 Logo | |
| Opening film | Head South by Jonathan Ogilvie |
|---|---|
| Closing film | La Luna by M. Raihan Halim |
| Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Awards |
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| Festival date | Opening: 25 January 2024 Closing: 4 February 2024 |
| Website | IFFR |
The 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2024 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which will take place from 25 January 2024 to 4 February 2024. The festival will open 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]
Jury
Source:[4]
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.
Official selection
Opening and closing films
| 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.[7]
- 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 | |
| La parra | Alberto Gracia | Spain | |
| Praia Formosa | Julia De Simone | Brazil, Portugal | |
| Rei | Tanaka Toshihiko | Japan | |
| 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.[8][9]
- 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 | |
| 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, UK, Italy | |
Tiger Short Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Tiger Short Competition.[10]
- 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.[11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78 Days | Emilija Gašić | Serbia | |
| 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 | |
| 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.[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Views of Lake Biwa | 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 |
| Greice | Leonardo Mouramateus | Brazil | |
| Head South | Jonathan Ogilvie | United States | |
| '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 | |
| 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.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Bombs In Jarkata | 13 Bom di Jakarta | Angga Dwimas Sasongko | Indonesia |
| Stormskerry Maja | Tiina Lymi | Finland | |
| Voy! Voy! Voy! | !فوي! فوي! فوي | Omar Hilal | Egypt |
Kids & Family
Source:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andersland | An Vrombaut | ||
| Blèh | Tim Alards, Pepijn van Essen | ||
Awards
Source:[15]
| Winner(s) | Work/ director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Robby Müller Award | |||
| Grimm Vandekerckhove Cinematographer (Belgium) | Honoured | [15] | |
References
- ↑ Barraclough, Leo (23 November 2023). "Post-Punk Coming-of-Age Comedy 'Head South' to Open International Film Festival Rotterdam". Variety. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ Dams, Tim (23 November 2023). "Rotterdam film festival unveils Jonathan Ogilvie's 'Head South' as 2024 opening film, first programme details". Screendaily. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ Calnan, Ellie (18 December 2023). "'Swimming Home' to world premiere at Rotterdam 2024 as part of Tiger competition line-up". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ Tabbara, Mona (12 December 2023). "Marco Müller to return to Rotterdam 2024 to join Tiger jury". Screendaily. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ↑ "Programme IFFR 2024". IFFR. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ Leo Barraclough (18 December 2023). "Rotterdam Unleashes Tiger Competition Lineup With Films About a Naked Stranger, Freud and a Deaf Landscape Photographer". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ Kudláč, Martin (18 December 2023). "IFFR unveils its 2024 line-up". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (18 December 2023). "International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveils 2024 Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Dutch festival picks Baraheni's second film for competition section". Tehran Times. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ "Ammodo Tiger Short Competition". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ↑ "Bright Future". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ "In Harbour". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ "Limelight". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ "Kids & Family". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- 1 2 Leo Barraclough (12 December 2023). "Belgian Cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove to Receive Rotterdam's Robby Müller Award". Variety. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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