Festival

IFFR Audience Award

The IFFR Audience Award is given to the filmmaker of the film in the official selection with the highest average vote in the audience poll.

Winners per edition

2024
Green Border by Agnieszka Holland

2023
Dalva by Emmanuelle Nicot

2022
Freaks Out by Gabriele Mainetti

2021
February
Quo vadis, Aida?
 by Jasmila Žbanić

June
Mi chiamo Francesco Totti by Alex Infascelli

2020
Parasite (B&W Version) by Bong Joon Ho

2019
Capharnaüm by Nadine Labaki

2018
The Guilty by Gustav Möller

2017
Moonlight
by Barry Jenkins

2016
Land of Mine
by Martin Zandvliet 

2015
The Dark Horse
 by James Napier (New Zealand)

2014
Nebraska by Alexander Payne (USA)

2013
Matterhorn by Diederik Ebbinge (The Netherlands)

2012
Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau (Canada)

2011
Incendies by Denis Villeneuve (Canada)

2010
Yo, también by Álvaro Pastor & Antonio Naharro (Spain)

2009
Slumdog Millionaire
 by Danny Boyle (UK)

2008
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France)

2007
Das Leben der Anderen 
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)

2006
Eden 
by Michael Hofmann, (Germany/Switzerland) 

2005 
Turtles Can Fly by Bahman Ghobadi (Iraq/Iran)

2004
La Meglio Gioventu by Marco Tullio Giordana (Italy)

2003
Whale Rider
 by Niki Caro (New-Zealand)

2002
No Man's Land by Danis Tanovic (Bosnia/France/Belgium)

2001
Promises
by Carlos Bolado, B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro (USA)

2000
Shower by Zhang Yang (China)

1999
Festen
by Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark)

1998
De Poolse Bruid
(The Polish Bride) by Karim Traïdia (The Netherlands)

1997
Shine
by Scott Hicks (Australia)

1996
Angel Baby
by Michael Rymer (Australia)

1995
Once Were Warriors
by Lee Tamahori (New Zealand)

1994
Ein Ganz Gewohnliches Leben by Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay (Hungary)

How does it work?

It's one of those things that contribute to the ultimate festival feeling: the audience poll. As soon as the film screening starts, all members of the audience will receive a voting card in their inbox via email. After the screening you can judge the film by clicking on "Vote" in the email. You will be sent to a page where you can select your rating. Don't forget: you can only vote once! 

Voting cards are not sent out at all screenings. Precisely because it has a big impact and it is difficult to compare apples and oranges, there are as many common dividers as possible. For example, they will only be sent out at screenings of feature films (movies longer than 60 minutes), and not at the first screening of a Dutch premiere or film where a large delegation is present. The scores of personal relatives are not comparable to those of the objective visitor.

The film must be new (recently produced), and there need to be more than 35 respondents prior for a film to be included in the list. Movies that do not meet these criteria are no less important. In fact, they are unique. It's what makes IFFR fun: there are movies of all kinds and sizes and an audience with an opinion. And don't forget: you are always allowed to give your opinion, maybe not through the voting system, but in the pub, on Facebook or Twitter.

Awards & Competitions

Awards & Competitions

IFFR Audience Award Standings

Find the final standings of the IFFR Audience Award.