra e mare | Giuseppe Gaudino | Template:Flag | |
| The Inheritors | Die Siebtelbauern | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Template:Flag | |
| 1999 | The Iron Heel of Oligarchy | Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii | Alexander Bashirov | Template:Flag |
| More Than Yesterday | Plus qu'hier moins que demain | Laurent Achard | Template:Flag | |
| Following | Christopher Nolan | Template:Flag | ||
| 2000 | Suzhou River | Suzhou he | Ye Lou | Template:Flag |
| Crane World | Mundo Grúa | Pablo Trapero | Template:Flag | |
| Bye Bye Blue Bird | Katrin Ottarsdottír | Template:Flag | ||
| 2001 | Bad Company | Mabudachi | Furumaya Tomoyuki | Template:Flag |
| The Days Between | In den Tag hinein | Maria Speth | Template:Flag | |
| 25 Watts | Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll | Template:Flag | ||
| 2002 | Sleeping Rough | Tussenland | Eugenie Jansen | Template:Flag |
| Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth | În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne saruta pe gura | Sinişa Dragin | Template:Flag | |
| Wild Bees | Divoké vcely | Bohdan Sláma | Template:Flag | |
| 2003 | With Love. Lilya | S lyubovyu. Lilya | Larisa Sadilova | Template:Flag |
| Strange | Extraño | Santiago Loza | Template:Flag | |
| Jealousy Is My Middle Name | Jiltuneun naui him | Park Chan-ok | Template:Flag | |
| 2004 | The Missing | Bu jian | Kang-sheng Lee | Template:Flag |
| Summer in the Golden Valley | Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini | Srđan Vuletić | Template:Flag | |
| En Route | Unterwegs | Jan Krüger | Template:Flag | |
| 2005 | Changing Destiny | Nemmeno il destino | Daniele Gaglianone | Template:Flag |
| 4 | Chetyre | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Template:Flag | |
| The Sky Turns | El cielo gira | Mercedes Álvarez | Template:Flag | |
| 2006 | Walking on the Wild Side | Lai xiao zi | Han Jie | Template:Flag |
| The Dog Pound | La perrera | Manuel Nieto Zas | Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag | |
| Old Joy | Kelly Reichardt | Template:Flag | ||
| 2007 | Love Conquers All | Tan Chui Mui | Template:Flag | |
| The Unpolished | Die Unerzogenen | Pia Marais | Template:Flag | |
| Bog of Beasts | Baixio das Bestas | Claudio Assis | Template:Flag | |
| AFR | Morten Hartz Kaplers | Template:Flag | ||
| 2008 | Go With Peace Jamil | Gå med fred Jamil - Ma salama Jamil | Omar Shargawi | Template:Flag |
| Wonderful Town | (เมืองเหงาซ่อนรัก) | Aditya Assarat | Template:Flag | |
| Flower in the Pocket | Liew Seng Tat | Template:Flag | ||
| 2009 | Be Calm and Count to Seven | Aram bash va ta hatf beshmar | Ramtin Lavafipour | Template:Flag |
| Breathless | Ddongpari | Yang Ik-june | Template:Flag | |
| Wrong Rosary | Uzak ihtimal | Mahmut Fazil Coskun | Template:Flag | |
| 2010 | Cold Water of the Sea | Agua fría de mar | Paz Fábrega | Template:Flag |
| Alamar | To the Sea | Pedro González-Rubio | Template:Flag | |
| Mundane History | Jao nok krajok (เจ้านกกระจอก) | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Template:Flag | |
| 2011 | The Journals of Musan | Musanilgi | Park Jung-bum | Template:Flag |
| Finisterrae | Sergio Caballero | Template:Flag | ||
| Eternity | Tee rak (ที่รัก) | Sivaroj Kongsakul | Template:Flag | |
| 2012 | Klip | Clip | Maja Miloš | Template:Flag |
| Thursday Till Sunday | De jueves a domingo | Dominga Sotomayor Castillo | Template:Flag Template:Flag | |
| Egg and Stone | Jidan he shitou | Ji Huang | Template:Flag | |
| 2013 | My Dog Killer | Môj pes Killer | Mira Fornay | Template:Flag Template:Flag |
| Soldier Jane | Soldate Jeannette | Daniel Hoesl | Template:Flag | |
| Fat Shaker | Larzanandeye charbi | Mohammad Shirvani | Template:Flag | |
| 2014 | Anatomy of a Paper Clip | Yamamori clip koujo no atari | Ikeda Akira | Template:Flag |
| Something Must Break | Nånting måste gå sönder | Ester Martin Bergsmark | Template:Flag | |
| Han Gong-ju | Han Gong-ju | Lee Su-jin | Template:Flag | |
| 2015 | The Project of the Century | La obra del siglo | Carlos M. Quintela | Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag |
| Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) | Juan Daniel F. Molero | Template:Flag | ||
| Vanishing Point | Jakrawal Nilthamrong | Template:Flag Template:Flag | ||
| 2016 | Radio Dreams | Babak Jalali | Template:Flag Template:Flag | |
| 2017 | Sexy Durga | Sanal Kumar Sasidharan | Template:Flag | |
| 2018 | The Widowed Witch[11] | Xiao gua fu cheng xian ji | Cai Chengjie | Template:Flag |
| 2019 | Present.Perfect. | Wan mei jin xing shi | Shengze Zhu | Template:Flag Template:Flag |
| 2020 | The Cloud In Her Room | Ta fang jian li de yun | Xinyuan Zheng Lu | Template:Flag Template:Flag |
| 2021 | Pebbles | Koozhaangal | Vinothraj P.S. | Template:Flag |
See also[]
- Rotterdam Film Festival 2002 Main Short Program
References[]
- ↑ Rotterdam_International_Film_Festival Template:Webarchive imdb.com.
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- ↑ Heijs, Jan Heijs & Westra, Frans (1996). Que le tigre danse. Huub Bals a biography. Otto Cramwinckel: Amsterdam.
- ↑ "CineMart History" Template:Webarchive. International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ↑ Mundell, Ian (January 13, 2009) "CineMart thriving in tough times" Template:Webarchive. Variety. Retrieved September 24, 2011. Template:Paywall
- ↑ Smith, Nigel M. (December 17, 2010). "Rotterdam’s CineMart Selects 33 Projects for 2011" Template:Webarchive. IndieWire
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- ↑ Hivos Tiger Awards Competition Template:Webarchive. IFFR.
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External links[]
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- International Film Festival Rotterdam (official website)
- New Arrivals
- Hubert Bals Fund
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- Indebioscoop "Epiloog IFFR 2014"(in Dutch)
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