The 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2023 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place online from 25 January to 5 February 2023.[1][2][3]
Official selection
editThe following films were selected to be screened:[4]
Opening and closing films
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening film | ||||
| Munch | Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Norway | ||
| Closing film | ||||
| All India Rank | Varun Grover | India | ||
Tiger
editThe following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Seasons | 100 årstider | Giovanni Bucchieri | Sweden |
| The Breath of Life | Nummer achttien | Guido van der Werve | Netherlands |
| Gagaland | 舞迪斯科特 | Teng Yuhan | China |
| Geology of Separation | Yosr Gasmi, Mauro Mazzocchi | Tunisia | |
| Indivision | Leïla Kilani | Morocco | |
| Munnel | Visakesa Chandrasekaram | Sri Lanka | |
| New Strains | Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan | USA | |
| Notes on a Summer | Notas sobre un verano | Diego Llorente | Spain |
| Numb | Amir Toodehroosta | Iran | |
| One Last Evening | Letzter Abend | Lukas Nathrath | Germany |
| La Palisiada | Philip Sotnychenko | Ukraine | |
| Playland | Georden West | USA | |
| Le spectre de Boko Haram | Cyrielle Raingou | Cameroon | |
| Structure | Mannvirki | Gústav Geir Bollason | Iceland |
| Thiiird | Karim Kassem | Lebanon | |
| three sparks | Naomi Uman | Albania | |
Big Screen
editThe following films are selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before the Collapse | Avant l’effondrement | Alice Zeniter, Benoît Volnais | France |
| Before the Buzzards Arrive | Antes que lleguen los zopilotes | Jonás N. Díaz | Mexico |
| Copenhagen Does Not Exist | København findes ikke | Martin Skovbjerg | Denmark |
| Drawing Lots | Lotto | Zaza Khalvashi, Tamta Khalvashi | Georgia |
| Endless Borders | Marzhaye bi payan | Abbas Amini | Czech Republic, Germany, Iran |
| Four Little Adults | Neljä pientä aikuista | Selma Vilhunen | Finland |
| La hembrita | Laura Amelia Guzmán Conde | Dominican Republic | |
| Joram | Devashish Makhija | India | |
| Luka | Jessica Woodworth | Belgium | |
| Midas' Ants | Le formiche di Mida | Edgar Honetschläger | Austria |
| My Little Nighttime Secret | Один маленький ночной секрет | Natalya Meshchaninova | Russia |
| Não Sou Nada – The Nothingness Club | Edgar Pêra | Portugal | |
| Okiku and the World | せかいのおきく | Junji Sakamoto | Japan |
| One Win | 1승 | Shin Yeon-shick | South Korea |
| Southern Storm | La sudestada | Daniel Casabé, Edgardo Dieleke | Argentina |
| Travel in Italy | Voyages en Italie | Sophie Letourneur | France |
Limelight
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Pierre Földes | Canada | |
| Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom | |
| The Blue Caftan | Le Bleu du caftan | Maryam Touzani | France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark |
| Il Boemo | Petr Václav | Czech Republic | |
| The Boys | 소년들 | Chung Ji-young | South Korea |
| Burning Days | Kurak Günler | Emin Alper | Turkey |
| Cairo Conspiracy | Tarik Saleh | Denmark | |
| EO | IO | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy |
| The Eternal Daughter | Joanna Hogg | United Kingdom | |
| Funny Pages | Owen Kline | USA | |
| Godland | Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark | |
| Goodbye Stranger | Aaron Rookus | Netherlands | |
| A House in Jerusalem | Muayad Alayan | Palestine, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar | |
| I Can't Stop Biting You | 血ぃともだち | Mamoru Oshii | Japan |
| Kamli | کملی | Sarmad Khoosat | Pakistan |
| Kira & El Gin | Marwan Hamed | Egypt | |
| Lonely Castle in the Mirror | かがみの孤城 | Keiichi Hara | Japan |
| Mediterranean Fever | حمى البحر المتوسط | Maha Haj | Germany, France, Cyprus, Palestine, Qatar |
| Medusa Deluxe | Thomas Hardiman | United Kingdom | |
| Mother and Son | Un petit frère | Léonor Serraille | France |
| Munch | Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Norway | |
| No Bears | خرس نیست | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| No Dogs or Italians Allowed | Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens | Alain Ughetto | France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal |
| Nostalgia | Mario Martone | Italy | |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop | France | |
| Showing Up | Kelly Reichardt | USA | |
| Sri Asih | Upi | Indonesia | |
| Strangeness | La stranezza | Roberto Andò | Italy |
| Superposition | Karoline Lyngbye | Denmark | |
| War Pony | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | USA | |
| The Whale | Darren Aronofsky | USA | |
| Where the Wind Blows | Philip Yung | Hong Kong | |
| We Are Next of Kin | Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen | Hans-Christian Schmid | Germany |
Harbour
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1744 White Alto | Senna Hegde | India | |
| 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned | Norbert Pfaffenbichler | Austria | |
| The Abandoned | 查無此心 | Tseng Ying-ting | Taiwan |
| Alien Food | Giorgio Cugno | Denmark | |
| If Yes, Okay | Als uw gat maar lacht | Dick Verdult | Netherlands |
| Another Spring | Mladen Kovačević | Serbia, Qatar | |
| Arnold Is a Model Student | Arnon pen nakrian tuayang | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, France, Netherlands |
| Because We Have Each Other | Sari Braithwaite | Australia | |
| Beyond the Fences of Lâlehzâr | Amen Feizabadi | Germany | |
| Blue Jean | Georgia Oakley | United Kingdom | |
| Bodyshop | Scud | Hong Kong | |
| Convenience Story | コンビニエンス ストーリー | Satoshi Miki | Japan |
| Corazonada | J.M. Cravioto | Mexico | |
| Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | Belgium | |
| Deadly Love Poetry | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia | |
| The Dead Remain with Their Mouths Open | I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta | Fabrizio Ferraro | Italy |
| Demigod: The Legend Begins | 素還真 | Chris Huang Wen-chang | Taiwan |
| Drunkard Nursing Home | Shuai Zhang | China | |
| Exterior Night | Esterno notte | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France |
| Faces of Anne | แอน | Rasiguet Sookkarn, Kongdej Jaturanrasmee | Thailand |
| Fairytale | Сказка | Alexander Sokurov | Belgium |
| Family | Don Palathara | India | |
| Will-o'-the-Wisp | Fogo-Fátuo | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal, France |
| Geylang | 芽笼 | Boi Kwong | Singapore |
| Hand | 手 | Daigo Matsui | Japan |
| How to Find Happiness | いつか、いつも つまでも。 | Shunichi Nagasaki | Japan |
| I AM HERE! | Ludwig Wüst | Austria | |
| I Love You, Beksman | Mahal kita, beksman | Percival Intalan | Philippines |
| If We Burn | James Leong, Lynn Lee | Hong Kong | |
| In My Mother's Skin | Kenneth Dagatan | Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan | |
| Killing a Traitor | Khaen-koshi | Masoud Kimiai | Iran |
| Kunstkamera | Jan Švankmajer | Czech Republic | |
| Landen | Vanessa Nica Mueller | Germany | |
| Let It Ghost | 猛鬼3寶 | Wong Hoi | Hong Kong |
| Letters Unwritten to Naiyer Masud | Shahi AJ | India | |
| A Light Never Goes Out | 燈火闌珊 | Anastasia Tsang | Hong Kong |
| Like & Share | Gina S. Noer | Indonesia | |
| Like Sheep Among Wolves | Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi | Lyda Patitucci | Italy |
| Little Dixie | John Swab | USA | |
| LOLA | Andrew Legge | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus | A longa viagem do ônibus amarelo | Júlio Bressane, Rodrigo Lima | Brazil |
| Love & Crashes | Lucile Chaufour | France | |
| Luise | Matthias Luthardt | France | |
| Maryam | Badrul Hisham Ismail | Malaysia | |
| Mascotte | Remy van Heugten | Netherlands | |
| Mayday! May day! Mayday! | Yonri S. Revolt | Indonesia | |
| Moha | Santosh Sivan | India | |
| The Mountain | La montaña | Diego Enrique Osorno | Mexico |
| The Mysterious Affair at Styles | A titokzatos stylesi eset | Péter Lichter | Hungary |
| Night in America | É noite na América | Ana Vaz | Italy, France, Brazil |
| Night Walk | 夜行 | Sohn Koo-yong | South Korea |
| At Night the Cats Are Brown | De noche los gatos son pardos | Valentin Merz | Switzerland |
| Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| One Hundred Years and Hope | 百年と希望 | Takashi Nishihara | Japan |
| Orphea in Love | Axel Ranisch | Germany | |
| The Other Shape | La otra forma | Diego Felipe Guzman | Colombia, Brazil |
| Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra | France, Spain, Portugal, Germany |
| Pamfir | Памфір | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | Ukraine, Poland, France, Luxembourg |
| Pett Kata Shaw | Nuhash Humayun | Bangladesh | |
| Power | Moc | Mátyás Prikler | Czech Republic |
| Pretty Red Dress | Dionne Edwards | United Kingdom | |
| The Condor's Fist | El puño del cóndor | Ernesto Díaz Espinoza | Chile |
| Revolution der Augen | Friederike Pezold | Austria | |
| Safe Place | Sigurno mjesto | Juraj Lerotić | Croatia |
| SAGAL: Snake and Scorpion | Lee Dongwoo | South Korea | |
| Silent Ghosts | 失语镇 | Yang Heng | Hong Kong |
| Silent Witnesses | Mudos testigos | Jeronimo Atehortua Arteaga, Luis Ospina | Colombia |
| Slowly Nowhere | Polako nikuda | Damir Čučić | Croatia |
| Something You Said Last Night | Luis De Filippis | Canada | |
| Stiekyt | Etienne Fourie | South Africa | |
| The Store | Ami-Ro Sköld | Sweden | |
| Suddenly | Aniden | Melisa Önel | Turkey |
| Tage | Peter Schreiner | Austria | |
| La tour | Guillaume Nicloux | France | |
| Trenque Lauquen | Laura Citarella | Argentina | |
| Under the Hanging Tree | Perivi John Katjavivi | Namibia | |
| Unidentified | 미확인 | Jude Chun | South Korea |
| Untold Herstory | 流麻溝十五號 | Zero Chou | Taiwan |
| Vera | Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Austria | |
| We Had the Day Bonsoir | On a eu la journée bonsoir | Narimane Mari | France |
| When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon | Lav Diaz | Denmark |
| Wicked Games: Rimini Sparta | Ulrich Seidl | Austria | |
Bright Future
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All India Rank | Varun Grover | India | |
| Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster | Sanki Her Sey Biraz Felaket | Umut Subasi | Turkey |
| Amiko | こちらあみ子 | Yūsuke Morii | Japan |
| The Bad Family | La mala familia | Nacho A. Villar, Luis Rojo | France |
| Burning Fire | Füür brännt | Michael Karrer | Switzerland |
| Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe | Harvey Rabbit | Germany | |
| Open Sky | Cielo abierto | Felipe Esparza Pérez | France |
| Clementina | Agustín Mendilaharzu, Constanza Feldman | Argentina | |
| Croma Kid | Pablo Chea | Dominican Republic | |
| Day of the Tiger | Tigru | Andrei Tănase | Romania |
| Die middag | Nafiss Nia | Netherlands | |
| The Enterprise | La empresa | André Siegers | Germany |
| I Sing to Books, and Women | A los libros y a las mujeres canto | María Elorza | Spain |
| Karparaa | Vignesh Kumulai | India | |
| Kissing the Ground You Walked On | 海鸥来过的房间 | Heng Fai Hong | Macau |
| The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty-Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His | Het leven en de vreemde verrassende avonturen van Robinson Crusoe die acht en twintig jaar helemaal alleen op een bewoond eiland leefde en zei dat het van hem was | Benjamin Deboosere | Belgium |
| My Girlfriend's Girlfriend | La amiga de mi amiga | Zaida Carmona | Spain |
| Natura | Matti Harju | Finland | |
| Outsider Girls | Las demás | Alexandra Hyland | Chile |
| Paco | Tim Carlier | Antigua & Barbuda | |
| The First Age | A primeira idade | Alexander David | Portugal |
| Represa | Diego Hoefel | Brazil | |
| Residency | Winnie Cheung | USA | |
| Shimoni | Angela Wanjiku Wamai | Kenya | |
| Vildanden | Nadja Ericsson | Sweden | |
| Whispering Mountains | Jagath Manuwarna | Sri Lanka | |
| White River | 燕交 | Ma Xue | China, South Korea |
Awards
edit| Winner(s) | Work/director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Tiger Competition | |||
| Le spectre de Boko Haram | Cyrielle Raingou | Won | [5][6] |
Special Jury Awards | |||
| Munnel | Visakesa Chandrasekaram | Won | [5] |
| New Strains | Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan | Won | |
VPRO Big Screen Award | |||
| Endless Borders | Abbas Amini | Won | [5] |
FIPRESCI Award | |||
| La Palisiada | Philip Sotnychenko | Won | [5] |
NETPAC Award | |||
| Whispering Mountains | Jagath Manuwarna | Won | [5] |
KNF Award | |||
| Aqueronte | Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Won | [5] |
Ammodo Tiger Short Awards | |||
| Natureza Humana | Mónica Lima | Won | [5] |
| Tito | Kervens Jimenez and Taylor McIntosh | Won | |
| What the Soil Remembers | José Cardoso | Won | |
Robby Müller Award | |||
| Hélène Louvart – Cinematographer (France) | Honoured | [5] | |
References
edit- ↑ Roxborough, Scott (19 December 2022). "Rotterdam Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Balaga, Marta (19 December 2022). "'An Exciting Festival Is About to Happen': IFFR Reveals Tiger Competition, Opening Film 'Munch'". Variety. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023. Lineup". MUBI. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "IFFR 2023". IFFR. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sales Ross, Rafa (3 February 2023). "'Le Spectre de Boko Haram,' a View of Terrorism Seen Through Children's Eyes, Wins Rotterdam's Tiger Award". Variety. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ Tabbara, Mona (3 February 2023). "'Le Spectre De Boko Haram' scoops top prize at Rotterdam 2023". Screen International. Retrieved 11 July 2026.