35th Rotterdam International Film Festival
Holland, January 25 - February 5 2006
The jury
Antonia Kovacheva (Bulgaria), Neil Young (UK), Barbara Schweizerhof (Germany), Carlos Heli (), Mariska Graveland (The Netherlands)
Awarded films
-
Madeinusa by
Claudia Llosa
(Peru/ Spain, 2005, 100 mins)
Reports
- Innocence - lost or regained? By Antonia Kovacheva by Antonia Kovacheva
- The Wild Side of Chinese Cinema By Barbara Schweizerhof by Barbara Schweizerhof
- The Young and the Restless By Carlos Heli de Almeida by Carlos Heli
- Short Cuts By Mariska Graveland by Mariska Graveland
- In The Name of the Father By Neil Young by Neil Young
- Young Film Critics By Belinda van de Graaf by Belinda van de Graaf
- A Tear-Shaped Universe By Adam Nayman by Adam Nayman
- The Hubert Bals Fund and the Promotion of Latin American Cinema By Daniel Steinhart by Daniel Steinhart
The Rotterdam International Film Festival is a fixed date in the calendar of critics, in particular if they have a special interest in independent cinema coming from all over the world. It’s a place of a vivid atmosphere which allows, and gives the pleasure, to make discoveries — such as Claudia Llosa, the Peruvian filmmaker which debut Madeinusa received the International Critics’ Prize. Our jury noted: “We saw many films in this year’s Tiger Competition, that dealt with the relationships between children and their parents, often within isolated communities. Fathers were killed; innocence was lost; and bodily fluids were spilled. There is one film, however, in which all of this happens — in an especially surprising, intelligent and accessible way.” — The festival invited three young critics to a “Trainee Project”: Adam B. Nayman from Canada, Pawel T. Felis from Poland and Daniel Steinhart from the USA.