The Big Screen Award
Overview of films
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Another Year
Oxana Bychkova | 107' | Russia | World premiere
He’s an unemployed guy who earns some money by giving lifts to strangers. She’s a graphic designer who just got her first job. The film… -
Bellas mariposas
Salvatore Mereu | 102' | Italy | International premiere
A day in the life of 12-year-old Caterina who, from the slums of the Sardinian capital Cagliari, spreads her optimistic view of the world on… -
La distancia
Sergio Caballero | 80' | Spain | World premiere
A performance artist is being held in a deserted Siberian power station following the unexpected death of his oligarch patron. Dryly comic surrealism -
Drug War
Johnnie To | 107' | Hong Kong | None
Five years ago, ‘Gangstermeister’ Johnnie To brought an overdose of dazzling Hong-Kong films to Rotterdam and plundered all the local antique shops. H -
How to Describe a Cloud
David Verbeek | 80' | Netherlands | World premiere
A young woman in Taipei is confronted with the blindness of her mother who is convinced she has a sixth sense. Shot with little facilities,… -
I Swear I’ll Leave This Town
Daniel Aragão | 90' | Brazil | International premiere
After a period of rehab, the daughter of a politician in Recife has to reintegrate into society and adapt her behaviour to the wishes of… -
It’s Us
Nick Reding | 92' | Kenya | European premiere
Convincing proof that an educational, political film made in Africa (Kenya) can also be good fun. Even comical. A nonchalant mix of film and theatre, -
Jacky au royaume des filles
Riad Sattouf | 87' | France | World premiere
In the Kingdom of Bubunne, women are in power while men wear veils and do domestic tasks. Jacky, a lovely young man who dreams of… -
Jauja
Lisandro Alonso | 108' | Argentina | None
The vision of Lisandro Alonso, the blinding photography of Kaurismäki’s regular cameraman and the use of actor/musician Viggo Mortensen combined to en -
Key House Mirror
Michael Noer | 90' | Denmark | International premiere
An old woman (a wonderful Gita Nørby) in the autumn of her life falls in love with a man who is not her husband. This… -
The Lesson
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | 107' | Bosnia and Herzegovina | None
A young woman desperately needs money to save herself from social and moral collapse. This simple situation becomes a highly emotional tragedy and mor -
Magical Girl
Carlos Vermut | 127' | Spain | None
The big winner at the San Sebastian Festival, a contemporary, stylised and occasionally Surrealist film noir. A father wants to grant the last, expens