23th Rotterdam International Film Festival

Netherlands, January 26 - February 6 2005

The jury

Hassouna Mansouri (Tunisia), Diego Lerer (Argentina), Susanna Harutyunyan (Armenia), Kong Rithdee (), Fritz de Jong (The Netherlands)

Awarded films

Spying Cam by Whang Cheol-Mean
(South Korea, 2004, 100 mins)

Reports

My appointment with Theo... By Hassouna Mansouri by Hassouna Mansouri
Crime and Punishment in South Korea By Fritz de Jong by Fritz de Jong
Last Life in the Universe By Diego Lerer by Diego Lerer
The 4 Obstructions By Susanna Harutyunyan by Susanna Harutyunyan
Young Film Critics at the 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam By Belinda van de Graaf by Belinda van de Graaf
Comparisons and Contrasts By Ninian Doff by Ninian Doff
Short Is Beautiful By Susitha R. Fernando by Susitha R. Fernando
Fow Pyng Hu's Paradise Girls Great Tension in Optimism By Evgeny Gusyatrnskiy by Evgeny Gusyatrnskiy

At this major event where the FIPRESCI jury is joined by three young trainees who have their first experience of an international festival, the South Korean film Spying Cam (Frakchi) by Whang Cheol-Mean received our award.