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Festivals - Netherlands - Good French presence in Tiger Competition

2009-01-27 09:00:09

Juliette Garcias' feature debut Be Good premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Tiger Awards Competition for first and second films. The most well-known section of the festival, with its three VPRO Tiger Awards, is now a part of the new Bright Future section. Starting as a Burgundy-set variation on The Grocer's Son, Be Good follows a teenage girl barely old enough...

Festivals - Netherlands - Rotterdam's Asian Tigers

2009-02-03 09:00:28

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) awarded its VPRO Tiger Awards this weekend as the festival came to a close. The three top prizes, each worth €15,000, all went to films from Asia. A broadcast slot on main sponsor VPRO's timetable is also guaranteed. Tiger winner Breathless is the debut feature of South Korean actor-turned-director Yang Ik-June, who also stars in a...

Industry - Germany - FFA announces Industry Tigers 2009 with Constantin on top

2009-09-17 09:00:04

The FFA (German film regulating body) has announced its "Industry Tigers", awarded to the most dynamic producers and distributors and, as of this year, to the best short films. The top tiger of 2009 is unquestionably Constantin, which dominates the first two categories. The Tiger winners receive automatic support, which is awarded according to a points system taking into account the...

Festivals - Netherlands - Rotterdam unveils its Tiger contenders

2010-01-08 09:00:03

The first major European film festival of the year, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), will celebrate its 39th edition in the Dutch port city on the Meuse between January 27-February 7. Known for uncovering new and innovative auteurs in their Tiger Competition for first and second works, the festival has this year lined up 15 titles that will vie for one of the three...

Festivals - Netherlands - Fabrega's Cold Water of the Sea among Tiger winners

2010-02-08 09:00:04

Paz Fabrega's Cold Water of the Sea is one of the three Tiger Award winners of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam, which ended Sunday. The first Costa Rican production (Temporal Films), Cold Water of the Sea was co-produced by France (Les Films du Requin), Spain (Tic Tac Producciones), the Netherlands (Isabella Films) and Mexico (Pimienta Films) and in November 2008 won one...

Writer Hanif Kureishi has eye on Tiger (Reuters)

2009-07-24 09:00:20

Reuters - Hanif Kureishi has signed on to write the screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Booker Prize-winning novel "The White Tiger," which explores India's economic rise to power through the eyes of a young man from a poor, rural village.