34th International Film Festival RotterdamJanuary 26 - February 6, 2005Ghobadi's TURTLES CAN FLY grabs Tiscali Audience AwardThe International Film Festival Rotterdam 2005 concludes February 6, 2005 with a slightly increased attendance of 358.000 visits to its films, exhibitions, debates, talk shows and other festival events. The IFFR welcomed more (inter)national festival guests, reaching a number of 2,586. During the festival the Russian, Southeast Asian and Iraqi films and their filmmakers we...

Fourteen films selected for Rotterdam's VPRO Tiger Awards CompetitionThe International Film Festival Rotterdam has selected fourteen films for the VPRO Tiger Awards Competition of its 34th edition which will open next January 26. The Competition line up counts four world premieres, four international premieres and four European premieres. Three titles were supported by the IFFR's Hubert Bals Fund and one title was previously selected as CineMart Project. Three competition titles have been acquir...

Venice Days is the new Side Bar in 61 biennale influenced by Director's Fortnight from Cannes.A new space for free cinema, new talents, new stories, organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers) 4directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky A COSTA DOS MURMURIOS / MURMURING COASTdirected by Margarida Cardoso CARO VITTORIOdirected by Marco Risi CONFITUUR / SWEET JAMdirected by Lieven Debrauwer DARWIN'S NIGHTM...