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IFFR 2016 announces award winners --
Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:12
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On 5 January, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2016 Awards ceremony was held at IFFR s main venue de Doelen .
On announcing the awards, festival director Bero Beyer commented: IFFR 2016 has been an edition with many inspiring, thought-provoking and engaging cinematic achievements from all over the world. I am grateful and excited, the selection really seemed to resonate with both industry guests and audience. On behalf of IFFR I would like to congratulate the winners and all the films and projects that were part of the official selection this year. Thank you to the filmmakers for creating such wonderful films and allowing us to be part of your journey.
The winners of the 45th edition of IFFR are:
Warsteiner Audience Award
Visitors of IFFR determine through a voting system which film is the audience favourite. The film with the highest average vote in the audience poll wins the Warsteiner Audience Award. The award includes a cash prize of 10 000.
Winner: Land of Mine by Martin Zandvliet
Hubert Bals Fund Dioraphte Award
The Dioraphte Award goes to the Hubert Bals Fund-supported film receiving the highest votes from the festival audience. The award includes a cash prize of 10 000.
Winner: El abrazo de la serpiente by Ciro Guerra
MovieZone Award
The MovieZone Award is chosen from the feature film section by the young peoples MovieZone jury from EYE.
Winner: Land of Mine by Martin Zandvliet
FIPRESCI Award
The FIPRESCI Award is given to the filmmaker of the best film in Bright Future by the jury of the F d ration Internationale de la Presse Cin matographique (FIPRESCI). Bright Future films that have their world premiere during IFFR and are not included in a competition, qualify for this award.
Winner: Bodkin Ras by Kaweh Modiri
NETPAC Award
The NETPAC Award is awarded to the best Asian feature film by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.
Winner: ,em>The Plague at the Karatas Village by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
KNF Award
The KNF Award, awarded by The Circle of the Dutch Film Journalists goes to a Dutch production or a Dutch co-production with a world premiere at IFFR.
Winner: De Waarneming (The Perception) by Frank Scheffer
VPRO Big Screen Award
This competition, consisting of eight films that have their international premieres at IFFR, will be judged by a jury of audience members, who will decide which film will assisted in distribution in the Netherlands. The award is worth 30 000.
Winner: Les ogres by L a Fehner
Bright Future Award
From the 2016 edition onward, filmmakers presenting films in the main and thematic programme of IFFRs section Bright Future, will be celebrated with a new award: the Bright Future Award. The award consists of 10 000, to be spent on the development of a next film project. Filmmakers presenting the international or world premiere of their first feature length are eligible.
Winner: Las lindas by Melisa Liebenthal
Hivos Tiger Awards
In the prestigious Hivos Tiger Awards Competition it is not about the well-known names, but about upcoming talent who get a chance to shine on the world stage. As of 2016, eight films will compete in the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition for a single Hivos Tiger Award worth 40 000, to be shared by director and producer. In addition, a special jury award worth 10 000 will be presented to an exceptional artistic achievement within the competition.
Winner: Radio Dreams by Babak Jalali
Winner special jury award: La ltima tierra by Pablo Lamar, for exceptional artistic achievement in sound design.
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