Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films
Overview of films
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Maria Theresia und ihre 16 Kinder
Roland Rauschmeier, Ulu Braun | 30' | Austria | International premiere
Rich, idiosyncratic and free interpretation of the life of Maria Theresia and her sixteen children, linked to Austria’s rise among nations. -
Maska
Quay Brothers | 24' | Poland | None
This beautiful new animation from the Brothers Quay is a dark, terrifying fairytale after the eponymous story by Stanislaw Lem. -
Mercúrio
Sandro Aguilar | 18' | Portugal | None
At this pace, no one belongs to no one, everything changes before our eyes. Everything but mercurial, Aguilar’s filmmaking is powerful, precise & emot -
Mirages
Emanuel Licha | 22' | Canada | None
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… -
Otolith III
The Otolith Group | 49' | United Kingdom | None
A pre-make (a remake of a film before the original) of The Alien, the unrealised screenplay of legendary Bengali director Satyajit Ray. -
Out
Roee Rosen | 34' | Israel | None
Hits you like a ton of bricks. A cross between a documentary, a horror-like fiction, an erotic spectacle and a political reflection. -
Players
Pilvi Takala | 8' | Finland | None
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… -
A Short Film About War
Jon Thomson, Alison Craighead | 10' | United Kingdom | None
Narrative documentary made from online-based photos, videos and blogs of war zones, which presents itself as a fictional construct. -
Slow Action
Ben Rivers | 45' | United Kingdom | World premiere
Post-apocalyptic 16mm sci-fi film that conjoins Somerset and the isles of Lanzarote, Gunkanjima and Tuvalu, with joyful hyperbolic abandon. -
Stardust
Nicolas Provost | 20' | Belgium | None
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 -
The Story of Elfranko Wessels
Erik Moskowitz, Amanda Trager | 16' | Canada | World premiere
An unusual tale, told in a far from usual manner, featuring an intriguing use of dubbing, song, back projection, and sculptural rearrangements of furn -
These Hammers Don’t Hurt Us
Michael Robinson | 13' | USA | European premiere
The rebirth of Ancient Egypt, enchanting but with a critical note. With Cleopatra, naturally, but also The King of Pop.