Selection Tiger Awards for Short Films

The Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2011 comprises twenty-eight films, ranging in length from six to fifty-two minutes. Five short films will see their world premieres in Rotterdam.

For the Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films’ Jury the IFFR welcomes Fiona Tan, an artist known for her audiovisual installations, films and photographic works (The Netherlands), Anocha Suwichakornpong, filmmaker and Tiger Award winner for MUNDANE HISTORY and Thom Andersen, filmmaker, film critic and lecturer (USA). The Jury will hand out the three equal Tiger Awards for Short Film (3,000 Euros) to the winning filmmakers during the VPRO Late Night Talk Show on Monday evening January 31.

The Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films is supported by the Chief Marketing Office Rotterdam.

• 1989 (Den gang jeg var fem år gammel) / 1989 (When I Was Five Years Old), Thor Ochsner, Denmark, 2010, 11’
• Slow Action, Ben Rivers, United Kingdom , 2011, 45’, world premiere
• Players, Pilvi Takala, Finland, Netherlands, 2010, 8’
• Pastourelle, Nathaniel Dorsky, USA, 2010, 16’, European premiere
• I lupi / The Wolves, Alberto De Michele, Italy, 2011, 17’, world premiere
• A Short Film About War, Jon Thomson, Alison Craighead, United Kingdom, 2010, 10’
• End Transmission, James T. Hong, Chen Yin-Ju, Taiwan, Nederland, Germany, 2010, 17’, international premiere
• Lesser Apes, Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby, Canada, 19’, world premiere
• Stardust, Nicolas Provost, Belgium, 2010, 20’
• These Hammers Don't Hurt Us, Michael Robinson, USA, 2010, 13’, European premiere
• Maska, Brothers Quay, Poland, 2010, 24’
• Khleb dlya pticy / Bread for Bird, Aleksandra Strelyanaya, Russia, 2010, 26’
• Beyond-ism, Sun Xun, China, 2010, 8, international premiere
• Maria Theresia und ihre 16 Kinder / Maria Theresia and her 16 Children, Roland Rauschmeier & Ulu Braun, Austria, Germany, 2010, 30’, international premiere
• Versions, Oliver Laric, Germany, North-Korea, 2010, 9’
• Tse / Out, Roee Rosen, Israel, 2010, 34’
• Jan Villa, Natasha Mendonca, USA, India, 2010, 20’
• A History of Mutual Respect, Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, Portugal, 2010, 23’
• Home Movie, John Price, Canada, 2010, 27’
• Mercúrio / Mercury, Sandro Aguilar, Portugal, 2010, 18’
• After Empire, Herman Asselberghs, Belgium, 2011, 52’, world premiere
• Lubaben, Eva Pervolovici, France, Romenië, 2011, 30’, world premiere
• Otolith III, The Otolith Group, United Kingdom, 2010, 49’
• The Story of Elfranko Wessels, Erik Moskowitz & Amanda Trager, USA, Canada, 2011, 16’, world premiere
• Mirages, Emanuel Licha, Canada, France, 2010, 19’
• It, Heat, Hit, Laure Prouvost, United Kingdom, 2010, 6’
• Immortal Woman, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Thailand, 2010, 9, European premiere
• La dame au chien / The Lady with the Dog, Damien Manivel, France, 2010, 16’