Combining within its organisation the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Hubert Bals Fund and co-production market CineMart, IFFR offers a launching pad and supportive platform for innovative and talented independent filmmakers.
Tiger, Big Screen and Tiger Short competitions revealed for IFFR 2024
La Luna by M. Raihan Halim will close the festival, as the first Talks lineup is unveiled featuring Marco Bellocchio and Anne Fontaine
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) revealed the films selected for the Tiger, Big Screen and Tiger Short competitions at the festival’s 53rd edition.
Head South by Jonathan Oglivie opened the festival on Thursday 25 January. The film bringing the festival to a close is now also unveiled: the European premiere of M. Raihan Halim’s La Luna, a sharp comedy about a conservative Malaysian village shaken by the arrival of a lingerie store.
Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic: “As the journey into IFFR 2024 begins, it is my absolute pleasure to share with you this year’s lineup. For over half a century, IFFR has stood as a haven for diverse voices – a convergence where artists share perspectives. Our programme celebrates the resilience and creativity of global filmmakers, a testament to cinema's power to transcend borders. From Indian to Japanese epics, a Kazakh thriller, Finnish Freudian reinterpretations, Dominican sci-fi, and underground Iranian cinema, this selection invites you to dive in and immerse yourself. See you in January!”
Tiger Competition
IFFR’s frontrunning Tiger Competition is the festival’s platform for emerging film talent and features a selection of 14 titles in 2024. The Tiger Competition Jury for 2024 is Marco Müller, Ena Sendijarević, Nadia Turincev, Herman Yau and Billy Woodberry, who are set to choose the winners of the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, and two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each.
Tiger Competition 2024 selection
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, 2024, United States, world premiere
Flathead, Jaydon Martin, 2024, Australia, world premiere
Grey Bees, Dmytro Moiseiev, 2024, Ukraine, world premiere
Kiss Wagon, Midhun Murali, 2024, India, world premiere
Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others, Farshad Hashemi, 2024, Iran, Germany, Czech Republic, world premiere
Moses, Jenni Luhta, Lauri Luhta, 2024, Finland, world premiere
La Parra, Alberto Gracia, 2024, Spain, world premiere
Praia Formosa, Julia De Simone, 2024, Brazil, Portugal, world premiere
Rei, Tanaka Toshihiko, 2024, Japan, world premiere
Reise der Schatten, Yves Netzhammer, 2024, Switzerland, world premiere
She Fell to Earth, Susie Au, 2024, Hong Kong, world premiere
sr, Lea Hartlaub, 2024, Germany, world premiere
Swimming Home, Justin Anderson, 2024, United Kingdom, world premiere
Under a Blue Sun, Daniel Mann, 2024, France, Israel, world premiere
The Tiger Competition selection 2024 is now online. Click here to browse.
Clockwise, stills from the films: La Parra, Praia Formosa, She Fell to Earth, Swimming Home
Big Screen Competition
The Big Screen Competition offers a wide-ranging selection, bridging the gap between popular, classic and arthouse cinema features. 12 titles have been selected for IFFR 2024. IFFR invites an audience jury to grant the VPRO Big Screen Award. The winning film receives a guaranteed theatrical release in the Netherlands and will be broadcast on Dutch TV by VPRO and NPO. In addition, a €30,000 prize is awarded, equally shared between the filmmaker and the distributor who releases the film.
Big Screen Competition 2024 selection
Aire: Just Breathe, Leticia Tonos Paniagua, 2024, Dominican Republic, Spain world premiere
Children of War and Peace, Ville Suhonen, 2024, Finland, world premiere
Confidenza, Daniele Luchetti, 2024, Italy, world premiere
Eternal, Ulaa Salim, 2024, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, world premiere
Milk Teeth, Sophia Bösch, 2024, Germany, Switzerland, world premiere
The Old Bachelor, Oktay Baraheni, 2024, Iran, world premiere
Portrait of a Certain Orient, Marcelo Gomes, 2024, Brazil, Italy, Lebanon, world premiere
Seven Seas Seven Hills, Ram, 2024, India, world premiere
Steppenwolf, Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2024, Kazakhstan, world premiere
Tenement, Inrasothythep Neth, Sokyou Chea, 2024, Cambodia, world premiere
The Worst Man in London, Rodrigo Areias, 2024, Portugal, world premiere
Yohanna, Robby Ertanto, 2024, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Italy, world premiere
The Big Screen Competition selection 2024 is now online. Click here to browse.
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Clockwise, stills from the films: Eternal, Milk Teeth, Steppenwolf, Seven Seas Seven Hills
Tiger Short Competition
IFFR announces 21 short films selected for the Tiger Short Competition. The jury consists of Mónica Lima, Yasmina Price and Jade Wiseman, who will choose the winners of three Tiger Short Awards, each worth €5,000.
Tiger Short Competition 2024 selection
3 MWh, Marie-Magdalena Kochová, 2024, Czech Republic, world premiere
6000 mensonges, Simon Rieth, 2024, France, world premiere
Break no.1 & Break no.2., Lei Lei, 2024, China, world premiere
Crazy Lotus, Naween Noppakun, 2024, Thailand, world premiere
Daphne was a torso ending in leaves, Catriona Gallagher, 2023, Italy, Greece world premiere (festival)
Digital Devil Saga, Cameron Worden, 2024, United States, world premiere
Los dos lados de la tortuga, Oscar Illingworth, 2024, Ecuador, world premiere
Few Can See, Frank Sweeney, 2023, Ireland, world premiere (festival)
Flatastic, Alice Saey, 2024, France, Netherlands, world premiere
Flower Show, Elli Vuorinen, 2024, Finland, world premiere
History Is Written at Night, Alejandro Alonso Estrella, 2024, Cuba, France world premiere
I Would Rather Be a Stone, Ana Hušman, 2024, Croatia, world premiere
Like a Sick Yellow, Norika Sefa, 2024, Kosovo, world premiere
Petticoat Fire, Mox Mäkelä, 2024, Finland, world premiere
Potenciais à deriva, Leonardo Pirondi, 2024, Brazil, United States, world premiere
Teen Girl Fantasy, Marisa Hoicka, 2024, Canada, world premiere
Terminal Island, Sam Drake, 2024, United States, world premiere
To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion, Valentin Noujaïm, 2024, France, world premiere
Void, Iwasaki Yusuke, 2024, Japan, world premiere
The Watchman, Ali Cherri, 2024, Italy, France, world premiere
Workers' Wings, Ilir Hasanaj, 2024, Kosovo, Switzerland, world premiere
The Tiger Short Competition selection 2024 is now online. Click here to browse.
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Clockwise, stills from the films: 3 MWh, 6000 mensonges, Crazy Lotus, Digital Devil saga
Talks
Each edition, IFFR presents a Talks programme that aims to inspire – providing fresh perspectives and profound insights into the world of filmmaking.
This year's lineup features luminaries such as Marco Bellocchio (Rapito, Limelight); Rachel Maclean, one of this edition’s artists in Focus; Alexander Kluge (Cosmic Miniatures, Harbour); and Anne Fontaine (Boléro, Limelight), who each will discuss their remarkable careers.
The full Talks lineup will be announced in the second week of January.
Closing film
The European premiere of M. Raihan Halim’s La Luna will bring IFFR 2024 to a lively close. The film playfully pits religious orthodoxy against liberal values when a traditional Malaysian village is shaken up by the arrival of an upscale lingerie store.
The project was supported by the Wouter Barendrecht Award given at the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, an award that IFFR also presents to projects at CineMart, in honour of the late IFFR programmer and former head of CineMart.
As previously announced, Jonathan Ogilvie’s spirited post-punk coming-of-age comedy Head South will open the festival on Thursday 25 January 2024.
Combining within its organisation the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Hubert Bals Fund and co-production market CineMart, IFFR offers a launching pad and supportive platform for innovative and talented independent filmmakers.
Clockwise, stills from the films: La Parra, Praia Formosa, She Fell to Earth, Swimming Home
