The Big Screen Award
Overview of films
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Soegija
Historic film shows in a special way – special for both countries – the violent divorce between the colonial Netherlands and the new and militant Indo
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Odayaka
The tsunami disaster is far away, but the fear it brought is very tangible. Producer and actress Kiki Sugino plays her most gripping role ever as a yo
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Northwest
Clever young local burglar in a suburb is commissioned by immigrant traders. When he also does jobs for local gangsters, the extra earnings bring majo
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Mater Dolorosa
Adolfo makes several films each year, without losing quality. This time it’s a dramatic crime family story with impressive acting and equally impressi
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Bellas mariposas
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 the large
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Drug War
Five years ago, ‘Gangstermeister’ Johnnie To brought an overdose of dazzling Hong-Kong films to Rotterdam and plundered all the local antique shops. H
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Matei Child Miner
Matei lives with his grandfather in Romania. His parents have gone to work in Italy. After arguing with his grandfather, he leaves. A poignant, beauti
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How to Describe a Cloud
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, but it is
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Jacky au royaume des filles
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 marrying the ‘Colone
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Obvious Child
Stand-up comedian Donna is dumped by her cheating boyfriend, loses her job, gets blind drunk and becomes pregnant from a one-night stand. She consider
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La distancia
A performance artist is being held in a deserted Siberian power station following the unexpected death of his oligarch patron. Dryly comic surrealism
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To Kill a Man
In their poor neighbourhood, hardworking, well-intentioned Jorge and his family are terrorised by local criminal Kalule’s clan. Exciting, disturbing f