Closing IFFR 2022: Return of the Tiger
16 October 2022
IFFR returned to cinemas with its IFFR 2022: Return of the Tiger event – a showcase of titles from its 51st edition competitions that could not be screened in the regular festival dates earlier in 2022. Currently, all but four of the participating titles have been shown in the Netherlands exclusively by IFFR. Over the weekend, 35 titles from Tiger Competition, Big Screen Competition and Ammodo Tiger Short Competition selections were screened to audiences in the presence of 29 filmmakers and representatives, with live Q&As and DJs into the evening. Here we recap the events of our dynamic weekend where we met to watch films together once again. The festival now looks ahead to its next full edition which takes place from Wednesday 25 January to Sunday 5 February 2023.
IFFR 2022: Return of the Tiger facts and figures
- 35 titles screened from the IFFR 2022 Official Selection
- 13 Tiger Competition titles
- 8 Big Screen Competition titles
- 14 Ammodo Tiger Short Competition titles
- 29 filmmakers and representatives attended
- 39 Q&As hosted
Friday 14 October
Before the opening night, IFFR took over the Eendrachtsplein with its familiar tiger logo installation, to remind all that IFFR was coming back to cinemas at the weekend. Screenings began on Friday 14 with titles being shown at Cinerama Filmtheater and LantarenVenster from 16:00 to 23:00 (and throughout the festival). In the morning, filmmakers who had arrived for the event were brought on a city tour of Rotterdam. Screenings started at Cinerama with the Tiger Award Winner EAMI by Paz Encina, before an evening hosted by VPRO featuring Mabrouk El Mechri’s VPRO Big Screen Award 2022 winner, Kung Fu Zohra.
This was one of many notable screenings on Friday with Q&As from…
- Juan Cano on Proyecto Fantasma
- Adrián Silvestre on Mi vacío y yo
- Rahat Mahajan on The Cloud Messenger
- Roee Rosen on Kafka for Kids
- Yamasaki Juichiro on Yamabuki
- Marguerite de Hillerin and Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois on A criança
- Mabrouk El Mechri on Kung Fu Zohra
- Ammodo Tiger Short filmmakers including Diego Escobar on El nombre de las cosas
The festivities continued into the night at Cinerama where DJ collective Funk Yard Sound System provided live DJ sets until 01:00.
Saturday 15 October
Starting early, there were screenings from 10:45 until 22:00 at night. There were further Q&A sessions with filmmakers such as…
- Brett Michael Innes on Daryn's Gym
- Anca Damian on The Island
- Morgane Dziurla-Petit on Excess Will Save Us
- Paz Encina on EAMI
- David Easteal on The Plains
- Isabelle Glachant on Ningdu
- Renaud Després-Larose and Ana Tapia Rousiouk on Le rêve et la radio
- Sam de Jong on Met mes
- Ammodo Tiger Short filmmakers including Hsu Che-Yu on The Making of Crime Scenes
Once again, the celebrations carried on into the night with music from the DJ collective Funk Yard Sound System at Cinerama from 21:30 – 01:00.
Sunday 16 October
Starting at 10:00 and running films until 23:00 that night, the closing day was the special opportunity to catch the Short Film Marathon, in which visitors could watch every title from the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2022. There were further Q&As before the filmmakers closed out the event together with a dinner.
Throughout the weekend, the events were covered on social media with photo and video from our gatherings, screenings, and Q&As; including exclusive impromptu interviews with filmmakers Roee Rosen, Paz Encina, Mabrouk El Mechri Marguerite de Hillerin and Félix and Dutilloy-Liégeois, which can be found on our Instagram page.
There was also a merchandise stall held by our team at Cinerama where our new merchandise was available for sale. If you are interested in purchasing some of our merchandise please visit our online shop.
IFFR 2023
After making our cinema comeback, IFFR begins looking toward the next edition, IFFR 2023. Keep an eye on our social media channels, as the call to participate in the jury for IFFR Big Screen Competition 2023 is coming soon.
Can’t wait until 2023 to come to another IFFR screening? See this page for more information about IFFR KINO Season 7, during which we are screening films every first Wednesday of the month.
