{"id":211272,"date":"2022-02-06T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=211272"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:40:52","slug":"51st-edition-ends-iffr-to-show-more-films-later-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/51st-edition-ends-iffr-to-show-more-films-later-in-2022","title":{"rendered":"51st edition ends, IFFR to show more films later in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freaks Out wins VriendenLoterij Audience Award, 25 Encounters programme launched<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)\u2019s screening of Dragon Inn by King Hu marks the close of the 51st edition and the launch of the 25 Encounters programme.\u00a0Freaks Out by Italian director Gabriele Mainetti is the winner of the VriendenLoterij Audience Award 2022.\u00a0The IFFR 2022 Official Selection encompassed 217 films. The festival presented 54 films to audiences on IFFR.com, the world premiere of Along the Way in cinemas and 5 Big Talks available worldwide. IFFR also presented a selection of films to 2,112 press and industry guests on Festival Scope Pro, which included Tiger Competition, Big Screen Competition and Ammodo Tiger Short selections.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic: \u201cToday marks the close of another exceptional edition of IFFR \u2013 a festival that saw the world premiere of Amanda Kramer\u2019s\u00a0Please Baby Please<\/strong>, the Tiger Award going to\u00a0EAMI<\/strong>\u00a0by Paz Encina, thought-provoking IFFR Pro sessions about the \u2018new possible\u2019, the launch of our landmark 25 Encounters programme and the world premiere of\u00a0Along the Way<\/strong>\u00a0by Mijke de Jong in cinemas during our closing weekend. It was heartwarming to feel the continued support of filmmakers, industry members, partners and audiences in the face of ongoing uncertainties. We are proud to find alternative ways to bring exciting new films and look forward to presenting our competition titles later this year as they were intended: to audiences on the big screen in the presence of filmmakers.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world premiere of Amanda Kramer\u2019s\u00a0Please Baby Please<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0opened the festival on 26 January on IFFR.com. The 51st edition programme was\u00a0moved online<\/a>\u00a0in response to lockdown measures introduced in December 2021 in the Netherlands.\u00a0IFFR 2022\u2019s programme<\/a>\u00a0presented 54 films to audiences on IFFR.com, including 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres, from 26 January to 6 February.\u00a0Big Talks<\/a>\u00a0with Mathieu Amalric, Amanda Kramer, Rachel Lang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom and Joachim Trier & Renate Reinsve were made available to audiences worldwide on IFFR.com. The\u00a0world premiere of\u00a0Along the Way<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in cinemas added an onsite dimension to IFFR during the festival\u2019s closing weekend. The closing film\u00a0Dragon Inn<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by King Hu marks the close of IFFR 2022 and the launch of\u00a025 Encounters<\/a>, a curated publication and accompanying film programme on IFFR Unleashed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IFFR Awards Ceremony on 2 February announced the\u00a0main competition award winners<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the IFFR Pro Award winners<\/a>. The competition selections, which have been exclusively screening online for press and industry guests during the festival, will\u00a0screen in cinemas for audiences later in the year<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival has registered 117,000 audience visits to date. This figure was generated by multiplying the number of tickets by a factor of 1.7 per household. This multiplication factor is based on a survey among nearly 3,500 ticket holders done in 2021. A record number of 550 accredited press attended the festival online, from 65 territories. IFFR Pro welcomed 1,562 industry guests from 86 territories to a series of industry events online, including CineMart and Rotterdam Lab.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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25 Encounters<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The screening of this edition\u2019s closing film, King Hu\u2019s 1967 sword-fighting classic Dragon Inn<\/strong><\/a>, is the launch of 25 Encounters<\/a>. The programme comprises 25 conversations between filmmakers and film enthusiasts reflecting on the past, present and future of film, film festivals and IFFR. Participants of the conversations include Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Christine Vachon, Olivier Assayas, Ayoka Chenzira, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Costa-Gavras and Yuasa Masaaki. All encounters are captured in a limited edition printed publication which will be released with an accompanying film programme of 25 titles chosen by each duo. The film programme will be made available on IFFR Unleashed in three releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFR 2022 facts & figures<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Figures are indicative. The definitive IFFR 2022 figures will be reported in the upcoming Annual Report. IFFR 2023 festival dates will be announced later this year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFR 2022 Official Selection<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb217 films<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFR 2022 Selection available on IFFR.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb17 Harbour titles\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb4 Bright Future titles\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb5 Limelight titles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb8 Focus: Amanda Kramer titles\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb6 Cinema Regained titles\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb1 Short & Mid-length title\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb12 RTM titles\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb1 Scopitone title<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb5 Big Talks accessible globally online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb33 films eligible for the VriendenLoterij Audience Award, 11 of which received an audience rating of four out of five or higher.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press & Industry selection 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb14 Tiger Competition titles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb9 Big Screen Competition titles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb16 Ammodo Tiger Short Competition titles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb56 feature films\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb12 mid-length films<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb55 Short films<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb4 VR projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb22,672 Festival Scope Pro visits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Audience engagement<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb117,000 visits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of which, 1,500 visits were onsite<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb5% decrease in comparison with the February festival days of IFFR 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb1.7 multiplier for online visits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fbGeographical representation of visits per province<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, 40% of audience members were watching from the province of South Holland, of which Rotterdam is the largest city. This is the same representation as in 2021.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The province of North Holland (which includes Amsterdam, Haarlem and Alkmaar) represented 32%, an increase of 8 percent point compared to 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viewers from other provinces made up 28% of the audience.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb905,000 YouTube views from 7 January until 6 February<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press guests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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\u30fb550 journalists (88 Netherlands-based journalists and 462 international journalists)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to 508 journalists (80 Netherlands-based journalists and 428 international journalists) during the February festival days of IFFR 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb65 countries represented in total\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7% increase from IFFR 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFR Pro Days<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb1,562 guests from the film industry including:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

827 IFFR Pro guests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

141 filmmakers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

86 countries represented<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

594 CineMart guests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4,473 visits to IFFR Pro activities, including online panels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

656 CineMart one-on-one meetings facilitated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb40,000\u00a0of visits (both online and physical) by school children, students and teachers between 1 March 2021 and 5 February 2022, an increase of 99% compared to IFFR 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22% of lessons and workshops took place physically in cinemas and schools<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

78% of lessons and workshops took place online<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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