Rotterdam awards winners since 1995
1995
Postman by He Jianjun
China
Fuyu no kappa by Kazama Shiori
Japan
Thalassa, Thalassa, Ruckkehr Zum Mmer by Bogdan Dumitrescu
Germany/Romania
1996
Sons by Zhang Yuan
China
Like Grains of Sand by Hasiguchi Ryosuke
Japan
Small Faces by Gillies MacKinnon
United Kingdom
1997
Last Holiday by Amir Karakulov
Kazakhstan
The Day a Pig Fell into the Well by Hung Sang-soo
South Korea
Robinson in Space by Patrick Keiller
United Kingdom
1998
Buttoners by Petr Zelenka
Czech Republic
Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe Gaudino
Italy
Die Siebtelbauern by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Austria
1999
The Iron Heel of Oligarchy by Alexander Bashirov
Russia
Plus Qu'hier, Moins Que Demain by Laurent Achard
France
Following by Christopher Nolan
United Kingdom
2000
Suzhou River by Lou Ye
China
Mundo Grúa by Pablo Trapero
Argentina
Bye Bye Blue Bird by Katrin Ottarsdottír
Denmark
2001
Bad Company by Furumaya Tomoyuki
Japan
The Days Between by Maria Speth
Germany
25 Watts by Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll
Uruguay
2002
Tussenland by Eugenie Jansen
The Netherlands
Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth by Sinişa Dragin
Romania
Wild Bees by Bohdan Sláma
Czech Republic
2003
With Love. Lilya by Larisa Sadilova
Russia
Extraño by Santiago Loza
Argentina
Jealousy Is My Middle Name by Park Chan-ok
South Korea
2004
The Missing by Lee Kang-sheng
Taiwan
Summer in the Golden Valley by Srđan Vuletić
Bosnia-Herzegovina
En Route by Jan Krüger
Germany
2005
Changing Destiny by Daniele Gaglianone
Italy
4 by Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Russia
The Sky Turns by Mercedes Alvarez
Spain
2006
Walking on the Wild Side by Han Jie
China
The Dog Pound by Manuel Nieto Zas
Uruguay/Argentina/Canada/Spain
Old Joy by Kelly Reichardt
United States of America
2007
Love Conquers All by Tan Chui Mui
Malaysia
The Unpolished by Pia Marais
Germany
Bog of Beasts by Claudio Assis
Brazil
AFR (ex aequo) by Morten Hartz Kaplers
Denmark
2008
Go With Peace Jamil by Omar Shargawi
Denmark
Wonderful Town by Aditya Assarat
Thailand
Flower in the Pocket by Liew Seng Tat
Malaysia
2009
Be Calm and Count to Seven by Ramtin Lavafipour
Iran
Breathless by Yang Ik-June
South Korea
Wrong Rosary by Mahmut Fazil Coskun
Turkey
