# 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam

The 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2022 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place online from 26 January 2022 to 6 February 2022. The festival, which was held online for the second consecutive year due to the spread of the Omicron variant across Europe, opened with Amanda Kramer's film Please Baby Please. The festival closed with the screening of 1967 sword fighting classic Dragon Inn by King Hu on 6 February 2022.

## Jury
### Tiger

* Farid Tabarki: (Amsterdam) Founder of Studio Zeitgeist, Researcher, international keynote speaker, writer of 'The end of the middle and world traveler. based in .
* Gust Van den Berghe: Brussels-based writer and director with background in theatre, opera and dance.
* Tatiana Leite: (Brazil), Graduate in Law and Communication from PUC-RJ University, postgraduate in Film at UNESA and in History of Art at Sorbonne. A film programmer at the Rio Film Festival from 2000 till 2009, in 2010 she became the International Adviser of the Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Culture. In the end of 2012 she created the production company Bubbles Project.
* Thekla Reuten: (Netherlands), a European actress
* Zsuzsi Bankuti: Film festivals organizer and director of the cinema programme

### Ammodo Tiger Short

* Nduka Mntambo: An image-maker, working in the interstices of urban spatial practices, experimental filmmaking, and pedagogy.
* Rieke Vos: A curator and writer based in Amsterdam who works in a cross-disciplinary field of art, popular culture, architecture, and urban life.
* Tim Leyendekker: (Netherlands) Dutch visual artist, filmmaker and photographer

### Big Screen Award

* Louk Haffmans
* Alex Spaanderman
* Eva Langerak
* Karen Kroese
* Mylaine Roelofs

## Official selection
### Opening and closing films

Source:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Opening film ||||
| Please Baby Please | Please Baby Please | Amanda Kramer | United States |
| Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver | Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver | Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster | United States |
| Closing film ||||
| Dragon Inn | Long men kezhan | King Hu | Taiwan |

### Tiger

The following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 7 January 2022.
    Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Achrome | Achrome | Maria Ignatenko | Russia |
| The Child | A Criança | Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois | Portugal |
| The Cloud Messenger | Meghdoot | Rahat Mahajan | India |
| EAMI | EAMI | Paz Encina | Paraguay, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, France, United States |
| Excess Will Save Us | Excess Will Save Us | Morgane Dziurla-Petit | Sweden |
| Kafka for Kids | Kafka for Kids | Roee Rosen | Israel |
| Malintzin 17 | Malintzin 17 | Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky | Mexico |
| Met mes | Met mes | Sam de Jong | Netherlands |
| The Plains | The Plains | David Easteal | Australia |
| Phantom Proyect | Proyecto Fantasma | Roberto Doveris | Chile |
| The Dream and the Radio | Le rêve et la radio | Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk | Canada |
| Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish | Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish | Lei Lei | United States, Netherlands |
| To Love Again | To Love Again | Gao Linyang | China |
| Yamabuki | Yamabuki | Yamasaki Juichiro | Japan, France |

### Big Screen

The following films are selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award.
    Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Assault | Assault | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Broadway | Broadway | Christos Massalas | Greece, France, Romania |
| CE2 | CE2 | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Daryn’s Gym | Daryn’s Gym | Brett Michael Innes | South Africa |
| Drifting Petals | Drifting Petals | Clara Law | Australia |
| The Island | The Island | Anca Damian | Romania |
| Kung Fu Zohra | Kung Fu Zohra | Mabrouk El Mechri | France |
| My Emptiness and I | Mi vacío y yo | Adrián Silvestre | Spain |
| Splendid Isolation | Splendid Isolation | Urszula Antoniak | Netherlands |

### Ammodo Tiger Short

The following films were selected to compete for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition.
    Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Answering the Sun | Answering the Sun | Rainer Kohlberger | Austria, Germany |
| Becoming Male in the Middle Ages | Becoming Male in the Middle Ages | Pedro Neves Marques | Portugal |
| Chants from a Holy Book | Chants from a Holy Book | Cesar Gananian, Cassiana Der Haroutiounian | Brazil |
| Constant | Constant | Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner | Germany, United Kingdom |
| Dawn | Dawn | Leonor Noivo | Portugal |
| Glass Life | Glass Life | Sara Cwynar | United States |
| Isn't It a Beautiful World | Isn't It a Beautiful World | Joseph Wilson | United Kingdom |
| The Making of Crime Scenes | The Making of Crime Scenes | Hsu Che-yu | France, Taiwan |
| Nazarbazi | Nazarbazi | Maryam Tafakory | Iran |
| The Name of Things | El nombre de las cosas | Diego Escobar | Chile |
| Nosferasta: First Bite | Nosferasta: First Bite | Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil | United States |
| Polycephaly in D | Polycephaly in D | Michael Robinson | United States |
| Punctured Sky | Punctured Sky | Jon Rafman | United States |
| Songs for living | Songs for living | Korakrit Arunanondchai, Alex Gvojic | United States, Thailand |
| Tomorrow Is a Water Palace | Tomorrow Is a Water Palace | Juanita Onzaga | Belgium |
| Urban Solutions | Urban Solutions | Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes, Minze Tummescheit | Germany, Brazil |

### Bright Future

The programme will highlight first-feature films from promising filmmakers.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| As in Heaven | Du som er i himlen | Tea Lindeburg | Denmark |
| Brotherhood | Brotherhood | Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic |
| They Carry Death | Eles transportan a morte | Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado | Spain |
| Inmotep | | Julián Génisson | Spain |
| Kim Min-young of the Report Card | 성적표의 김민영 | Lee Jae-eun, Lim Ji-seon | South Korea |
| The Last Ride of the Wolves | The Last Ride of the Wolves | Alberto De Michele | Netherlands |
| The Plains | The Plains | David Easteal | Australia |
| Zalava | | Arsalan Amiri | Iran |

### Cinema Regained

The programme offers restored classic films, documentaries on film culture and explorations of cinema's heritage.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
| Every Week Seven Days | Every Week Seven Days | Eduard Grečner | 1964 | Czechoslovakia |
| Ida Lupino: Gentlemen & Miss Lupino | Ida Lupino: Gentlemen & Miss Lupino | Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg | 2021 | France |
| | Inferno rosso: Joe D'Amato sulla via dell'eccesso | Manlio Gomarasca, Massimiliano Zanin | 2021 | Italy |
| Korean Ghost Story – Ieodo | Korean Ghost Story – Ieodo | Choi Sangsik | 1979 | South Korea |
| The Lady from Constantinople | Sziget a szárazföldön | Judit Elek | 1969 | Hungary |
| Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts | Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts | Jeong Jaeeun | 2021 | South Korea |
| The Nine Lakh Stars | The Nine Lakh Stars | Loubna Régragui | 2022 | France |
| Urf | Urf | Geetika Narang Abbasi | 2022 | India |
| Journey into the Twilight | Viaggio nel crepuscolo | Augusto Contento | 2021 | Italy |

### Harbour

The programme will showcase contemporary cinema.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Alleys | Al-Hara | Bassel Ghandour | Jordan |
| Amrus Natalsya Who Recreates the Dispossessed in Twilight | | Mahardhika Yudha | Indonesia |
| Anatomy of Time | Wela | Jakrawal Nilthamrong | Thailand, France, Singapore, Netherlands |
| Barbarian Invasion | Barbarian Invasion | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia |
| Crescent Night | Adh Chanani Raat | Gurvinder Singh | India |
| The Hole | Il buco | Michelangelo Frammartino | Italy |
| The Execution | Казнь | Lado Kvataniya | Russia |
| The Great Movement | El Gran Movimiento | Kiro Russo | Bolivia |
| Hit the Road | Jadde Khaki | Panah Panahi | Iran |
| Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real | Kinorama - Cinema Fora De Órbita | Edgar Pêra | Portugal |
| Let Me Hear It Barefoot | | Kudo Riho | Japan |
| Malik | Malik | Mahesh Narayanan | India |
| Medea | Медея | Alexander Zeldovich | Russia |
| Medusa | Medusa | Anita Rocha da Silveira | Brazil |
| Our Men | Mon Légionnaire | Rachel Lang | France |
| The Dead Remain With Their Mouth Open | I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta | Fabrizio Ferraro | Italy |
| Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico |
| Special Delivery | Teuk-song | Park Dae-Min | South Korea |
| On the Job: The Missing 8 | On the Job: The Missing 8 | Erik Matti | Philippines |
| Who's Stopping Us? | Quién lo impide | Jonás Trueba | Spain |

### Limelight

The programme will showcase cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Ali & Ava | Ali & Ava | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom |
| Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Happening | L'événement | Audrey Diwan | France |
| France | France | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Freaks Out | Freaks Out | Gabriele Mainetti | Italy |
| Love After Love | 第一炉香 | Ann Hui | China |
| Memoria | Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Colombia |
| Vortex | Vortex | Gaspar Noé | France |
| The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Joachim Trier | Norway |

### Short & Mid-length

The programmes highlight mid-length films and short films.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2014 | (sans)(image) | (sans)(image) | arc | United States |
| 2012 | the arc of the sun | the arc of the sun | arc | United States |
| 2017 | ascensions | ascensions | arc | United States |
| 2021 | breathing | breathing | arc | United States |
| 2018 | broken symmetry | broken symmetry | arc | United States |
| 2016 | conical signal | conical signal | arc | United States |
| 2013 | For the Birds | For the Birds | Stanya Kahn | United States |
| 2018 | Friends in Low Places | Friends in Low Places | Stanya Kahn | United States |
| 2011 | Happy Song for You | Happy Song for You | Stanya Kahn, Llyn Foulkes | United States |
| 2022 | Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver | Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver | Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster | United States |

## Awards

Source:
| Winner(s) | Work/ director | Notes |
| Robby Müller Award ||||
| Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Cinematographer (Thailand) | Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Cinematographer (Thailand) | Honoured |
| Tiger Award ||||
| EAMI | Paz Encina | Won |
| Special Jury Awards ||||
| Excess Will Save Us | Morgane Dziurla-Petit | Won |
| To Love Again | Gao Linyang | Won |
| VPRO Big Screen award ||||
| Kung Fu Zohra | Mabrouk El Mechri | Won |
| Fipresci award ||||
| To Love Again | Gao Linyang | Won |
| Ammodo Tiger short awards ||||
| Becoming Male in the Middle Ages | Pedro Neves Marques | Won |
| Nazarbazi | Maryam Tafakory | Won |
| Nosferasta: First Bite | Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil | Won |
| KNF award ||||
| Punctured Sky | Jon Rafman | Won |
| Wanted: VPRO Big Screen public jury ||||
| Kung Fu Zohra | Mabrouk El Mechri | Won |