The 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2022 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place online from 26 January 2022 to 6 February 2022. The festival, which was held online for the second consecutive year due to the spread of the Omicron variant across Europe, opened with Amanda Kramer's film Please Baby Please. The festival closed with the screening of 1967 sword fighting classic Dragon Inn by King Hu on 6 February 2022.
Jury Tiger Farid Tabarki: (Amsterdam) Founder of Studio Zeitgeist, Researcher, international keynote speaker, writer of 'The end of the middle and world traveler. based in . Gust Van den Berghe: Brussels-based writer and director with background in theatre, opera and dance. Tatiana Leite: (Brazil), Graduate in Law and Communication from PUC-RJ University, postgraduate in Film at UNESA and in History of Art at Sorbonne. A film programmer at the Rio Film Festival from 2000 till 2009, in 2010 she became the International Adviser of the Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Culture. In the end of 2012 she created the production company Bubbles Project. Thekla Reuten: (Netherlands), a European actress Zsuzsi Bankuti: Film festivals organizer and director of the cinema programme
Ammodo Tiger Short Nduka Mntambo: An image-maker, working in the interstices of urban spatial practices, experimental filmmaking, and pedagogy. Rieke Vos: A curator and writer based in Amsterdam who works in a cross-disciplinary field of art, popular culture, architecture, and urban life. Tim Leyendekker: (Netherlands) Dutch visual artist, filmmaker and photographer
Big Screen Award Louk Haffmans Alex Spaanderman Eva Langerak Karen Kroese Mylaine Roelofs
Official selection
Opening and closing films
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Opening filmPlease Baby Please Amanda Kramer United StatesStranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster United StatesClosing filmDragon Inn Long men kezhan King Hu Taiwan
Tiger The following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 7 January 2022. Highlighted title indicates award winner. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Achrome Maria Ignatenko Russia The Child A Criança Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois Portugal The Cloud Messenger Meghdoot Rahat Mahajan IndiaEAMI Paz Encina Paraguay, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, France, United StatesExcess Will Save Us Morgane Dziurla-Petit SwedenKafka for Kids Roee Rosen IsraelMalintzin 17 Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky MexicoMet mes Sam de Jong NetherlandsThe Plains David Easteal AustraliaPhantom ProyectProyecto Fantasma Roberto Doveris Chile The Dream and the Radio Le rêve et la radio Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk CanadaSilver Bird and Rainbow Fish Lei Lei United States, NetherlandsTo Love Again Gao Linyang ChinaYamabuki Yamasaki Juichiro Japan, France
Big Screen The following films are selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award. Highlighted title indicates award winner English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Assault Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan, RussiaBroadway Christos Massalas Greece, France, RomaniaCE2 Jacques Doillon FranceDaryn’s Gym Brett Michael Innes South AfricaDrifting Petals Clara Law AustraliaThe Island Anca Damian RomaniaKung Fu Zohra Mabrouk El Mechri France My Emptiness and IMi vacío y yo Adrián Silvestre SpainSplendid Isolation Urszula Antoniak Netherlands
Ammodo Tiger Short The following films were selected to compete for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition. Highlighted title indicates award winner
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Answering the Sun Rainer Kohlberger Austria, GermanyBecoming Male in the Middle Ages Pedro Neves Marques PortugalChants from a Holy Book Cesar Gananian, Cassiana Der Haroutiounian BrazilConstant Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner Germany, United KingdomDawn Leonor Noivo PortugalGlass Life Sara Cwynar United StatesIsn't It a Beautiful World Joseph Wilson United KingdomThe Making of Crime Scenes Hsu Che-yu France, TaiwanNazarbazi Maryam Tafakory IranThe Name of ThingsEl nombre de las cosas Diego Escobar ChileNosferasta: First Bite Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil United StatesPolycephaly in D Michael Robinson United StatesPunctured Sky Jon Rafman United StatesSongs for living Korakrit Arunanondchai, Alex Gvojic United States, ThailandTomorrow Is a Water Palace Juanita Onzaga BelgiumUrban Solutions Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes, Minze Tummescheit Germany, Brazil
Bright Future The programme will highlight first-feature films from promising filmmakers.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) As in Heaven Du som er i himlen Tea Lindeburg Denmark Brotherhood Francesco Montagner Czech Republic They Carry Death Eles transportan a morte Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado Spain Inmotep Julián Génisson Spain Kim Min-young of the Report Card 성적표의 김민영 Lee Jae-eun, Lim Ji-seon South Korea The Last Ride of the Wolves Alberto De Michele NetherlandsThe Plains David Easteal Australia Zalava Arsalan Amiri Iran
Cinema Regained The programme offers restored classic films, documentaries on film culture and explorations of cinema's heritage. English title Original title Director(s) Year Production countrie(s) Every Week Seven Days Eduard Grečner1964 Czechoslovakia Ida Lupino: Gentlemen & Miss Lupino Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg2021 France Inferno rosso: Joe D'Amato sulla via dell'eccesso Manlio Gomarasca, Massimiliano Zanin2021 Italy Korean Ghost Story – Ieodo Choi Sangsik1979 South Korea The Lady from Constantinople Sziget a szárazföldön Judit Elek1969 Hungary Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts Jeong Jaeeun2021 South Korea The Nine Lakh Stars Loubna Régragui2022 France Urf Geetika Narang Abbasi2022 India Journey into the Twilight Viaggio nel crepuscolo Augusto Contento2021 Italy
Harbour The programme will showcase contemporary cinema. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Alleys Al-Hara Bassel Ghandour Jordan Amrus Natalsya Who Recreates the Dispossessed in Twilight Mahardhika Yudha Indonesia Anatomy of Time Wela Jakrawal Nilthamrong Thailand, France, Singapore, NetherlandsBarbarian Invasion Tan Chui Mui Malaysia Crescent Night Adh Chanani Raat Gurvinder Singh India The Hole Il buco Michelangelo Frammartino Italy The Execution Казнь Lado Kvataniya Russia The Great Movement El Gran Movimiento Kiro Russo Bolivia Hit the Road Jadde Khaki Panah Panahi Iran Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real Kinorama - Cinema Fora De Órbita Edgar Pêra Portugal Let Me Hear It Barefoot Kudo Riho JapanMalik Mahesh Narayanan India Medea Медея Alexander Zeldovich RussiaMedusa Anita Rocha da Silveira Brazil Our Men Mon Légionnaire Rachel Lang France The Dead Remain With Their Mouth Open I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta Fabrizio Ferraro Italy Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego Tatiana Huezo Mexico Special Delivery Teuk-song Park Dae-Min South KoreaOn the Job: The Missing 8 Erik Matti Philippines Who's Stopping Us? Quién lo impide Jonás Trueba Spain
Limelight The programme will showcase cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Ali & Ava Clio Barnard United KingdomDrive My Carドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi JapanHappening L'événement Audrey Diwan FranceFrance Bruno Dumont FranceFreaks Out Gabriele Mainetti ItalyLove After Love 第一炉香 Ann Hui ChinaMemoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul ColombiaVortex Gaspar Noé FranceThe Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier Norway Short & Mid-length The programmes highlight mid-length films and short films. Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 2014(sans)(image) arc United States 2012the arc of the sun arc United States 2017ascensions arc United States 2021breathing arc United States 2018broken symmetry arc United States 2016conical signal arc United States 2013For the Birds Stanya Kahn United States 2018Friends in Low Places Stanya Kahn United States 2011Happy Song for You Stanya Kahn, Llyn Foulkes United States 2022Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster United States Awards
Winner(s) Work/ director Notes Ref. Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Cinematographer (Thailand) EAMI Paz Encina Excess Will Save Us Morgane Dziurla-PetitTo Love Again Gao Linyang Kung Fu Zohra Mabrouk El Mechri To Love Again Gao Linyang Becoming Male in the Middle Ages Pedro Neves MarquesNazarbazi Maryam TafakoryNosferasta: First Bite Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil Punctured Sky Jon Rafman Kung Fu Zohra Mabrouk El Mechri
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