International Film Festival Rotterdam
 IFFR logo | |
| Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founded by | Hubert Bals |
| Awards | Tiger Award |
| Artistic director | Bero Beyer |
| Website | http://www.IFFR.com/ |
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands[1] at the end of January. Since its founding in 1972, it has become one of the most important events in the film world, maintaining its focus on independent and experimental filmmaking by emerging talents and established auteurs. The festival also has a unique focus on presenting cutting edge media art and artist's film, with most of the participants in the short film program identified as artists or experimental filmmakers.[2][3] IFFR also hosts CineMart, for film producers to seek funding.
Contents
1 Festival
2 History
3 Festival screening locations
3.1 The Pathé cinema at Schouwburgplein
3.2 De Doelen
3.3 Cinerama
3.4 WORM
3.5 Old Luxor Theater
3.6 Rotterdamse Schouwburg
3.7 Lantaren Venster
4 Hivos Tiger Award winners
5 References
6 External links
Festival
The International Film Festival Rotterdam management emphasizes diversity in its film programming and on building relationships with and between filmmakers and audiences.[citation needed] Rather than red-carpet events, the festival's design is to encourage film makers to mingle with attendees. As a result, the festival claims having "a unique atmosphere" and a "fiercely loyal following" locally and internationally - around 90% of tickets are sold to regular supporters.[citation needed]
The festival is described as having "a serious commitment to film lovers and film making - screenings are shown without 'popcorn breaks', trailers or other commercials. This sense of purpose plays a crucial role in attracting the best directors to the event, allowing it to forge a reputation for diversity, discovery and innovation."[citation needed]
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 the M.G.M. lion.[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 Ruger Wolfson. Since August 2015 the leadership is in the hands of film producer Bero Beyer. Despite financial difficulties in the mid-1980s, the festival has grown steadily, reaching more than 300,000 visitors in 2015.
Festival screening locations
The Pathé cinema at Schouwburgplein
The Pathé cinema at Schouwburgplein is one of the biggest cinemas in the country and boasts the largest screen in the Netherlands. The modern edifice – located between the Schouwburg and De Doelen – is dramatically lit by night, dominating the square.
De Doelen
De Doelen is the Central Box office during the festival
Cinerama
Cinerama is a magnificent old cinema with 7 theaters and more than 1000 seats. You can wait for your film at the well-stocked reading table or enjoy a nice drink in the comfortable lounge.
WORM
The Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Worm is the main venue for the Starting from Scratch activities with film
screenings, performances, installations, the Metamkine workshop, the
Scratching from Start party and meeting point for activities in the lab of WORM.filmwerkplaats
Old Luxor Theater
The Old Luxor Theater dates back to 1917 and is a “Grand Dame” amongst Rotterdam theaters. It has been thoroughly renovated multiple times, but retains an atmosphere that lends a special touch to the cinematic experience.
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
The Rotterdamse Schouwburg is located in the heart of Rotterdam, on the famous Schouwburgplein. It is one of the main performing arts centers of the city, offering a wide range of critically acclaimed dance, opera and theatrical performances.
Lantaren Venster
Lantaren Venster is the only screening location at the other side of the Maas river, making it the most remote of all screening locations. Like Pathé and Cinerama, it has 7 theaters. Lantaren Venster is used as a performance arts location and well known for their non-mainstream and art house programming of movies.
Hivos 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.[8]
| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Postman | Youchai | Jianjun He |  China |
| How Old Is the River? | Fuyu no kappa | Kazama Shiori |  Japan | |
| Thalassa, Thalassa, Ruckkehr Zum Mmer | Thalassa, Thalassa | Bogdan Dumitrescu |  Germany Romania | |
| 1996 | Sons | Erzi | Zhang Yuan | China |
| Like Grains of Sand | Nagisa no Shindobaddo | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | Japan | |
| Small Faces | Gillies MacKinnon |  United Kingdom | ||
| 1997 | Last Holiday | Posledniye kanikuly | Amir Karakulov |  Kazakhstan |
| The Day a Pig Fell into the Well | Daijiga umule pajinnal | Hong Sang-soo |  South Korea | |
| Robinson in Space | Patrick Keiller | United Kingdom | ||
| 1998 | Buttoners | Knoflíkári | Petr Zelenka |  Czech Republic |
| Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea | Giro di lune tra terra e mare | Giuseppe Gaudino |  Italy | |
| The Inheritors | Die Siebtelbauern | Stefan Ruzowitzky |  Austria | |
| 1999 | The Iron Heel of Oligarchy | Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii | Alexander Bashirov |  Russia |
| More Than Yesterday | Plus qu'hier moins que demain | Laurent Achard |  France | |
| Following | Christopher Nolan | United Kingdom | ||
| 2000 | Suzhou River | Suzhou he | Ye Lou | China |
| Crane World | Mundo Grúa | Pablo Trapero |  Argentina | |
| Bye Bye Blue Bird | Katrin Ottarsdottír |  Denmark | ||
| 2001 | Bad Company | Mabudachi | Furumaya Tomoyuki | Japan |
| The Days Between | In den Tag hinein | Maria Speth | Germany | |
| 25 Watts | Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll |  Uruguay | ||
| 2002 | Sleeping Rough | Tussenland | Eugenie Jansen |  Netherlands |
| Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth | În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne saruta pe gura | Sinişa Dragin | Romania | |
| Wild Bees | Divoké vcely | Bohdan Sláma | Czech Republic | |
| 2003 | With Love. Lilya | S lyubovyu. Lilya | Larisa Sadilova | Russia |
| Strange | Extraño | Santiago Loza | Argentina | |
| Jealousy Is My Middle Name | Jiltuneun naui him | Park Chan-ok | South Korea | |
| 2004 | The Missing | Bu jian | Kang-sheng Lee |  Taiwan |
| Summer in the Golden Valley | Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini | Srđan Vuletić |  Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
| En Route | Unterwegs | Jan Krüger | Germany | |
| 2005 | Changing Destiny | Nemmeno il destino | Daniele Gaglianone | Italy |
| 4 | Chetyre | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Russia | |
| The Sky Turns | El cielo gira | Mercedes Álvarez |  Spain | |
| 2006 | Walking on the Wild Side | Lai xiao zi | Han Jie | China |
| The Dog Pound | La perrera | Manuel Nieto Zas | Uruguay Argentina Canada Spain | |
| Old Joy | Kelly Reichardt |  United States | ||
| 2007 | Love Conquers All | Tan Chui Mui |  Malaysia | |
| The Unpolished | Die Unerzogenen | Pia Marais | Germany | |
| Bog of Beasts | Baixio das Bestas | Claudio Assis |  Brazil | |
| AFR | Morten Hartz Kaplers | Denmark | ||
| 2008 | Go With Peace Jamil | Gå med fred Jamil - Ma salama Jamil | Omar Shargawi | Denmark |
| Wonderful Town | (เมืองเหงาซ่อนรัก) | Aditya Assarat |  Thailand | |
| Flower in the Pocket | Liew Seng Tat | Malaysia | ||
| 2009 | Be Calm and Count to Seven | Aram bash va ta hatf beshmar | Ramtin Lavafipour |  Iran |
| Breathless | Ddongpari | Yang Ik-june | South Korea | |
| Wrong Rosary | Uzak ihtimal | Mahmut Fazil Coskun |  Turkey | |
| 2010 | Cold Water of the Sea | Agua fría de mar | Paz Fábrega |  Costa Rica |
| Alamar | To the Sea | Pedro González-Rubio |  Mexico | |
| Mundane History | Jao nok krajok (เจ้านกกระจอก) | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand | |
| 2011 | The Journals of Musan | Musanilgi | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| Finisterrae | Sergio Caballero | Spain | ||
| Eternity | Tee rak (ที่รัก) | Sivaroj Kongsakul | Thailand | |
| 2012 | Klip | Clip | Maja Miloš |  Serbia |
| Thursday Till Sunday | De jueves a domingo | Dominga Sotomayor Castillo |  Chile Netherlands | |
| Egg and Stone | Jidan he shitou | Ji Huang | China | |
| 2013 | My Dog Killer | Môj pes Killer | Mira Fornay |  Slovakia Czech Republic |
| Soldier Jane | Soldate Jeannette | Daniel Hoesl | Austria | |
| Fat Shaker | Larzanandeye charbi | Mohammad Shirvani | Iran | |
| 2014 | Anatomy of a Paper Clip | Yamamori clip koujo no atari | Ikeda Akira | Japan |
| Something Must Break | Nånting måste gå sönder | Ester Martin Bergsmark |  Sweden | |
| Han Gong-ju | Han Gong-ju | Lee Su-jin | South Korea | |
| 2015 | The Project of the Century | La obra del siglo | Carlos M. Quintela | Argentina Cuba Switzerland |
| Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) | Juan Daniel F. Molero |  Peru | ||
| Vanishing Point (2015 film) | Jakrawal Nilthamrong | Thailand Netherlands | ||
| 2016 | Radio Dreams | Babak Jalali | Iran United States | |
| 2017 | Sexy Durga | Sanal Kumar Sasidharan |  India | |
| 2018 | The Widowed Witch[9] | Xiao gua fu cheng xian ji | Cai Chengjie | China |
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