24 films will compete for three Canon Tiger awards for short films; programme will also include tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack and Swiss film-maker and artist HannesSchüpbach.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the 24 films competing for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films.

Shorts include Yael Bartana’s Inferno [pictured] and Adan Jodorowsky’s The Voice Thief. The full programme of Tiger and Spectrum Shorts, with 217 short and mid-length films, will be screened from Jan 23-27 at LantarenVenster.

The programme also includes tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack, with five of her works presented at the festival, and Swiss film-maker and artist Hannes Schüpbach with three of his works screened during IFFR.

Jan 23-26 will see IFFR and Gonzo (circus) magazine present Mind The Gap Nights, four evenings of unique collaborations between musicians, video artists, film-makers and other image makers.

The full list of titles competing for the three Canon Tiger awards for short films are:

  • Ancha es Castilla/N’importe quoi, Sergio Caballero (Spain)
  • The Backup Tapes from Moon and Mars, eteam (USA)
  • The Chimera of M., Sebastian Buerkner (United Kingdom)
  • Even Pricks, Ed Atkins (United Kingdom)
  • Giant, Salla Tykkä (Finland, Romania)
  • Grandma’s Dream, Laure Prouvost (United Kingdom)
  • Hacked Circuit, Deborah Stratman (USA)
  • Here Is Everything, Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby (USA, Canada)
  • Inferno, Yael Bartana (Netherlands)
  • La isla, Dominga Sotomayor, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (Chile, Poland)
  • It Has Already Been Ended Before You Can See the End, Arikawa Shigeo (Japan)
  • Letter to a Refusing Pilot, Akram Zaatari (Lebanon)
  • A Million Miles Away, Jennifer Reeder (USA)
  • Nefandus Trilogy, Carlos Motta (USA, Colombia, Portugal)
  • Notre tempo, Lorena Zilleruelo (France)
  • The Palace on the Sea, Midi Z (Taiwan, Myanmar)
  • O porto, Clarissa Campolina, Julia De Simone, Luiz Pretti, Ricardo Pretti (Brazil)
  • Thing, Anouk De Clercq (Belgium, Italy)
  • Trento Symphonia, Flatform (France, Italy)
  • Two Points of Failure, Michael Moshe Dahan (USA)
  • Village modèle, Hayoun Kwon (France)
  • The Voice Thief, Adan Jodorowsky (France, Chile, USA)
  • Walk with Me, Johan Oettinger & Peter Tukei Muhumuza (Uganda, Denmark)
  • Working to Beat the Devil, Chu-Li Shewring & Adam Gutch (United Kingdom)

IFFR runs Jan 22-Feb 2. For more information, visit the festival’s website.

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