Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films
Overview of films
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A History of Mutual Respect
A micro-budget film, buzzing with interstellar ambition, flamboyance and guts announces that the Abrantes/Schmidt partnership has fully arrived.
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A Short Film About War
Narrative documentary made from online-based photos, videos and blogs of war zones, which presents itself as a fictional construct.
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The Story of Elfranko Wessels
An unusual tale, told in a far from usual manner, featuring an intriguing use of dubbing, song, back projection, and sculptural rearrangements of furn
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I lupi
‘I lupi’, The Wolves, are a group of 40- to 70-year old thieves from the north of Italy. The only time they steal is when it’s very foggy.
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Home Movie
A home movie that is more than just private memories. Old 35mm film stock provides unpredictable colours and textures, creating raw poetry.
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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 pas
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Stardust
Provost took his hidden camera to Las Vegas and used the glorious, ambiguous seduction of the gambling capital to turn everyday activities into a thri
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After Empire
Where were you on the Fifteenth February Day of the Year Three of the New Time? That Saturday, history happened. History happened and we forgot about
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Otolith III
A pre-make (a remake of a film before the original) of The Alien, the unrealised screenplay of legendary Bengali director Satyajit Ray.
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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.
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It, Heat, Hit
A riot of ‘blink and you’ll miss ’em’ edits and improbable juxtapositions. Meanings are slippery, familial relations unclear, but Laure’s in complete
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Mirages
Mirages focuses on a mock Iraqi village in the Mojave desert used by the US Army for training purposes. It was built and is operated by Hollywood prof