{"id":211248,"date":"2021-12-08T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=211248"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:41:27","slug":"amanda-kramer-qiu-jiongjiong-and-yuasa-masaaki-at-iffr-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/amanda-kramer-qiu-jiongjiong-and-yuasa-masaaki-at-iffr-2022","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Kramer, Qiu Jiongjiong and Yuasa Masaaki at IFFR 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a><\/a>Short & Mid-length titles and Robby M\u00fcller Award recipient also announced<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces three focus programmes for its 51st edition dedicated to distinguished filmmakers Amanda Kramer, Qiu Jiongjiong and Yuasa Masaaki. The festival also reveals the explorative Short & Mid-length Film programme, including Short Profiles on visual artist Stanya Kahn and Bay Area art scene mainstay tooth. Also revealed: visionary Thai cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom to receive the third annual Robby M\u00fcller Award and the jury for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFR 2022 will take place from 26 January to 6 February in Rotterdam. The festival continues to place paramount importance on the health and safety of all visitors and aligns with the guidance of the\u00a0Netherlands\u2019 Institute for Public Health and Environment<\/a>\u00a0(the RIVM).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic: \u201cWe are closely monitoring the developments in the Netherlands and already anticipate that the circumstances as well as the governmental restrictions put in place to combat the current wave of Covid-19 will impact the shape of IFFR 2022. How exactly our festival will be adapted is something which our entire team is working on right now and we will be able to share more at our press conference on Friday 7 January. At this stage, we confirm IFFR Pro Days events CineMart and Rotterdam Lab will take place online. In spite of these continuous challenges, we carry on adapting an exciting programme for our film loving community.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filmmakers in focus<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IFFR 2022 presents three retrospective programmes, dedicated to genre-defying filmmakers whose distinguished careers have left their mark on global cinema. The\u00a0Focus: Amanda Kramer<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>programme features eight film works from the American filmmaker, musician and author known for films featuring wild aesthetics and bold performances that grapple with the unreality of life. IFFR will mark the world premiere of two feature films: In\u00a0Please Baby Please<\/a><\/strong>, which stars Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling and Demi Moore, a 1950s bohemian couple who finds their sexuality and senses awakened after they encounter a reckless street gang.\u00a0Give Me Pity!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>presents a young performer giving the show of her life in a VHS-style TV-special disco dream.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bark<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2016, United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give<\/strong>\u00a0Me<\/strong>\u00a0Pity!<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2022, United States,\u00a0world premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intervene<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2018, United States,\u00a0European premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ladyworld<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2018, United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris<\/strong>\u00a0Window<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2018, United States,\u00a0European premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please<\/strong>\u00a0Baby<\/strong>\u00a0Please<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2022, United States,\u00a0world premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requests<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2017, United States,\u00a0international premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sin<\/strong>\u00a0Ultra<\/strong><\/a>, Amanda Kramer, 2019, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Film stills: Ladyworld and Give Me Pity!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focus:<\/strong>\u00a0Qiu<\/strong>\u00a0Jiongjiong<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0presents one of China\u2019s most innovative artists and filmmakers with a series of films and an exhibition. Intimate memory and national history resonate in Qiu\u2019s baroque rhapsodies of music and design. Six of his films are presented, including his latest masterwork\u00a0A New Old Play<\/strong><\/a>. Its overview of China from the 1930s to the 1980s, filtered through the semi-fictionalised life of a Sichuan opera star, won the Special Jury Prize at the 74th Locarno Film Festival; the film was supported in development by IFFR\u2019s Hubert Bals Fund. The accompanying exhibition\u00a0Qiu Jiongjiong: A Play with Paintings, Drawings and Manuscripts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0displays different stages of Qiu\u2019s creative process.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madame<\/strong><\/a>, Qiu Jiongjiong, 2010, China,\u00a0European premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The<\/strong>\u00a0Moon<\/strong>\u00a0Palace<\/strong><\/a>, Qiu Jiongjiong, 2007, China,\u00a0international premiere<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My<\/strong>\u00a0Mother\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0Rhapsody<\/strong><\/a>, Qiu Jiongjiong, 2011, China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A<\/strong>\u00a0New<\/strong>\u00a0Old<\/strong>\u00a0Play<\/strong><\/a>, Qiu Jiongjiong, 2021, China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ode<\/strong>\u00a0to<\/strong>\u00a0Joy<\/strong><\/a>, Qiu Jiongjiong, 2008, China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portrait<\/strong>\u00a0of<\/strong>\u00a0Mr. Huang<\/strong><\/a>, Qiu Jiongjiong, 2009, China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Film still: A New Old Play<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focus: Yuasa Masaaki<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0presents a selection of films and episodic series by the critically acclaimed Japanese animator and filmmaker. Alongside a selection of his characteristic wild free-form works, IFFR 2022 will show Yuasa\u2019s charming fairytale\u00a0Ride Your Wave<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and his latest work\u00a0INU-OH<\/strong><\/a>\u2013 an anime rock opera about friendship and the power of sincere art, that premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

INU-OH<\/strong><\/a>, Yuasa Masaaki, 2021, Japan\/China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl<\/strong><\/a>, Yuasa Masaaki, 2017, Japan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ride<\/strong>\u00a0Your<\/strong>\u00a0Wave<\/strong><\/a>, Yuasa Masaaki, 2019, Japan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more on the focus programmes\u00a0here<\/a><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robby M\u00fcller Award goes to Sayombhu Mukdeeprom<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thai cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom will receive the third\u00a0Robby M\u00fcller Award<\/a>. Awarded in collaboration with the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers (NSC) and Andrea M\u00fcller-Schirmer, Robby M\u00fcller\u2019s wife, the award annually honours an outstanding \u2018image maker\u2019 in the spirit of the late Dutch cinematographer. Mukdeeprom is renowned for collaborating with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose latest film\u00a0Memoria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will screen at IFFR. He also worked with celebrated international filmmakers such as Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights<\/strong>) and Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name<\/strong>), amongst others.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short & Mid-length Film at IFFR<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Short & Mid-length Film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes with a focus on Artists\u2019 Moving Image, Stories and Mid-length titles. The Artists\u2019 Moving Image section includes the world premiere of\u00a0The<\/strong>\u00a0Worm<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by British artist Ed Atkins. The Stories section presents Swedish filmmaker Philip Ullman\u2019s\u00a0What Dying Feels Like<\/strong><\/a>. The programme also confirms Mid-length films, including the world premieres of\u00a0Spiegl<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Dutch filmmaker Vita Soul Wilmering and\u00a0How to Improve the World<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Vietnamese filmmaker Nguyen Trinh Thi.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clockwise: The Worm, How to Improve the World, What Dying Feels Like, Spiegl<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selection also features two Short Profiles, dedicated to Stanya Kahn and tooth. Six works by the widely-exhibited American interdisciplinary artist and 2012 Guggenheim Fellow are presented in\u00a0Short Profile: Stanya Kahn<\/strong><\/a>, including 2021\u2019s\u00a0So Low You Can\u2019t Get Over It<\/a><\/strong>, in which animated paintings manifest uncertainty.\u00a0Short Profile: tooth<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>presents a mainstay in the San Francisco experimental art scene whose work has rarely been seen outside of the Bay Area enclave and is often performance-based extended cinema with multiple projectors and live accompanying scores. IFFR presents a rare profile of their work, including two 2021 productions,\u00a0katabasis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the 2x16mm performance work\u00a0infinite column<\/strong><\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more on the Short & Mid-length Film selection\u00a0here<\/a><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ammodo Tiger Short Competition jury<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IFFR confirms the jury for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition will consist of London-based scholar and critic Erika Balsom, film and video artist Stanya Kahn, and filmmaker, artist and head of the master\u2019s programme at the Netherlands Film Academy Nduka Mntambo. The jury will determine which three titles will receive three equal Ammodo Tiger Short Awards, each worth \u20ac5,000.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFR 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IFFR Pro Days events CineMart and Rotterdam Lab will now take place online, for which a dedicated announcement will be published on 16 December. This will include details regarding services and accreditation for industry guests at IFFR 2022, as well as the complete CineMart selection. The full IFFR 2022 programme will be announced during our press conference, now scheduled to take place on 7 January 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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