49th International Film Festival Rotterdam
(Redirected from 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam)
| Opening film | Mosquito by João Nuno Pinto |
|---|---|
| Closing film | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Marielle Heller |
| Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Awards | The Cloud In Her Room (Tiger Award) |
| Festival date | 22 January–2 February 2020 |
| Website | iffr |
The 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the 2020 installment of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, took place on 22 January–2 February 2020.[1]
The Cloud In Her Room by Zheng Lu Xinyuan won the Tiger Award, the top prize.[2]
Juries
[edit]Ammodo Tiger Short
[edit]- Nathanja van Dijk, filmmaker
- Safia Benhaim, filmmaker
- Greg de Cuir Jr., film curator and writer
Bright Future
[edit]- Beatriz Navas, director of ICAA Spain
- Zsuzsanna Király, head of development at Komplizen Film
- Michel Lipkes, Mexican filmmaker and director of Festival Internacional de Cine Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Official selection
[edit]Bright Future
[edit]The section highlighted work of young and emerging filmmakers, consisted of the Tiger competition, Ammodo Tiger Short competition, Bright Future competition, main, mid-length and short programmes.[3]
Tiger
[edit]The following films were selected to compete for the Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 18 December 2019.[4]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| El año del descubrimiento | Luis López Carrasco | Spain, Switzerland |
| Beasts Clawing at Straws | Kim Yong-hoon | South Korea |
| The Cloud In Her Room | Zheng Lu Xinyuan | Hong Kong |
| Desterro | Maria Clara Escobar | Brazil, Portugal, Argentina |
| Drama Girl | Vincent Boy Kars | Netherlands |
| La fortaleza | Jorge Thielen Armand | Venezuela, France, Netherlands, Colombia |
| Kala azar | Janis Rafailidou | Netherlands, Greece |
| Nasir | Arun Karthick | India, Netherlands |
| Piedra sola | Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf | Argentina, Mexico, Qatar, United Kingdom |
| Si yo fuera el invierno mismo | Jazmín López | Argentina |
Ammodo Tiger Short
[edit]The following films were selected to compete for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition. The line-up was announced on 4 December 2019.[5]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Logical Exits | Mahdi Fleifel | Denmark, United Kingdom, Lebanon |
| Aggregate States of Matters | Rosa Barba | Peru, Germany |
| Apiyemiyekî? | Ana Vaz | France, Netherlands |
| Apparition | Ismaïl Bahri | France |
| Aquí y allá | Melisa Liebenthal | France, Argentina |
| Becoming Alluvium | Thao Nguyen Phan | Vietnam, Spain |
| Beer | Erik van Lieshout | Netherlands |
| A Bright Summer Diary | Lei Lei | United States |
| A chuva acalanta a dor | Leonardo Mouramateus | Portugal, Brazil |
| Communicating Vessels | Maïder Fortuné, Annie MacDonell | Canada |
| The Eyes of Summer | Rajee Samarasinghe | Sri Lanka, United States |
| Look Then Below | Ben Rivers | United Kingdom |
| The Lost Procession | Bani Abidi | United Arab Emirates, Germany, Pakistan |
| the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered | Onyeka Igwe | United Kingdom |
| Progressive Touch | Michael Portnoy | Austria, Netherlands, United States |
| Sayōnara | William Andreas Wivel | Denmark |
| Sun Dog | Dorian Jespers | Belgium |
| Tendre | Isabel Pagliai | France |
| They Parlaient Idéale | Laure Prouvost | France, Belgium, Italy |
| Tyrant Star | Diane Severin Nguyen | Vietnam, United States |
| Wong Ping's Fables 2 | Wong Ping | Hong Kong |
Bright Future
[edit]The programme highlighted first feature films by aspiring filmmakers.[6]
- In competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Bright Future Award. The line-up was announced on 18 December 2019.[7]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Babai | Artem Aisagaliev | Russia, United States |
| Chaco | Diego Mondaca | Bolivia, Argentina |
| Los fantasmas | Sebastián Lojo | Guatemala, Argentina |
| Fellwechselzeit | Sabrina Mertens | Germany |
| For the Time Being | Salka Tiziana | Germany, Spain, Switzerland |
| I Blame Society | Gillian Wallace Horvat | United States |
| Moving On | Yoon Dan-bin | South Korea |
| My Mexican Bretzel | Nuria Giménez Lorang | Spain |
| Ofrenda | Juan María Mónaco Cagni | Argentina |
| Panquiaco | Ana Elena Tejera | Panama |
| A Rifle and a Bag | Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe | India |
| Sebastian springt über Geländer | Ceylan-Alejandro Ataman-Checa | Germany |
| The Trouble with Nature | Illum Jacobi | Denmark, France |
| Truth or Consequences | Hannah Jayanti | United States |
| Wisdow Teeth | Liang Ming | China |
- Main programme
The programme highlighted cutting-edge work of contemporary filmmakers and a selection of emerging talent.[8]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AIDOL | Lawrence Lek | United Kingdom |
| Air Condition | Fradique | Angola |
| Cenote | Oda Kaori | Japan |
| Damp Season | Gao Ming | China |
| Death Inhabits at Night | Eduardo Morotó | Brazil |
| La dosis | Martín Kraut | Argentina |
| Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains | Gu Xiaogang | China |
| En medio del laberinto | Salomón Pérez | Peru |
| The Fever | Maya Da-Rin | Brazil |
| L'île aux oiseaux | Maya Kosa, Sérgio da Costa | Switzerland |
| The Invitation | Saurav Rai | India |
| Longa noite | Eloy Enciso | Spain |
| A Love Unknown | John Clang | Singapore |
| Lusala | Mugambi Nthiga | Kenya |
| The Magic Mountain | Eitan Efrat, Daniel Mann | Belgium |
| Make Up | Claire Oakley | United Kingdom |
| Merry Christmas, Yiwu | Mladen Kovacevic | Sweden |
| Le miracle du Saint Inconnu | Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco |
| My Morning Laughter | Marko Đorđević | Serbia |
| Nafi's Father | Mamadou Dia | Senegal |
| Non c'è nessuna Dark Side (atto uno 2007-2019) | Erik Negro | Italy |
| The Painter and the Thief | Benjamin Ree | Norway |
| Phases of Matter | Deniz Tortum | Turkey |
| The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin | Kim Dongryung, Park Kyoungtae | South Korea |
| Shell and Joint | Hirabayashi Isamu | Japan |
| Slow Machine | Paul Felten, Joe DeNardo | United States |
| Some Kind of Heaven | Lance Oppenheim | United States |
| Suzanne Daveau | Luísa Homem | Portugal |
| This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection | Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | Lesotho |
| Tierra adentro | Mauro Colombo | Panama |
| Tlamess | Ala Eddine Slim | Tunisia |
| The Tree House | Truong Minh Quý | Singapore |
| VHYes | Jack Henry Robbins | United States |
| We Are From There | Wissam Tanios | Lebanon |
Voices
[edit]The section consisted of:[9]
- Big Screen Competition
- Voices main programme, which showcased the work of future in arthouse cinema,
- Limelight, which showcased international award-winners and festival favourites,
- Rotterdämmerung, which showcased the work in hardcore film genres,
- Scopitone, which showcased music documentaries, and
- Voices Short.
Big Screen Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award. The line-up was announced on 18 December 2019.[10]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| El cazador | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| Eden | Ágnes Kocsis | Hungary, Romania |
| Énorme | Sophie Letourneur | France |
| The Evening Hour | Braden King | United States |
| Fanny Lye Deliver'd | Thomas Clay | United Kingdom, Germany |
| Mosquito | João Nuno Pinto | Portugal, France, Brazil |
| A Perfectly Normal Family | Malou Reymann | Denmark |
| Synapses | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
| A Yellow Animal | Felipe Bragança | Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique |
Voices Main Programme
[edit]The programme highlighted the work of future in arthouse cinema.[11]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| All This Victory | Ahmad Ghossein | Lebanon |
| Antigone | Sophie Deraspe | Canada |
| BattleScar – Punk Was Invented by Girls | Nico Casavecchia, Martin Allais | France |
| Birds (Or How to Be One) | Babis Makridis | Greece |
| Bitter Chestnut | Gurvinder Singh | India |
| Black Bag | Shao Qing | China |
| Children of the Sea | Ayumu Watanabe | Japan |
| Il colpo del cane | Fulvio Risuleo | Italy |
| Cook, F**k, Kill | Mira Fornay | Czech Republic |
| A Dark, Dark Man | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan |
| Emilia | César Sodero | Argentina |
| Fidelity | Nigina Sayfullaeva | Russia |
| Gaadi | Prasanna Vithanage | Sri Lanka |
| Happy Old Year | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Thailand |
| A linha | Ricardo Laganaro | Brazil |
| The Longest Day | Jonas Selberg Augustsén | Sweden |
| Los que vuelven | Laura Casabé | Argentina |
| The Making of [5x1] | Midi Z | Taiwan |
| Moffie | Oliver Hermanus | South Africa |
| The Moneychanger | Federico Veiroj | Uruguay |
| Mother | Kristof Bilsen | Belgium |
| Not in This World | Park Jungbum | South Korea |
| O [5x1] | Qiu Yang | Taiwan |
| Only You Alone | Zhou Zhou | China |
| The Orphanage | Shahrbanoo Sadat | Denmark |
| Parasite (B&W Version) | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| Passenger | Isobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine | Australia |
| Rose Stone Star | Marcello Sannino | Italy |
| The Science of Fictions | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| South Terminal | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France |
| Tenzo | Tomita Katsuya | Japan |
| Valley of Souls | Nicólas Rincón Gille | Colombia |
| Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos | José Luis Torres Leiva | Chile |
| White on White | Théo Court | Spain |
| A Witness Out of the Blue | Andrew Fung | Hong Kong |
| You Know Him | Ercan Kesal | Turkey |
| You Will Die at Twenty | Amjad Abu Alala | Sudan |
| Zombi Child | Bertrand Bonello | France |
Limelight
[edit]The programme showcased international award-winners and festival favourites.[12]
Rotterdämmerung
[edit]The programme showcased the work in hardcore film genres.[13]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Boyz in the Wood | Ninian Doff | United States |
| Bring Me Home | Kim Seung-woo | South Korea |
| ColOZio | Artemio Narro | Mexico |
| Detention | John Hsu | Taiwan |
| L'état sauvage | David Perrault | France |
| First Love | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Gutterbee | Ulrich Thomsen | Denmark |
| Impetigore | Joko Anwar | Indonesia |
| Jallikattu | Lijo Jose Pellissery | India |
| The Long Walk | Mattie Do | Laos |
| Saint Maud | Rose Glass | United Kingdom |
| Special Actors | Ueda Shinichiro | Japan |
Deep Focus
[edit]The section highlighted work of compilations, retrospectives and other formats in cinema.[14] The section consisted of:
- Frameworks, which highlighted art films by emerging artists,
- Signatures, which showcased new work of established filmmakers,
- Regained, which showed restored classic films, films about filmmakers, experimental works and installations,
- Beth B: War Is Never Over, which showcased the selection of work about female identity, power and sexuality, curated by Beth B,
- Marion Hänsel, à la vie, which showcased the work of Marion Hänsel, and
- Deep Focus Short, which paid tribute to Kiluanji Kia Henda and Leonardo Mouramateus.
Signatures
[edit]The programme showcased new work of established filmmakers.[15]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Bring Down the Walls | Phil Collins | United States |
| Il diario di Angela – Noi due cineasti. Capitolo secondo | Yervant Gianikian | Italy |
| Les enfants d'Isadora | Damien Manivel | France |
| Un film dramatique | Éric Baudelaire | France |
| The Halt | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| A Hidden Life | Terrence Malick | Germany |
| How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally) | Caveh Zahedi | United States |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Krabi, 2562 | Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand |
| Liberté | Albert Serra | France |
| Little Joe | Jessica Hausner | Austria |
| No.7 Cherry Lane | Yonfan | Hong Kong |
| Las poetas visitan a Juana Bignozzi | Laura Citarella, Mercedes Halfon | Argentina |
| Sandlines | Francis Alÿs | Iraq |
| Vitalina Varela | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
Perspectives
[edit]The section presented the IFFR's thematic programme and showcased the relevant social and political issues in cinema. The section consisted of:[16]
- The Tyger Burns, which presented the contemporary work of old filmmakers,
- Synergetic, which showcased the alternative histories of mainstream narrative in cinema,
- Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong, which presented the political, social and economic tensions in Hong Kong,
- Sacred Beings, which presented the notion of queer culture, gender fluidity and spiritualities outside the Western perspective, and
- Wait and See, which showcased the work about patience.
Awards
[edit]The following awards were presented at the 49th edition:[17]
Awards and competition
[edit]- Tiger Award: The Cloud In Her Room by Zheng Lu Xinyuan
- Special Jury Award: Beasts Clawing at Straws by Kim Yong-hoon
- Ammodo Tiger Short Award:
- Apparition by Ismaïl Bahri
- Communicating Vessels by Maïder Fortuné, Annie MacDonell
- Sun Dog by Dorian Jespers
- Robby Müller Award: Diego García
- Big Screen Competition Award: A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann
- NETPAC Award: Nasir by Arun Karthick
- Found Footage Award: My Mexican Bretzel by Nuria Giménez Lorang
- IFFR Youth Jury Award: Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
Audience Awards
[edit]- BankGiro Loterij Audience Award: Parasite (B&W Version) by Bong Joon-ho
- Voices Short Award: Tabaski by Laurence Attali
Critics Awards
[edit]- FIPRESCI Award: Only You Alone by Zhou Zhou
- KNF Award: Kala azar by Janis Rafailidou
References
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- ^ Rosser, Michael (1 February 2020). "Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 winners revealed". Screendaily. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Bright Future". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Tiger Competition 2020 selection". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2020". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Bright Future Competition". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Competing for a Bright Future". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Bright Future Main Programme". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Voices". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "IFFR reveals full film lineup 2020". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Voices Main Programme". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Limelight". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Rotterdämmerung". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Deep Focus 2020". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Signatures". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Perspectives 2020". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Rosser, Michael (1 February 2020). "Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 winners revealed". Screendaily. Retrieved 20 August 2021.