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- A Fish to be Rotterdam’s first 3D Tiger competitor
- Nov 23, 2011
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced South Korea’s <A Fish> will be the first 3D film in its annual Tiger Awards Competition. This came with the announcement for the first five selected titles in the Tiger Awards category.A debut feature directed by PARK Hong-min, <A Fish> is a low budget independent film that made its world premiere at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The absurdist mystery follows a professor tracking down his runaway wife who seems to be trying to become a shaman. The 3D film will be making its international premiere in Rotterdam.Mirovision, Inc. handles the film’s international sales.Rotterdam’s Tiger Awards Competition is for first and second features only. A jury will present three Tiger Awards worth €15,000 each. The competition will be comprised of approximately 15 films.In addition to <A Fish>, the other four selections announced for the Tiger Awards Competition are all also first fiction features. They are as follows:<Egg and Stone>, directed by Huang Ji. The film from China will be making its world premiere. Shot in the director’s hometown in Hunan province, the drama is about a 14-year-old girl living with her relatives because her parents are working in a big city.<It Looks Pretty From a Distance>, directed by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal. The Poland-US co-production will be making its international premiere. The film explores the dark and antisocial sides of life in the beautiful Polish countryside, where in a hot summer everything seems to fall apart.<Return to Burma>, directed by Midi Z, who was born in Burma and raised in Taiwan. The Burma-Taiwan co-production shows daily life in this little-known and inaccessible Southeast Asian country.<Southwest>, directed by Eduardo Nunes. The Brazilian film is a black-and-white fantasy and mystery looking at a single day in the lives of a baby, a girl and a woman named Clarice in a sleepy coastal village.Nov. 23, 2011
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