Serbian teen drama top winner at Rotterdam film festival
- By Pang Li
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Serbian film "Clip" was biggest winner at the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam on Friday night in Rotterdam, picking up up the KNF Award and one of the three Hivos Tiger Awards.
This year, 15 films from 13 countries and regions competed for Hivos Tiger Awards, the top award of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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Serbian director Maja Miloš addresses the audience after receiving the Hivos Tiger Award at the 41st International Film Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Feb. 3. [Pang Li/China.org.cn] |
The Hivos Tiger Awards jury called the film, by young director Maja Miloš, "a vigorous, rebellious, authentic, honest and revealing film using modern means to depict in a punchy way the mobile generation."
The filmmaker received a 15,000 euro cash prize as well as a subtitling grant for expanded distribution.
Chinese filmmakers won two awards − Huang Ji, director of child sexual abuse drama "Jidan he shitou (Egg and Stone)" was granted one of the Hivos Tiger Awards for the film's "poetic language" and the director's "convincing approach and sensitive direction of non-professional actors." Director Wu Quan, who helmed the film "Sentimental Animal," was given the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award for his "employing innovative visual and narrative construction."
Another Hivos Tiger Award winner was Chilean film "De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday)" by Dominga Sotomayor, which was acclaimed as "a gentle piece, rich with sensitive observations."
Brazilian film "O som ao redor (Neighbouring Sounds)" by Kleber Mendonça Filho was named by a jury of the international association of film critics FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) as the winner of FIPRESCI Award.
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