Berlin -- Films from Costa Rica, Thailand and Mexico won this year's trio of Tiger Awards at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place Jan. 27-Feb.6, with the prizes for first- and second-time directors going to Paz Fabrega's "Cold Water of the Sea," Anocha Suwichakornpong's "Mundane History" and Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio's "To the Sea."
The prizes, which are valued equally, each come with a cash bursary of €15,000 ($20,520).
Spanish drama "Yo, Tambien," which scooped the acting prizes in San Sebastian last year, won Rotterdam's audience award. The Dioraphte Award, which is given to a film supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, went to "Soul Boy" from Kenyan director Hawa Essuman. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer produced "Soul Boy" as the pilot project for his new One Fine Day Films shingle, which aims to help filmmakers in the poorer regions of Africa finance and produce their stories.
"Soul Boy...
The prizes, which are valued equally, each come with a cash bursary of €15,000 ($20,520).
Spanish drama "Yo, Tambien," which scooped the acting prizes in San Sebastian last year, won Rotterdam's audience award. The Dioraphte Award, which is given to a film supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, went to "Soul Boy" from Kenyan director Hawa Essuman. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer produced "Soul Boy" as the pilot project for his new One Fine Day Films shingle, which aims to help filmmakers in the poorer regions of Africa finance and produce their stories.
"Soul Boy...
- 2/8/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Five additional films have been named to compete for the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Tiger Awards. Added to the roster are: Paz Fabrega’s “Agua Fria de Mar” (Coldwater of the Sea), set on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica during the Christmas holiday season. It is a sensitive and atmospheric story of a young couple and a seven-year old girl with very different social backgrounds. Also, Danish directors and screenwriters Michael …...
- 12/17/2009
- Indiewire
We'll find out the exact line-up soon enough and I'll see just how my predictions pan out for the upcoming edition of Sundance. - We'll find out the exact line-up soon enough and I'll see just how my predictions pan out for the upcoming edition of Sundance. For practicality reasons, here is a quick listing, I've included the titles below and if you want to familiarize yourself with the projects, you can go back and check out last week's brief summaries: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX. Would be surprised if these weren't at the festival:...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Madrid -- Six unfinished films from Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina will screen at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival in the Films in Progress sidebar, competing for post-production financing and a foothold in the international festival circuit.
The increasingly popular sidebar, which has garnered an energetic following from buyers looking to get a first glimpse at nearly finished, promising projects from Latin America, has seen many of its winners screen at the world's top festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and San Sebastian.
Answering to the growing popularity of the section, organizers said they received 115 projects from 21 countries -- significantly up from the 64 titles submitted last year.
Backed by a wide-range of professional entities, the top film wins post-production financing until receiving a 35mm English subtitled print. Other awards include €60,000 ($86,000) from pubcaster Television Espanola in exchange for Spanish broadcast rights and the Casa de America award with...
The increasingly popular sidebar, which has garnered an energetic following from buyers looking to get a first glimpse at nearly finished, promising projects from Latin America, has seen many of its winners screen at the world's top festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and San Sebastian.
Answering to the growing popularity of the section, organizers said they received 115 projects from 21 countries -- significantly up from the 64 titles submitted last year.
Backed by a wide-range of professional entities, the top film wins post-production financing until receiving a 35mm English subtitled print. Other awards include €60,000 ($86,000) from pubcaster Television Espanola in exchange for Spanish broadcast rights and the Casa de America award with...
- 8/25/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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