International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is the largest film festival in the Netherlands and one of the most important in Europe. It takes place annually at the end of January in Rotterdam . A tiger is the festival's mascot . It is one of the larger film events in Europe, but is not an A festival like the Berlinale or the Cannes and Venice festivals .
history
The festival celebrates its 50th edition in 2021. The first festival was held in June 1972 under the name Film International . Festival director was Hubert Bals . Founded as an initiative of the Rotterdam Arts Foundation, the film festival specialized in alternative cinema and independent films from the start and originally served as a showcase for the growing art house film and cinema landscape in the Netherlands, with a particular interest in films from East Asia and developing countries . Despite financial difficulties in the mid-1980s, the festival grew steadily. While seventeen people attended the opening of the festival on June 28, 1972, the statistics for 2018 include a total of 329,000 visitors and 2,405 filmmakers taking part. The official selection of the festival comprised more than 500 feature films, feature films and short films from over 50 countries.
After Hubert Bals' death in 1988 the festival had the following directors: Anne Head (1989), Marco Müller (1990–1991), Emile Fallaux (1992–1996), Simon Field (1996–2004), Sandra den Hamer (2000–2007) , Rutger Wolfson (2008–2015), Bero Beyer (2015–2019) and Vanja Kaludjercic (since 2019). The IFFR is both a public festival and a market for the film industry.
The Hubert Bals Fund , a fund to support filmmakers from developing countries, was created in 1988 in memory of the festival's founder .
At first, Rotterdam had no competition. In 1995 the Tiger Awards of the Dutch television and radio station VPRO were presented for the first time or second films by young filmmakers. Other film prizes awarded at the festival include a FIPRESCI Prize and the Dutch Film Critics Prize .
Today the most important sideline is IFFR Exploding Cinema . Here digital movies and videos are presented, including experimental animated films , internet -based entertainment formats and music videos .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rotterdam: Tiger Award to “Soldate Jeannette” on ORF from February 2, 2013, accessed on February 2, 2013
- ↑ IFFR is ... September 4, 2015, accessed on January 24, 2019 .
