The IFFR existed 40 years in 2011 and that was celebrated with this unique anniversary edition. A DVD box with ten titles from the high-profile screening history of the IFFR; an eclectic choice like the festival programming has always been. With creators cherished by the festival such as Béla Tarr (Family Nest), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (The Cyclist) and He Jianjun (Postman). And of course with titles such as Tony Manero and Mundi Grúa that were supported by the festival’s own festival fund for filmmakers from developing countries, the Hubert Bals Fund. Abouna was presented as a project at the CineMart, the co-production market of the festival. The VPRO Tiger Awards competition, the heart of the festival, is represented with the winners Old Joy, Breathless and Mundo Grúa. Postman was one of the winners of the 1995 edition, when ex-festival director Emile Fallaux launched the Tiger Awards Competition for first and second feature films as a platform for discovering film talents.
The IFFR Jubilee Box includes nine feature films in total, plus the award-winning Shorts 2005-2010.
Family Nest
Béla Tarr / 1979 / Hungary
106 minutes / 4: 3 / Hungarian DD2.0 / Dutch subtitles
Extras: Trailers
Béla Tarr was only 22 when he made Family Nest, a heartbreaking and honest commentary on the influence of a political issue on a family. This comes under pressure and finally falls apart as a result of poor housing conditions.
The Cyclist
Mohsen Makhmalbaf / 1989 / Iran
75 minutes / 4: 3 / Farsi DD2.0 / Dutch and English subtitled
Extras: Trailers
A sober and universal narrative about the human deficit and a sometimes claustrophobic representation of the banality of life. A film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, one of the most important Iranian filmmakers.
Abouna
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun / 2002 / Chad
81 minutes / 16: 9 / French DD2.0 / Dutch and English subtitled
Extras: Trailers
Scenarist and director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun makes with the beautifully photographed Abouna the perception of children who grow up without their parents.
Tony Manero
Pablo Larraín / 2008 / Chile
98 minutes / 16: 9 / Spanish DD2.0 / Dutch and English subtitled
Extras: Trailers, making of
Tony Manero has been a huge success since the premiere in Cannes. The deliciously gritty twisted film derives its title from John Travolta’s character in the global cinema hit Saturday Night Fever (1977), and is a critical, but at times very humorous film.
Parque Vía
Enrique Rivero Huerto / 2008 / Mexico
86 minutes / 16: 9 / Spanish DD2.0 / Dutch and French subtitled
Extras: Trailers, short film
In his restrained, impressive debut, filmmaker Enrique Rivero Huerta stays close to reality. Parque Via was awarded a Golden Leopard in Locarno.
Postman
He Jianjun / 1994 / China
101 minutes / 4: 3 / Mandarin DD2.0 / Dutch and English subtitled
Extras: Trailers
He Jianjun, one of the most important representatives of the so-called Sixth Generation won with Postman the Tiger Award in 1995, the first year that the IFFR organized this competition.
Mundo Grúa
Pablo Trapero / 1999 / Argentina
90 minutes / 4: 3 / Spanish DD2.0 / Dutch and English subtitled
Extras: Trailers
Mundo Grúa is played in the so-called Doc-Fic style (fiction with a good dash of realism), which is closely related to Italian neorealism. The debut film by Pablo Trapero, shot in black and white, won both at the IFFR in 2000 a VPRO Tiger Award and the prize of international film critics.
Old Joy
Kelly Reichardt / 2005 / USA
76 minutes / 16: 9 / English DD2.0 / Dutch subtitled
Extras: Trailers
In this secure, meditative swan song for the lost joy of youth, the landscape plays an important role and is especially spoken in the beautiful silences. Old Joy won the VPRO Tiger Award in 20067.
Breathless
Yang I-June / 2008 / South Korea
130 minutes / 16: 9 / Korean DD2.0 / Dutch and English subtitled
Extras: Trailers, making or, photo gallery
Breathless is the impressive feature debut by director, screenwriter and producer Yang Ik-June. In 2009 the film won the VPRO Tiger Award.
Award-winning Shorts 2005 – 2010
217 minutes / all films are English spoken or subtitled in English
For the first time in its history, the IFFR presents an exclusive and varied compilation of short films on DVD as part of the 40th anniversary year of 2011. The DVD contains a series of short films that were awarded a Tiger Award for Short Film from 2005 to 2010 or were nominated for the Prix UIP of the European Film Academy.
On this DVD you will find the following makers and their films:
Joost van Veen – Interlude (The Netherlands 2005, 3 min.)
Thomas Köner – Nuuk (Germany 2005, 6 min.)
David Lammers – Veere (The Netherlands 2005, 10 min.)
David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd – Who I Am and What I Want (England 2005, 7 min.)
Joke Liberge – Meander (Belgium 2005, 14 min.)
Roy Villev