The main tranche of IFFR awards was announced Friday evening. The Daily Tiger’s Edward Lawrenson rounds up the beautiful films taking off with the prizes.
Tiger Awards
This year’s VPRO Tiger Awards, open to fifteen first or second-time features, go to: Wonderful Town, Aditya Assarat’s delicate love story set in a town in the
south of Thailand recovering from the Tsunami; Flower in the Pocket, Malaysian director Liew Seng Tat’s touching teen drama; and Go with Peace Jamil, Omar Shargawi’s urban revenge drama set among Copenhagen’s young Muslim community.
The award includes a cash prize of €15,000, up €5,000 on last year. In a statement released by the five-person jury chaired by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, the jurors praised the winning films.
Wonderful Town was commended for its ‘amazing imaging through the film and a fresh perspective on the disaster of the Tsunami.’ Flower in the Pocket won, the jury continued, ‘because of its well-considered and aware look at the world of children.’ The ‘strong directing and acting work’ of Go With Peace Jamil also impressed the jury.
adapted from
http://professionals.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/eng/the_festival/news/tiger_award_winner_2008.aspx
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