Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 7    TS-2011

In the IFFR section Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films (TS), twenty-eight short films of up to 60 minutes in length will be presented to the public and to an international jury. The winners of the three Rotterdam Tiger Awards for Short Films, will be announced on Monday January 31st at 22:00 in the Kleine Zaal in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. The compilation programme Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 7 contains:

Bread for Bird

Bread for Bird

Scenes from a full life, recorded in a small, deserted village during the autumn. A moving document. Aleksandra Strelyanaya, 2010, Russia, 26 min.
1989 (When I Was Five Years Old)

1989 (When I Was Five Years Old)

When the director was five, he and his father were in a car accident. His childhood drawings are used in this harrowing animated documentary. Thor Ochsner, 2010, Denmark, 11 min.
Players

Players

Portrait of six poker professionals who live among a larger poker community in Bangkok. For them, playing poker is more a way to make money than a passion.... Pilvi Takala, 2010, Finland, Netherlands, 8 min.
dame au chien, La

dame au chien, La

A mysterious relationship between a young swimmer, a dog and a chubby lady. Where words fail, there are always large glasses of rum. Damien Manivel, 2010, France, 16 min.
Maria Theresia und ihre 16 Kinder

Maria Theresia und ihre 16 Kinder

Rich, idiosyncratic and free interpretation of the life of Maria Theresia and her sixteen children, linked to Austria's rise among nations. Roland Rauschmeier, Ulu Braun, 2010, Austria, Germany, 30 min.