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",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>"CineMart History" Template:Webarchive. International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 24 September 2011.</ref><ref>Mundell, Ian (13 January 2009) "CineMart thriving in tough times" . Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2011. Template:Subscription required</ref> which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects.<ref>Smith, Nigel M. (17 December 2010). "Rotterdam's CineMart Selects 33 Projects for 2011" Template:Webarchive. IndieWire</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.Template:Cn
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.Template:Cn
In 2020, Vanja Kaludjercic was appointed as the new director.<ref name="MacNab">Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding.Template:Cn
Template:As of, Vanja Kaludjercic is director of the festival.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The IFFR logo is a stylized image of a tiger that is loosely based on Leo, the lion in the MGM logo.<ref>Heijs, Jan Heijs & Westra, Frans (1996). Que le tigre danse. Huub Bals: a biography. Otto Cramwinckel: Amsterdam.</ref>
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.<ref name="locations">Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Hivos Tiger Awards Competition Template:Webarchive. IFFR.</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has had various sponsors over the years including Ammodo,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 |
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| 2025 | A Metamorphosis | အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲမှုတစ်ခု | Lin Htet Aung | Template:Flag |
| Temo Re | თემო რე | Anka Gujabidze | Template:Flag | |
| Merging Bodies | Adrian Paci | Template:Flag | ||
| 2024 | Crazy Lotus | Naween Noppakun, | Template:Flag | |
| Few Can See | Frank Sweeney | Template:Flag | ||
| Workers’ Wings | Ilir Hasanaj | Template:Flag | ||
| 2023 | Human Nature<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> | Natureza Humana | Mónica Lima | Template:Flag |
| Tito<ref name=":0" /> | Tito | Kervens Jimenez & Taylor McIntosh | Template:Flag | |
| What the Soil Remembers<ref name=":0" /> | What the Soil Remembers | José Cardoso | Template:Flag | |
| 2022 | Becoming Male in the Middle Ages<ref name=":0" /> | Tornar-se Homem na Idade Média | Pedro Neves Marques | Template:Flag |
| Nazarbazi<ref name=":0" /> | Nazarbazi | Maryam Tafakory | Template:Flag | |
| Nosferasta: First Bite<ref name=":0" /> | Nosferasta: First Bite | Bayley Sweitzer & Adam Khalil | Template:Flag | |
| 2021 | Maat<ref name=":0" /> | Maat | Foxy Maxy | Template:Flag |
| Sunsets, everyday <ref name=":0" /> | Sunsets, everyday | Basir Mahmood | Template:Flag | |
| Terranova<ref name=":0" /> | Terranova | Alejandro Pérez Serrano & Alejandro Alonso Estrella | Template:Flag | |
| 2020 | Apparition<ref name=":0" /> | Apparition | Ismaïl Bahri | Template:Flag |
| Communicating Vessels<ref name=":0" /> | Communicating Vessels | Maïder Fortuné & Annie MacDonell | Template:Flag | |
| Sun Dog<ref name=":0" /> | Sun Dog | Dorian Jespers | Template:Flag | |
| 2019 | Wong Ping's Fables 1<ref name=":0" /> | Wong Ping's Fables 1 | Wong Ping | Template:Flag |
| Ultramarine <ref name=":0" /> | Ultramarine | Vincent Meessen | Template:Flag | |
| Freedom of Movement<ref name=":0" /> | Freedom of Movement | Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani | Template:Flag | |
| 2018 | Mountain Plain Mountain<ref name=":0" /> | Mountain Plain Mountain | Araki Yu & Daniel Jacoby | Template:Flag |
| Rose Gold <ref name=":0" /> | Rose Gold | Sara Cwynar | Template:Flag | |
| With History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 4<ref name=":0" /> | With History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 4 | Korakrit Arunanondchai | Template:Flag | |
Special Jury Award
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| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country |
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| 2021 | Pebbles | PS Vinothraj | Template:Flag | |
| I Comete: A Corsican Summer | Pascal Tagnati | Template:Flag | ||
| Looking for Venera | Norika Sefa | Template:Flag | ||
| 2022 | Excess Will Save Us | Morgane Dziurla-Petit | Template:Flag | |
| To Love Again | Gao Linyang | Template:Flag | ||
| 2023 | Munnel | மணல் | Visakesa Chandrasekaram | Template:Flag |
| New Strains | Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan | Template:Flag | ||
| 2024 | Kiss Wagon | Midhun Murali | Template:Flag | |
| Flathead | Jaydon Martin | Template:Flag | ||
| 2025 | L’arbre de l’authenticité | Sammy Baloji | Template:Flag | |
| Im Haus meiner Eltern | Tim Ellrich | Template:Flag | ||
Audience Award
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| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country |
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| 2021 | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Jasmila Žbanić | Template:Flag | |
| 2022 | Freaks Out | Gabriele Mainetti | Template:Flag | |
| 2023 | Love According to Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | Template:Flag | |
| 2024 | Green Border | Agnieszka Holland | Template:Flag | |
| 2025 | I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Walter Salles | Template:Flag, Template:Flag |
See also
- 75B, Netherlands design studio
References
External links
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- Epiloog IFFR 2014 (Indebioskoop)
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