Rotterdam. Awards.

Though the reels will keep rolling at the 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam through tomorrow, the major awards were announced last night. Click that magic word for comments from the various juries, but for now, a quick overview:

VRPO Tiger Awards:

• Daniele Gaglianone's Nemmeno il destino (Changing Destiny).
• Mercedes Alvarez's El cielo gira (The Sky Turns).
• Ilya Khrzhanovsky's 4.

Special mentions: Doan Thanh Nghia and Doan Minh Phuong's Hat mua roi bao lau (Bride of Silence) and Ho Yu-hang's Sanctuary.

TV5 Tiger Cub Awards:

• Joost van Veen's Interlude.
• Thomas Köner's Nuuk.
• David Lammers's Veere.

Special mention: Christian Angeli's Fare bene Mikles (Being Good at Mikles).

Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Award: Ho Yuhang's Sanctuary. This seems to have been the only film to win more than one award.

Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique Award: Whang Cheol-Mean's Frakchi (Spying Cam).

KNF Award (from the association of Dutch film critics): Pascale Breton's Illumination.

MovieZone Award ("young people's jury"): Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin.

Arte France Cinéma Awards: Five Worlds, an omnibus film from five filmmakers from around the globe, and Mahamat Saleh Haroun's Daratt (Dry Season).

Prince Claus Fund Film Grant: Paz Encina's Hamaca Paraguaya.

Amnesty International - DOEN Award: Hassan Yektapanah's Dastaneh Nataman (Story Undone).

Posted by dwhudson at February 5, 2005 5:44 AM