Juries and Awards
Awards History & Laureates
VPRO Tiger Award winners 2007: (from left to right) Pia Marais for THE UNPOLISHED, Claudio Assis for BOG OF BEASTS, Tan Chui Mui for LOVE CONQUERS ALL, Morten Hartz Kaplers for AFR.Find below an outline of IFFR’s Awards History and descriptions of the various Awards. Click on the Award title to view its Rotterdam winners list.
The first years: from non-competitive to VPRO Tiger Awards
For the first 25 years, the International Film Festival Rotterdam was non-competitive to give each film an equal status within the programme. It wasn’t until 1995 that former IFFR director Emile Fallaux launched the Tiger Awards Competition for first or second features, sponsored by Dutch public network VPRO. In 2005, the festival introduced the Tiger Awards Competition for short films.
VPRO Tiger Awards Competition In 1995, former IFFR director Emile Fallaux launched the Tiger Awards Competition for first or second features as a platform for discovering talents. Each festival edition, an international jury grants three VPRO Tiger Awards consisting of Euro 10,000 each as well as guaranteed TV airing in The Netherlands.
Rotterdam's VPRO Tiger Awards Competition has quickly grown out to become the heart of the festival, symbolising the spirit of support and discovery within the worldwide independent and creative cinema that runs through all its sidebars and special programmes.
Tiger Awards For Short Film Competition supported by Tiger Business Lounge and INHOLLAND university
The IFFR is, for many editions already, proud to present a comprehensive programme of recent short films as it is the cinematographic form par excellence for creativity, experiment and discovering young filmmaking talent. IFFR introduced the first Tiger Awards Competition for short films during its 2005 edition. The festival takes a group of around thirty titles, up to sixty minutes each, out of its short film selection. For the competition an international jury is invited to choose three winners, each taking 3,000 Euro
Dioraphte Award
€10.000 prize awarded by an international jury to one of the Hubert Bals Fund supported films within the 2008 festival selection.
KPN Audience Award Each festival edition, the public’s opinion is reflected in a list of audience favourites published in the Daily Tiger and on the festival website. From 1994 till 1999 the Audience Award was sponsored by Citroën, from 2000 till 2003 by Canal+, in 2004 by KPN, in 2005 and 2006 by Tiscali, in 2007 by KPN.
NETPAC Award
A jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) chooses the Best Asian feature film shown at the festival.
MovieSquad Award
Award presented by a young adults-jury invited by IFFR and the Dutch Institute for Film Education. The price consists of Euro 1,000 to promote the winning film within the MovieZone programme in Dutch arthouses.
Prince Claus Fund Film Grant
Since IFFR 2001, an international jury awards the Euro 15,000 Prince Claus Fund Film Grant to one of the CineMart Projects in support of its first creative production phase. The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development is one of the partners of CineMart.
Arte France Cinéma Awards
In collaboration with Arte France Cinéma, IFFR's CineMart introduced the Arte France Cinéma Awards during the 2005 festival edition. An international jury awards two CineMart Projects with a cash price of each 10,000 Euro given to the producers in support of financing the development of the awarded projects. By introducing the Award, Arte France Cinéma and CineMart aim to further support and promote the development and production of independent filmmaking.
Movies That Matter Award Since IFFR 2003 the Amnesty International - DOEN Jury, from 2007 on the Movies That Matter Jury awards its Euro 5.000 prize to the best feature film or documentary out of a selection of ten festival films on human rights and/or human dignity. If the winning film is not already picked up for Dutch distribution, it gets a modest release within The Netherlands. The selection of ten IFFR films is screened also within the next Amnesty International Film Festival (Amsterdam).
Prix UIP Rotterdam Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards
For the very first time the 'Prix UIP Rotterdam Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards' (€ 2.000) will be awarded during the IFFR 2006. The winner is automaticaly nominated for the European Film Awards.
KNF Award From 1983 on, a jury of Dutch film critics and members of the Circle of Dutch Film Journalists (KNF) choose their favourite feature film. The Award (consisting of free subtitling sponsored by Holland Subtitling) is meant to promote theatrical distribution of the winner within The Netherlands.
Rotterdam Awards
Shortly before the 1986 edition, IFFR asked some 80 film professionals to choose their favorites in five categories for the ‘Rotterdam Awards’. The festival’s motivation was to direct early attention to filmmakers who didn’t receive the recognition they deserved. The Rotterdam Awards have only been awarded in 1986 and 1987.
FIPRESCI Award
From the 1990 IFFR edition on, a jury of international film critics - members of the Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique (FIPRESCI) - selects its favorite film for the FIPRESCI Award.
The Awards Ceremony of the International Film Festival Rotterdam takes places on the last Friday within the festival period; the Audience Award winner is announced on the last Saturday within the festival period.