Hivos Tiger Awards Winners Announced

Last night, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced the winners of the prestigious Hivos Tiger Awards. In addition, the Moviezone Award, The Big Screen Award, NETPAC Award, FIPRESCI Award and KNF Award were handed out.

WINNERS:

Hivos Tiger Awards

Anatomy of a Paper Clip by Ikeda Akira (Japan, 2013)
Jury comments: "Challenging narrative form with precision and economy, this film elevates observations of the absurd in human behavior, and brings it into the poetic domain."

Han Gong-Ju by Lee Su-Jin (South Korea, 2013)
Jury comments: "A skilfully crafted and highly accomplished debut – deviating from classicist structure, this film lures the spectator to participate in the pleasures of storytelling through an extraordinary and intricate narrative puzzle."

Something Must Break by Ester Martin Bergsmark (Sweden, 2014)
Jury comments: "A free-floating personal voyage traces the pains and pleasures of intimacy, recounted in a tender depiction of characters, with a sincere and playful use of cinematographic language."

The Jury was comprised of distinguished filmmaker Elia Suleiman; celebrated Dutch filmmaker Nanouk Leopold, Indonesian filmmaker and former Tiger Award nominee Edwin; Violeta Bava, BAFICI programmer and film producer from Argentina and Japanese actress and producer Kiki Sugino.

The Big Screen Award

Another Year by Oxana Bychkova (Russia, 2014)
Jury comments: "At a time when Dutch media abound with negative news about Russia, Another Year takes us straight into the daily lives of the young people who will shape its future and makes us open up our hearts to them. More than just a simple love story, it shows us how globalization meets tradition in present-day Russia, how they clash, and how they might be reconciled. Pitch perfect, beautifully acted and choreographed, modest, subtle and utterly convincing."

NETPAC Award

28 by Prasanna Jayakody (Sri Lanka, 2014)
The NETPAC Jury (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) awards the best Asian film in the IFFR 2014 Official Selection.

FIPRESCI Award

The Songs of Rice by Uruphong Raksasad (Thailand, 2014)
The Jury of the International Association of Film Critics FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) awards the best film among the twenty-two world premieres in Bright Future 2014.

KNF Award

To Kill a Man by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile/France, 2013)
For the KNF Award, The Dutch Circle of Film Critics (KNF) Jury chose the winner out of the ten films in The Big Screen Award Competition 2014. The KNF Award comes with a subtitled DCP.

MovieZone Award

Jacky au royaume des filles by Riad Sattouf (France, 2014)
MovieZone Jury gives young people the opportunity to fully experience a film festival and present their opinions on film. The winner of the MovieZone IFFR Award 2014 receives € 1,500 for promotion of the film among young people. The film also has a chance to become part of an EYE educational film program.



Hivos Tiger Awards Winners 2014