The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced the first five films selected for its Tiger Awards Competition 2012.
Polish-American co-production It Looks Pretty from a Distance by Anka and Wilhelm Ankal ventures into the darker sides of country life. Midi Z’s Return to Burma is a rare contemporary fiction from the Southeast Asian country. Eduardo Nunes’ black and white, fairylike Southwest from Brazil has been supported by IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund. A Fish from South Korea is the first 3D-film in the Tiger Awards Competition. Focusing on the plights of a young adolescent girl, Huang Ji’s Egg and Stone from China will receive its world premiere at the festival.
Only first or second films can be selected for IFFR’s Tiger Awards Competition. All the films mentioned here are first fiction features. A jury will decide on three equal Tiger Awards, each with prize money of 15,000 Euro. The Tiger Awards Competition will comprise approximately fifteen titles.
