On Saturday evening, 31 January, the audience awards were announced in the Grand Auditorium of the Doelen in Rotterdam. The KPN Audience Award went to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE by Danny Boyle and co-director Loveleen Tandan. The Dioraphte Award for Hubert Bals Fund film held in highest regard went to the film TEZA by the Ethiopian film maker Haile Gerima. The IFFR counted 341,000 visitors to the films, exhibitions, live shows and events, including the 8,000 film lovers who attend the fully booked Volk...
During the IFFR 2009 Awards Ceremony on Friday, January 30, 2009 in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, the winning films of the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam were announced. The three VPRO Tiger Awards were granted to the Hubert Bals Fund supported film BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN (ARAM BASH VA TA HAFT BESHMAR) by Ramtin Lavafipour (Iran), to BREATHLESS (DDONGPARI) by Yang Ik-June (South Korea), and to WRONG ROSARY (UZAK IHTIMAL) by Mahmut Fazil Coskun (Turkey). On Saturday January 31st, 20...
During the IFFR 2009 Awards Ceremony for Short Films on Monday, January 26, 2009 in Theatre Lantaren / Venster in Rotterdam, the winning short films of the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam were announced. The three Tiger Awards for Short Film were granted to A NECESSARY MUSIC by Beatrice Gibson (UK), DESPAIR (OTCHAJANIE) by Galina Myznikova & Sergey Provorov (Russia) and BERNADETTE by Duncan Campbell (UK). On Sunday January 25, the NPS New Arrivals Award was given to the online short f...
Fourteen films have been selected for IFFR’s VPRO Tiger Awards Competition 2009. The line up features first or second films from all continents, and includes eight world premieres concurring for three equal top prizes of each 15,000 euro. For the first time, films from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia are included in competition. The Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films includes twenty-seven films shorter than 60 minutes; the three Tiger Awards for Short Film each come with 3,000 euro.Sta...
On Sunday, the 8th October ended the 25th edition of AsoloArtFilmFestival, into Eleonora Duse Theatre. The whole day took place in the Theatre from 11:30 am, where the documentary “The making of Ça Ira – Behind the scenes of Roger Waters” of Adrian Maben has been projected. The director, who arrived in Asolo the evening before, withdrew the “Prize for the Career “Flavia Paulon” , in front of a large audience and the jury of the Festival, at 17:30. The prestigious prize awarding is d...
