Rotterdam International Film Festival

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Rotterdam International Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
P.O. Box 21696
3001 AR Rotterdam
The Netherlands

phone +31-10-8 90 90 90
fax +31-10-8 90 90 91
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
email: tiger@filmfestivalrotterdam.com

Director
Ms. Sandra den Hamer

Program Coordinator
Email: programme@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
Mr. Rene van der Giessen
Mr. Gerwin Tamsma

Contact for German Entries
Email: programme@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
Peter van Hoof

Year of Foundation 1972

Event Date  from 24 January 2007 till 04 February 2007

in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

International Competition

Sections VPRO Tiger Awards Competition (first and second features), Cinema of the Future: Sturm und Drang (features/documentaries representing recent developments in indepedent film-making), Cinema of the World: Time & Tide (features/documentaries with political and social awareness) Maestro's: Kings & Aces (features/documentaries by established auteurs) Retrospectives, Specials, Dutch Perspective, Critic's Choice, Filmmaker in Focus, CineMart (co-production market); TV5 Tiger Cub Competition

Genres Experimental Films, Feature Films Cinema, First and Second Films, Independents, Short Films

Terms of Entry Tiger competition: first or second feature film, films must be over 70 min.
Other sections: long feature films over 60 min., short films less than 60 min., creative documentaries, experimental films, short films and innovative visual productions for digital media completed after January 1, 2006; world and European premieres are preferred

Subtitles English subtitles necessary

Format 16mm, 35mm, Betacam SP, DV, DigiBeta

Registration Deadline  1 October 2006: shorts/documentaries
1 November 2006: feature films

Fees none

Attendance Figures 358,000

Participants of the Film Industry With its annual co-production market, the CineMart, the International Film Festival Rotterdam has developed a very effective instrument to bring together financiers and filmmakers. Every year, the CineMart invites a select number of producers to present their film projects to potential co-producers, bankers, funds, sales agents, distributors, and TV stations. 2004 the CineMart was visited by 894 participants of the film industry.

Prizes/Awards 3 VPRO Tiger Awards (€ 10.000 each); Tiscali Audience Award (€ 10,000); 3 TV5 Tiger Cub Awards (€ 3,000 each); Fipresci Award; Amnesty International – DOEN Award; Netpac Award; Moviezone Award (€ 1.000); Prince Claus Fund Film Grant; Arte France Cinema Awards; KNF Award (Dutch filmcritics)

German Films 2006
STURM UND DRANG
Eden by Michael Hofmeister
Battle in heaven by Carlos Reygadas (MX/FR/DE/BE)
Something like happiness by Bohdan Sláma (CZ/DE)
TIME AND TIDE
Crossing the bridge - The sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akin
Into great silence (Die grosse Stille) by Philip Groening
A perfect day by Joanda Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (LB/FR/DE)
Workingman's death by Michael Glawogger (AT/DE)
Wrong side up by Petr Zelenka (CZ/SK/DE)
MAESTROS: KINGS AND ACES
Your heart in my brain (Dein Herz in meinem Hirn) by Rosa von Praunheim
Gabrielle by Patrice Chéreau (FR/DE/IT)
Hidden by Michael Haneke (FR/AT/DE/IT)
The Pianotuner of earthquakes by the Brothers Quay (GB/DE/FR)
Unrequited love by Chris Petit (GB/DE/FI/CA)
WHITE LIGHT
Reefer madness by Andy Fickman (US/DE)
FOCUS: STEPEHN DWOSKIN
Hindered (Behindert) (DE/GB)
Pain is… (FR/DE/GB)
6/64 Mama und Papa by Kurt Kren (DE/AT)
VITA BREVIS
Klimt by Raúl Ruiz (AT/DE/GB/FR)
EXPLODING TELEVISION
DCPT TV by Alexander Kluge
Videogramme einer Revolution by Andrei Ujica and Harun Farocki
SHORT: AS LONG AS IT TAKES
15 Tage Fieber
Aus den Algen
Stadt in Flammen
Weltenempfaenger by Schmelzdahin
76-108 by Viktor Hoffmann
Children's crusade by Markus Schinwald (AT/DE)
Counter by Volker Schreiner
Counting cats counting sheep by Dagie Brundert
Desi're – the Goldstein reels (DE/US)
Die Distanz zwischen mir und meinen Verlusten by Marcel Odenbach
The day went by Hagen Keller (DE/GE)
Forst by Ascan Breuer, Ursula Hansbauer and Wolfgang Konrad (AT/DE/NL)
Gondeln by Oliver Husain (DE/CN)
Grundlos
Zwirn by Daniel Burkhardt
Inside by Philipp Hirsch
Jonas Mekas Friday the 13 october by Anja Czioska Kosmos by Thorsten Fleisch
Postcard-reality by Nik Kern (DE/CH)
Stillleben by Marcel Ahrenholz
Taipei_scan by Ella Raidel and Hongjohn Lin (TW/DE)
Tango apasionado by Jan Krueger
The influence of ocular light perception on metabolism in man and in animals by Thomas Draschan and Stella Friedrichs (DE/AT)
The nuclear football by Andree Korpys and Markus Loeffler
Yamanoto lightblast by Juergen Reble


Prizes for International Films

Number of Films Shown about 780 films

Media Coverage approx. 500 Journalists from all kinds of media attended the festival (circa 300 national, as well as 200 international journalist for tv, radio and newspapers of all kinds)

Evaluation The festival focuses mostly on innovative and independent cinema. Competition is limited to first and second features.

The co-production market CineMart is a platform exclusively for selected projects. The market presents around 50 projects to approx. 700 potential co-producers, funding bodies and sales agents.

The festival's reputation amd audiences are steadly growing so that it is now considered to be one of the biggest and most important European film events. It is also renowned for its close relations with Asian cinema, which enables European visitors to gain easy access to Asian producers and directors. The diversity of the films presented is truly impressive. The selective co-production market CineMart has become one of the most important events for independent producers searching for co-production partners. High rate of successful deals.