Paz Encina’s EAMI triumphs at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam
- The Special Jury Awards went to Excess Will Save Us by Morgane Dziurla-Petit and To Love Again by Gao Linyang
The 2022 edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam, which is unspooling virtually from 26 January-6 February, has lifted the lid on its award winners.
During yesterday’s awards ceremony, the festival revealed the victors in the main competition. This year’s edition, the 51st, saw the triumph of EAMI [+see also:
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Meanwhile, Excess Will Save Us [+see also:
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interview: Mabrouk El Mechri
film profile] by French filmmaker Mabrouk El Mechri.
Commenting on the results of this year’s edition, festival director Vanja Kaludjercic said: “We are immensely proud of the extensive range of this year’s Tiger Competition selection. Even though we were forced to host our 51st edition online, we were determined to provide the competition filmmakers who trusted us with their movies with a platform to enhance their visibility among the press and industry. We cannot wait to share these outstanding films with our audiences later in the year, in the way they were intended: on the big screen and in the presence of the filmmakers. Congratulations to all of the award winners.”
Here is the list of this year’s prizewinners:
Tiger Award
EAMI [+see also:
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Special Jury Awards
Excess Will Save Us [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Morgane Dziurla-Petit
film profile] – Morgane Dziurla-Petit (Sweden)
To Love Again – Gao Linyang (China)
Big Screen Competition
VPRO Big Screen Award
Kung Fu Zohra [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mabrouk El Mechri
film profile] – Mabrouk El Mechri (France)
Robby Müller Award
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
Becoming Male in the Middle Ages – Pedro Neves Marques (Portugal)
Nazarbazi – Maryam Tafakory (Iran)
Nosferasta: First Bite – Bayley Sweitzer and Adam Khalil (UK)
FIPRESCI Award
To Love Again – Gao Linyang
KNF Award
Punctured Sky – Jon Rafman
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