Now in its second year, Rotterdam’s Big Screen Award Competition aims to support the distribution fo films in Dutch cinemas.
Nominees for this prize are ten new films from Iffr sections Spectrum or Bright Future with no Benelux distributor confirmed at time of invitation. An audience jury chooses the winner.
The award comes with a €10,000 prize for a distributor to support publicity efforts in releasing the winning film in the Netherlands. Last year’s winner was Italian feature Bellas mariposas by Salvatore Mereu.
Also, the Dutch Circle of Film Critics (Knf) will choose another winner from the 10 nominees for the Knf Award.
The full line-up of The Big Screen Award Competition 2014
Another Year, Oxana Bychkova, RussiaLa distancia, Sergio Caballero, SpainIt’s Us, Nick Reding, KenyaJacky au royaume des filles, Riad Sattouf, FranceThe Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay/ArgentinaObvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USR100, Matsumoto Hitoshi, JapanReimon, Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina/GermanySee No Evil, Jos de Putter, the Netherlands...
Nominees for this prize are ten new films from Iffr sections Spectrum or Bright Future with no Benelux distributor confirmed at time of invitation. An audience jury chooses the winner.
The award comes with a €10,000 prize for a distributor to support publicity efforts in releasing the winning film in the Netherlands. Last year’s winner was Italian feature Bellas mariposas by Salvatore Mereu.
Also, the Dutch Circle of Film Critics (Knf) will choose another winner from the 10 nominees for the Knf Award.
The full line-up of The Big Screen Award Competition 2014
Another Year, Oxana Bychkova, RussiaLa distancia, Sergio Caballero, SpainIt’s Us, Nick Reding, KenyaJacky au royaume des filles, Riad Sattouf, FranceThe Militant, Manolo Nieto, Uruguay/ArgentinaObvious Child, Gillian Robespierre, USR100, Matsumoto Hitoshi, JapanReimon, Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina/GermanySee No Evil, Jos de Putter, the Netherlands...
- 1/27/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Before the New York Open Roads Italian Cinema luncheon for the Rome delegation of filmmakers, I asked Salvatore Mereu, the director of Pretty Butterflies (Bellas Mariposas) about his faithfulness to Sergio Atzeni's unfinished story of the same title and the finding of his film's remarkable protagonist. We discussed the influence of Federico Fellini and Eric Rohmer and how one wet cat can add magical dimension to a movie.
Set in the slums of Cagliari, the capitol of Sardinia, we follow Caterina (Sara Podda), through a day and a night and back to the same day, while she addresses the camera directly and comments on the large multi-dimensional family that surrounds her and the neighbours, whose unforgettable nightly rituals include bathtubs, buckets, and loud military songs.
Anne-Katrin Titze: I was surprised by the tone of your film on the one hand, and the subject matter on the other. The juxtaposition.
Set in the slums of Cagliari, the capitol of Sardinia, we follow Caterina (Sara Podda), through a day and a night and back to the same day, while she addresses the camera directly and comments on the large multi-dimensional family that surrounds her and the neighbours, whose unforgettable nightly rituals include bathtubs, buckets, and loud military songs.
Anne-Katrin Titze: I was surprised by the tone of your film on the one hand, and the subject matter on the other. The juxtaposition.
- 6/10/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Several films which premiered at Sundance -- Soldier Jane (Isa: Premium Films), Fat Shaker, What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love, Stoker (Fox and Fox Searchlight) and Il Futuro (Isa: Visit Films) -- have gone on to take awards at the recently wrapped International Film Festival Rotterdam.
And the winners are…
Hivos Tiger Awards
The three winners of the equal Hivos Tiger Awards 2013 are:
My Dog Killer (Môj pes Killer) (Isa: M-appeal) by Mira Fornay (Slovakia/Czech Republic, 2013). An unflinching study of a troubled teen in small-town Slovakia, the film was praised by its jury for 'showing a very strong subject from the inside' Soldate Jeannette (Soldier Jane) (Isa: Premium Films) by Daniel Hoesl (Austria, 2012). A provocative portrait of two women from different ends of the social spectrum, Hoesl's debut feature was commended for it 'strong imagery and visual power.' Fat Shaker (Larzanandeye charbi) by Mohammad Shirvani (Iran, 2013). Shirvani's drama about a stern patriarch was, the jury stated, 'a fascinating story with superb characters.' Apparently the film’s showing in the West has caused some problems at home. See Indiewire story here.
The jury of the 2013 Hivos Tiger Awards Competition (prize €15.000) consisted of distinguished Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamedarya; Russian scriptwriter and filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa; Dutch filmmaker Kees Hin; José Luis Cienfuegos, artistic director of the Seville European Film Festival (Spain) and Chinese visual artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei(who was not be able to attend the festival and commented on his jury duty in a prerecorded video message). They made their announcement of the winners at the Awards Ceremony in Rotterdam.
The winners of the Netpac, Fipresci and Knf awards were also announced. Two of the winners were supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, and one was a CineMart project.
Netpac Award
The Netpac Jury (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) awards the best Asian film in Iffr 2013 official selection. The winner of the Netpac Award 2013 is What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love (Indonesia, 2013). It also had received money earlier from the Hubert Bals Fund.
Fipresci Award
The winner of the Rotterdam Fipresci Award 2013 (see photo on this page for selected jury members) is The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser by Alberto Gracia (Spain, 2013)
The Big Screen Award
Introduced this year, the Big Screen Award Competition aims to support the distribution of films in Dutch cinemas. The Iffr named Pretty Butterflies (Bellas mariposas) by Salvatore Mereu (Italy, 2012) as winner of its new Big Screen Award Competition. The film follows a day in the life of a young Sardinian girl.
Knf Award
The Dutch Circle of Film Critics (Knf) Jury award – chosen from the ten films in The Big Screen Award Competition – went to The Future (Il futuro) by Alicia Scherson (Chile/Germany/Italy/Spain, 2013).
And the winners are…
Hivos Tiger Awards
The three winners of the equal Hivos Tiger Awards 2013 are:
My Dog Killer (Môj pes Killer) (Isa: M-appeal) by Mira Fornay (Slovakia/Czech Republic, 2013). An unflinching study of a troubled teen in small-town Slovakia, the film was praised by its jury for 'showing a very strong subject from the inside' Soldate Jeannette (Soldier Jane) (Isa: Premium Films) by Daniel Hoesl (Austria, 2012). A provocative portrait of two women from different ends of the social spectrum, Hoesl's debut feature was commended for it 'strong imagery and visual power.' Fat Shaker (Larzanandeye charbi) by Mohammad Shirvani (Iran, 2013). Shirvani's drama about a stern patriarch was, the jury stated, 'a fascinating story with superb characters.' Apparently the film’s showing in the West has caused some problems at home. See Indiewire story here.
The jury of the 2013 Hivos Tiger Awards Competition (prize €15.000) consisted of distinguished Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamedarya; Russian scriptwriter and filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa; Dutch filmmaker Kees Hin; José Luis Cienfuegos, artistic director of the Seville European Film Festival (Spain) and Chinese visual artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei(who was not be able to attend the festival and commented on his jury duty in a prerecorded video message). They made their announcement of the winners at the Awards Ceremony in Rotterdam.
The winners of the Netpac, Fipresci and Knf awards were also announced. Two of the winners were supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, and one was a CineMart project.
Netpac Award
The Netpac Jury (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) awards the best Asian film in Iffr 2013 official selection. The winner of the Netpac Award 2013 is What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love (Indonesia, 2013). It also had received money earlier from the Hubert Bals Fund.
Fipresci Award
The winner of the Rotterdam Fipresci Award 2013 (see photo on this page for selected jury members) is The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser by Alberto Gracia (Spain, 2013)
The Big Screen Award
Introduced this year, the Big Screen Award Competition aims to support the distribution of films in Dutch cinemas. The Iffr named Pretty Butterflies (Bellas mariposas) by Salvatore Mereu (Italy, 2012) as winner of its new Big Screen Award Competition. The film follows a day in the life of a young Sardinian girl.
Knf Award
The Dutch Circle of Film Critics (Knf) Jury award – chosen from the ten films in The Big Screen Award Competition – went to The Future (Il futuro) by Alicia Scherson (Chile/Germany/Italy/Spain, 2013).
- 2/6/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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