Tiger Awards for Short Film Competition

International Film Festival Rotterdam presents its third annual short film competition in order to focus extra attention on short films and their makers. From the most recent short films – films should have their European, international or world première in Rotterdam – thirty under thirty minutes have been specially selected for the Tiger Awards for Short Film.


The 20 films in IFFR 2008’s VPRO Tiger Awards for Short Film Competition:

27,000 Days by Naveen Singh (USA, 2007), 10’, international premiere
5 Walks by Anna Abrahams (The Netherlands, 2008), 15’, world premiere
The Adventure by Mike Brune (USA, 2008), 22’, world premiere
Ah, Liberty! by Ben Rivers (UK, 2008), 20’, world premiere
Allen Ginsberg Gives Great Head by X’Ho (Singapore, 2007), 15’, European premiere

As I Lay Dying by Ho Yuhang (Malaysia, 2007), 10’, European premiere
Batbox/Beatbox by Jani Ruscica (Finland, 2007), 17’, international premiere
Dear Bill Gates by Sarah Christman (USA, 2006), 17’, European premiere
Elements of Nothing by Makino Takashi (Japan, 2007), 19’, international premiere
Foggy Mountains Break Down More Than Non Foggy Mountains by Jessie Stead (USA, 2006), 59’, European premiere

Half Teaspoon (Setengah sendok the) by Ifa Isfansyah (Indonesia, 2008), 18’, world premiere
Launch by Brian Doyle (USA, 2007), 24’, European premiere
Loud_Things by Telcosystems (The Netherlands, 2008), 10’, world premiere
Minot, North Dakota by Angelika Brudniak & Cynthia Madanski (USA, 2008), 18’, world premiere
Mosaik mécanique by Norbert Pfaffenbichler (Austria, 2008), 9’, world premiere

Nook & Cranny by Francien van Everdingen (The Netherlands, 2008), 3’, world premiere
Observando el cielo by Jeanne Liotta (USA, 2007), 19’, European premiere
The Rocket by Uruphong Raksasad (Thailand, 2007), 19’, European premiere
Sketch Film #5 by Tomonari Nishikawa (USA, 2007), 3’, European premiere
Vertigo Rush by Johann Lurf (Austria, 2007), 19’, international premiere