'Tigers in Moscow' brings Rotterdam winners to Cine Fantom

International Film Festival Rotterdam

PRESS RELEASE March 31, 2011

‘Tigers in Moscow’ brings Rotterdam winners to Cine Fantom

April 1-5, Cine Fantom club and International Film Festival Rotterdam present ‘Tigers in Moscow' in the Russian capital: a choice of selections from IFFR’s 40th and earlier editions. The programme includes Tiger Award winning films, four films by Dutch filmmaker David Verbeek and a compilation of short films. ‘Tigers in Moscow’ also includes master classes by IFFR director Rutger Wolfson and by David Verbeek as well as interviews and Q&A's by IFFR festival programmer Ludmila Cvikova.

Cine Fantom, founded in 1995, is a respected and influential Moscow-based screening and film discussion venue as well as a filmmaking community. In 2006, the IFFR invited Cine Fantom to come to Rotterdam. This resulted in a successful and much-discussed showcase of ‘parallel cinema’ and of more recent works by filmmakers gathered round Cine Fantom.

The IFFR and Cine Fantom now join forces to bring a choice of Rotterdam award winners and selections to Moscow. Through the years, the IFFR has been the launching platform for several talented newcomers from Russia’s independent film scene such as Alexander Bashirov (The Iron Heel of Oligarchy, in competition 1999), Ilya Khrzhanovsky (4, Tiger Award winner 2005), Yelena & Nikolay Renard (Mama, in competition 2010) and recently Vladimir Kott (Gromozeka, in competition 2011).

Lineup of films in ‘Tigers in Moscow’:

Feature films:
Eternity by Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand, Tiger Award winner 2011)
Finisterrae by Sergio Caballero (Spain, Tiger Award winner 2011)
Beat by David Verbeek (Netherlands, 2004, world premiere in IFFR 2004)
Shanghai Trance by David Verbeek (Netherlands/China, 2008, selected for Tiger Awards Competition 2008)
R U There by David Verbeek (Netherlands/China, 2010, world premiere in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard 2010)
Club Zeus by David Verbeek (Netherlands/China, 2011, Return of the Tiger Award winner 2011)
I Love You by Alexander Rastorguev & Pavel Kostomarov (Russia, 2011, world premiere in Bright Future, IFFR 2011)

Short films
Jan Villa by Natasha Mendonca (USA/India, Rotterdam Tiger Award for Short Film winner 2011, 20’)
Casus belli by Yorgos Zois (Greece, 2010, 11’, selected for IFFR’s Spectrum Shorts 2011)
Threesome by Johannes Dullin (Germany/Norway/Netherlands, 2009, 10’, selected for IFFR’s Spectrum Shorts 2011)
End Transmission by James T. Hong (Taiwan/Netherlands/Germany, 2010, 17’ selected for Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2011)
A Short Film about War by Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead (UK, 2010, 10’, selected for Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2011)
Players by Pilvi Takala (Finland/Netherlands, 2010, 8’, selected for Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2011)
The Orange by Nick Fox-Gieg (Canada, 2009, 3’, selected for IFFR’s Spectrum Shorts 2011)

‘Tigers in Moscow’ is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Moscow

Programme & ticket information: www.cinefantomclub.ru
‘Tigers in Moscow’ on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lpR1DD0EMY

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