53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam

53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Opening filmHead South
by Jonathan Ogilvie
Closing filmLa Luna by M. Raihan Halim
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Founded1972
Awards
No. of films400
Festival dateOpening: 25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)
Closing: 4 February 2024 (2024-02-04)
WebsiteIFFR
International Film Festival Rotterdam

The 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2024 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which began on 25 January 2024. The festival opened with Head South a New Zealand film by Jonathan Ogilvie.[1][2] The complete line-up of films competing in the festival was revealed on 18 December 2023.[3] The festival closed on 4 February 2024 with La Luna by M. Raihan Halim.

Rei by Tanaka Toshihiko of Japan won the Tiger Award whereas, Kiss Wagon by Midhun Murali from India and Flathead by Jaydon Martin from Australia won the Special Jury Awards. The VPRO Big Screen Award was awarded to The Old Bachelor by Oktay Baraheni from Iran. Green Border by Agnieszka Holland won the Audience Award.[4]

Jury

Source:[5]

Tiger Competition

  • Marco Müller: former director of Locarno, Venice and IFFR
  • Ena Sendijarević: an Amsterdam-based Bosnian filmmaker and screenwriter
  • Nadia Turincev: industry expert and founder of Easy Rider Films
  • Herman Yau: Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
  • Billy Woodberry: leading directors of the L.A. Rebellion

Tiger Short Competition

  • Mónica Lima: Portuguese filmmaker
  • Yasmina Price: New York-based writer and film programmer
  • Jade Wiseman: a Montreal-born film distributor now based in Amsterdam.

Big Screen Competition

  • Samina Khan
  • Sylvie de Leeuwe
  • Lisa van der Loos
  • Marcos Silva
  • Ella de Bruijn

FIPRESCI Award

  • Ela Bittencourt
  • Dārta Ceriņa
  • Panagiotis Kotzathanasis
  • Antonios Lagarias
  • Ronald Rovers

NETPAC Award

  • Elena Larionova Haug
  • Donsaron Kovitvanitcha
  • Andreas Ungerböck

Official selection

Opening and closing films

Source:[6][7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Opening film
Head South Jonathan Ogilvie New Zealand
Closing film
La Luna M. Raihan Halim Singapore, Malaysia

Tiger Competition

The following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 19 December 2023.[8]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich United States
Flathead Jaydon Martin Australia
Grey Bees Dmytro Moiseiev Ukraine
Kiss Wagon Midhun Murali India
Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others Farshad Hashemi Iran, Germany, Czech Republic
Moses Jenni Luhta, Lauri Luhta Finland
The Rim La parra Alberto Gracia Spain
Formosa Beach Praia Formosa Julia De Simone Brazil, Portugal
Rei Tanaka Toshihiko Japan
Journey of Shadows Reise der Schatten Yves Netzhammer Switzerland
She Fell to Earth Susie Au Hong Kong
sr Lea Hartlaub Germany
Swimming Home Justin Anderson United Kingdom
Under a Blue Sun Daniel Mann France, Israel

Big Screen Competition

The following films are selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award.[9][10]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Aire: Just Breathe Leticia Tonos Dominican Republic, Spain
Children of War and Peace Ville Suhonen Finland
Trust Confidenza Daniele Luchetti Italy
Eternal Ulaa Salim Denmark, Iceland, Norway
Milk Teeth Sophia Bösch Germany, Switzerland
The Old Bachelor Oktay Baraheni Iran
Portrait of a Certain Orient Marcelo Gomes Brazil, Italy, Lebanon
Seven Seas Seven Hills Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai Ram India
Steppenwolf Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan
Tenement Inrasothythep Neth, Sokyou Chea Cambodia
The Worst Man in London Rodrigo Areias Portugal
Yohanna Robby Ertanto Indonesia, United Kingdom, Italy

Tiger Short Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Tiger Short Competition.[11]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
3 MWh Marie-Magdalena Kochová Czech Republic
6000 mensonges Simon Rieth France
Break no.1 & Break no.2. Lei Lei China
Crazy Lotus Naween Noppakun Thailand
Daphne was a torso ending in leaves Catriona Gallagher Italy, Greece
Digital Devil Saga Cameron Worden USA
Two Sides of the Tortoise Los dos lados de la tortuga Oscar Illingworth Ecuador
Few Can See Frank Sweeney Ireland
Flatastic Alice Saey France, Netherlands
Flower Show Elli Vuorinen Finland
History Is Written at Night La historia se escribe de noche Alejandro Alonso Estrella Cuba, France
I Would Rather Be a Stone Radije bih bila kamen Ana Hušman Croatia
Like a Sick Yellow Si e verdhë e sëmurë Norika Sefa Kosovo
Petticoat Fire Mox Mäkelä Finland
Adrift Potentials Potenciais à Deriva Leonardo Pirondi Brazil, USA
Teen Girl Fantasy Marisa Hoicka Canada
Terminal Island Sam Drake USA
To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion Valentin Noujaïm France
Void Iwasaki Yusuke Japan
The Watchman Nöbetçi Ali Cherri Italy France
Workers' Wings Krahët e punëtoreve Ilir Hasanaj Kosovo

Short & Mid-length

The Short & Mid-length film programme showcases films under 63 minutes.

Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
1014 Deborah S. Philips Germany
102 Narra Rafael Manueal, Tatjana Fanny Netherlands
Ade (on a Sunday) Theja Rio India
Alguén me chamou Serpe Negra Borja Santomé Rodríguez Spain
Azul Pandora Alan González Cuba
Baulera 12 Mila Araoz, Amaru Villanueva Rance UK
Beautiful Men Nicolas Kepens Belgium
Bonnarien Adiel Gliot French Guiana
A Brave New World Arnold Tam Hong Kong
Bull's Heart Margarita Bagdasaryan Uzbekistan
Coral Sonia Oleniak USA
Dau:añcut (Moving Along Image) Adam Piron Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Dear Shadow, My Old Friend Timoteus Anggawan Kusno Netherlands
Denials, Decoys Micah Weber USA
Descent Syd Farrington UK
Dig It Gabriel Lester Netherlands
East Coker Wang Hanxuan China
The Electric Kiss Rainer Kohlberger Austria
O filme feliz :) Duarte Coimbra Portugal
Flux Youjin Moon USA
Golden Dragon Boren Chhith Cambodia
Grandmamauntsistercat Zuza Banasińska Netherlands
Holographic Will Mike Stoltz USA
I Am Hymns of the New Temples Wael Shawky Italy
I Would've Been Happy Jordan Wong USA
I. / II. / III. Alexandre Larose Canada
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery Clari Ribeiro Brazil
In Dreams Josh Shaffner USA
The Inescapable Desire of Roots Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen Singapore
The Instability of Clouds Zazie Ray-Trapido USA
Is my Living in Vain Ufuima Essi UK
Isblink Olga Krüssenberg Sweden
Keep Looking Ayo Akingbade USA
Leela Tanmay Chowdhary India
lessons in flight Cecilia Araneda Brazil
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke Nishikawa Tomonari Japan
Line of Sight Ali Eslami Netherlands
Loophole Jordan Strafer USA
Lose Voice Tool Kit Adele Dipasquale Italy
Magic & Propaganda Lilia Filina Russia
Manántula Ion de Sosa Spain
A Man Imagined Malanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy Canada
Man of Aral Helena Gouveia Monteiro Ireland
Materia vibrante Pablo Marín Argentina
Molecular Delusions Quentin L'helgoualc'h France
Msaytbeh, the elevated place. Rawane Nassif Lebanon
El neceser rojo Serge Garcia Mexico
Ojitos mentirosos Elena Duque Spain
On Plains of Larger River & Woodlands Miguel de Jesus Portugal
Pain Ivan Faktor Croatia
Peeper Han Changlok South Korea
Pistoleras Natalia del Mar Kašik Austria
Preoperational Model Philip Ullman Netherlands
Questioning the Existence of Alec Roger Horn South Africa
A Radical Duet Onyeka Igwe UK
Schalafsand Elias Böttcher Switzerland
The Silence of Iron Mariana de Melo Brazil
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret Belgium
Sleepy Heads Tudor Cristian Jurgiu Romania
space_invaders.exe Malaz Usta Netherlands
Spirits of the Black Leaves Thaweechok Phasom Thailand
Stero Tevin Kimathi, Millan Tarus Kenya
Storyboard Suli Anggun Priambodo Indonesia
El tercer mundo después del sol Analú Laferal, Tiagx Vélez Colombia
To the spirits in the room Cate Giordano USA
Um tropeço em cinco movimentos Valentina Rosset Brazil
UNDR Kamal Aljafari Palestine
Water Hazard Alexander David Portugal
When the Wind Rises Chen Hung Taiwan
The Witness Tree Niranjan Raj Bherwal Nepal
The Wool Aliens Julia Parks UK
You can't get what you want but you can get me Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh Netherlands
Zanatany, L'empreinte des linceuls esseulés Hachimiya Ahamada Belgium

Bright Future

The programme will highlight first-feature films from promising filmmakers.[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Countries (s)
78 Days Emilija Gašić Serbia
Naangal Avinash Prakash India
a Few Mornings, an Evening Astrid van Nimwegen Netherlands
The Heirloom Ben Petrie Canada
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust Ishan Shukla India
yours, Eva Giolo, Rebecca Jane Arthur, Katja Mater, Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat, Maaike Neuville Belgium

Cinema Regained

English title Original title Director(s) Year Production countrie(s)
121280 Ritual Antoinetta Angelidi 2008 Greece
Cinema Bruciato Clemens Klopfenstein 2024 Switzerland
Godsterminal Georg Tiller 2024 Austria
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People Ayoka Chenzira 1984 United States
Joymoti Never Left Mehdi Jahan 2024 India
Naked Acts Bridgett M. Davis 1995 United States
Obsessive Hours at the Topos of Reality Rea Wallden 2023 Greece
Overnight Flies Georg Tiller 2016 Austria
Parama Aparna Sen 1985 India
Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen Suman Ghosh 2024 India
Persona Beach Georg Tiller 2011 Austria

Harbour

The programme will showcase contemporary cinema.[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
8 Views of Lake Biwa Biwa järve 8 nägu Marko Raat Estonia
100 Yards 门前宝地 Xu Haofeng, Xu Junfeng China
Anubhuti अनुभूति Anirban Dutta India
Cosmic Miniatures Alexander Kluge Germany
Dream Team Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn New Zealand
Elegies 詩 Ann Hui Hong Kong
Fire on Water Sun-J Perumal Malaysia
Greice Leonardo Mouramateus Brazil
Head South Jonathan Ogilvie United States
Hungry Ghost Diner We Jun Cho Malaysia
Power Alley Levante Lillah Halla Brazil
'Lolo & Sosaku' The Western Archive Sergio Caballero Spain
Maia – Portrait With Hands Alexandra Gulea Germany
Mário Billy Woodberry Portugal
Small Hours Of The Night Daniel Hui Singapore
So Unreal Amanda Kramer United States
The Cursed Land Panu Aree Thailand
Trolley Times Gurvinder Singh India
Who’ll Stop the Rain 青春並不溫柔 Su I-hsuan Taiwan
Heresy Witte Wieven Didier Konings Netherlands
Zone Christina Friedrich Germany
God Between Us Zwischen uns Gott Rebecca Hirneise Austria

Art Directions: immersive media

The programme highlighted the expansion of cinema to installations, exhibitions and live performance.

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
8 miljard ikken Tibor de Jong Netherlands
The Assembly Charlotte Bruneau Luxembourg
I'm Terribly Sorry Rachel Maclean United Kingdom
Realmbreak Hotel Floris van Laethem Netherlands
Small Acts of Violence Aay Liparoto Belgium

Limelight

The programme will showcase cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners.[14]

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
13 Bombs 13 Bom di Jakarta Angga Dwimas Sasongko Indonesia
Adagio Stefano Sollima Italy
The Beast La Bête Bertrand Bonello France
Blue Giant Yuzuru Tachikawa Italy
Boléro Anne Fontaine France
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher Italy
Daaaaaalí! Quentin Dupieux France
The Delinquents Los delincuentes Rodrigo Moreno Argentina
Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
Firebrand Karim Aïnouz United Kingdom
Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania France
Full River Red 滿江紅 Zhang Yimou China
Green Border Zielona granica Agnieszka Holland Poland
Hammarskjöld Per Fly Sweden
Holly Fien Troch Belgium
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker United Kingdom
The Iron Claw Sean Durkin United States
Jigarthanda DoubleX ஜிகர்தண்டா டபுள்X Karthik Subbaraj India
The Arctic Convoy Konvoi Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken Norway
Krazy House Steffen Haars, Flip van der Kuil Netherlands
Lost in the Night Amat Escalante Mexico
La Luna M. Raihan Halim Singapore
Madame Luna Daniel Espinosa Sweden
Mars Express Jérémie Périn France
The Promised Land Bastarden Nikolaj Arcel Denmark
Stormskerry Maja Stormskärs-Maja Tiina Lymi Finland
Viduthalai Part 1 and Viduthalai Part 2 விடுதலை: பாகம் I & II Vetrimaaran India
Voy! Voy! Voy! !فوي! فوي! فوي Omar Hilal Egypt
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer United States

Kids & Family

Source:[15]

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Andersland An Vrombaut
Blèh Tim Alards, Pepijn van Essen

Awards

Source:[16][17][18]

Winner(s) Work/ director Notes Ref.
Robby Müller Award
Grimm Vandekerckhove Cinematographer (Belgium) Honoured [16]

Tiger Award

  • Rei, Tanaka Toshihiko, Japan

Special Jury Awards

  • Kiss Wagon, Midhun Murali, India
  • Flathead Jaydon Martin, Australia

VPRO Big Screen award

  • The Old Bachelor, Oktay Baraheni, Iran

FIPRESCI Award

  • Kiss Wagon, Midhun Murali, India

NETPAC Award

  • Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust Ishan Shukla, India, France, Germany

Youth Jury Award

  • Levante, Lillah Halla, Brazil, France, Uruguay

Audience Award

Ammodo Tiger short awards

  • Crazy Lotus, Naween Noppakun, Thailand
  • Few Can See, Frank Sweeney, Ireland
  • Workers’ Wings, Ilir Hasanaj, Kosovo

European Short Film Award nomination

  • I Would Rather Be a Stone, Ana Hušman, Croatia

KNF Award 2024

  • Daphne was a torso ending in leaves, Catriona Gallagher, Italy, Greece

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