Given the circumstances, we’ve had to host our flagship film competitions a little differently this year. Films in the Tiger Competition, Big Screen Competition, and Ammodo Tiger Short Competition are only available online to accredited press and industry during our festival days, but will meet local audiences later in the year once cinemas reopen in the Netherlands. This ensures our flagship selections get the exhibition they deserve: on the big screen. Keep reading for a look at the lineups.
Please note: titles in these lists do not screen to general public during IFFR 2022 between 26 January and 6 February
Tiger Competition
Our flagship Tiger Competition is the festival’s platform for emerging film talent and features a selection of 14 titles for its 51st edition. The jury will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, and two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each. The Tiger Jury consists of Zsuzsi Bánkuti, Gust Van den Berghe, Tatiana Leite, Thekla Reuten and Farid Tabarki.
Tiger Competition 2022 selection
- Achrome, Maria Ignatenko, 2022, Russia
- The Cloud Messenger, Rahat Mahajan, 2022, India
- A criança, Marguerite de Hillerin/Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois, 2022, Portugal
- EAMI, Paz Encina, 2022, Paraguay/Germany/Argentina/Netherlands/France/United States
- Excess Will Save Us, Morgane Dziurla-Petit, 2022, Sweden
- Kafka for Kids, Roee Rosen, 2022, Israel
- Malintzin 17, Mara Polgovsky/Eugenio Polgovsky, 2022, Mexico
- Met mes, Sam de Jong, 2022, Netherlands
- The Plains, David Easteal, 2022, Australia
- Proyecto Fantasma, Roberto Doveris, 2022, Chile
- Le rêve et la radio, Renaud Després-Larose/Ana Tapia Rousiouk, 2022, Canada
- Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish, Lei Lei, 2022, United States/Netherlands
- To Love Again, Gao Linyang, 2022, China
- Yamabuki, Yamasaki Juichiro, 2022, Japan/France
Click here to browse the Tiger Competition selection
Big Screen Competition
The Big Screen Competition bridges the gap between popular, classic and arthouse cinema. This year, 10 titles have been selected. We invite an audience jury to grant the VPRO Big Screen Award. The winning film receives a guaranteed theatrical release in the Netherlands and will be broadcast on Dutch TV by VPRO and NPO. In addition, a €30,000 prize is awarded, equally shared between the filmmaker and the distributor who releases the film.
Big Screen Competition 2022 selection
- Assault, Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2022, Kazakhstan/Russia
- Broadway, Christos Massalas, 2022, Greece/France/Romania
- CE2 (Third Grade), Jacques Doillon, 2021, France
- Daryn’s Gym, Brett Michael Innes, 2021, South Africa
- Drifting Petals, Clara Law, 2021, Australia
- The Island, Anca Damian, 2021, Romania
- Kung Fu Zohra, Mabrouk El Mechri, 2021, France
- Mi vacío y yo, Adrián Silvestre, 2021, Spain
- Splendid Isolation, Urszula Antoniak, 2022, Netherlands
Click here to browse the Big Screen Competition selection
Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
16 short films make up this edition’s Ammodo Tiger Short Competition. The jury consists of Tim Leyendekker, Nduka Mntambo and Rieke Vos. They will determine which three titles will receive three equal Ammodo Tiger Short Awards, each worth €5,000.
Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2022 selection
- Answering the Sun, Rainer Kohlberger, 2022, Austria/Germany
- Becoming Male in the Middle Ages, Pedro Neves Marques, 2022, Portugal
- Chants from a Holy Book, Cesar Gananian/Cassiana Der Haroutiounian, 2021, Brazil
- Constant, Sasha Litvintseva/Beny Wagner, 2022, Germany/United Kingdom
- Dawn, Leonor Noivo, 2021, Portugal
- Glass Life, Sara Cwynar, 2021, United States
- Isn't It a Beautiful World, Joseph Wilson, 2021, United Kingdom
- The Making of Crime Scenes, Hsu Che-yu, 2022, France/Taiwan
- Nazarbazi, Maryam Tafakory, 2022, Iran/United Kingdom
- El nombre de las cosas, Diego Escobar, 2022, Chile
- Nosferasta: First Bite, Bayley Sweitzer/Adam Khalil, 2021, United States
- Polycephaly in D, Michael Robinson, 2021, United States
- Punctured Sky, Jon Rafman, 2021, United States
- Songs for living, Korakrit Arunanondchai/Alex Gvojic, 2022, United States/Thailand
- Tomorrow Is a Water Palace, Juanita Onzaga, 2022, Belgium
- urban solutions, Arne Hector/Luciana Mazeto/Vinícius Lopes/Minze Tummescheit, 2022, Germany/Brazil
Click here to browse the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition selection
