Wie kreeg een tijger? 2010 International Rotterdam Film Festival Award Winners
February 8th, 2010It would have been a great pleasure to have attended the 2010 International Film Festival of Rotterdam. The esteemed festival has always supported the most vanguard works of world cinema — firstly, if you’re a filmmaker and your work is selected as part of Rotterdam’s program, that’s a landmark achievement — secondly, if you’re a filmmaker and your film walks away with an award, you just entered the pinnacle of your career. Regardless of awards, if your film screens, you are a winner.
Ben Russell, a Chicago-based filmmaker, served as delegate of the Chicago underground film scene at the 2010 Rotterdam Film Festival, and his lengthy ethnographic film Let Each One Go Where He May, a film that was also nominated for a Tiger Award, walked away with the FIPRESCI award, an award that is decided by international film critics (B.R. representing Chi Chi!). Congratulations, Ben Russell.
Deborah Stratman, a Chicago-based filmmaker, was another representative of the Chicago underground film scene, with her short documentary Walking is Dancing screening as part of the Signals- Where is Africa program.
This post serves as a simple rundown of the 2010 tiger award winners, mostly because I could not find a rundown list of award winners on the official Rotterdam Film Festival website.
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