51st International Film Festival Rotterdam

{{Infobox film festival

| name = 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam

| image = International Film Festival Rotterdam logo.jpg

| caption = Logo

| opening = Please Baby Please by Amanda Kramer

| closing = Dragon Inn by King Hu

| location = Rotterdam, Netherlands

| founded = 1972

| awards = {{Plainlist|

Tiger Award: EAMI by Paz Encina
Robby Müller Award: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom}}

| host =

| number =

| date = Opening: {{Start date|df=y|2022|1|26}}
Closing: {{End date|df=y|2022|2|6}}

| website = {{URL|https://iffr.com/en|IFFR}}

| chronology =

| main = International Film Festival Rotterdam

| previous = 2021

| next = 2024

}}

The 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2022 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which took place online from 26 January 2022 to 6 February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/international-film-festival-rotterdam-2022-in-person-1235133437/|title=International Film Festival Rotterdam Maintains On-Site 2022 Edition Despite Pandemic|work=Variety |date=14 December 2021|accessdate=21 December 2021|first=Elsa|last= Keslassy}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/online-rotterdam-2022-reveals-new-opening-film-full-line-up/5166395.article|title=Online Rotterdam 2022 reveals new opening film, full line-up|work=Screendaily |first= Geoffrey |last= Macnab|date=7 January 2022|access-date=8 January 2022}} The festival, which was held online for the second consecutive year due to the spread of the Omicron variant across Europe,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/international-film-festival-rotterdam-online-lockdown-1235141194/|title=International Film Festival Rotterdam Moves Online Due to Dutch Lockdown (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety |date=22 December 2021|accessdate=23 December 2021|first=Elsa|last= Keslassy}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/rotterdam-film-festival-moves-online-for-2022/5166225.article |title=Rotterdam film festival moves online for 2022|work=Screendaily |first=Geoffrey|last= Macnab|date=22 December 2021|accessdate=23 December 2021}} opened with Amanda Kramer's film Please Baby Please.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rotterdam-2022-festival-cinemart-opens-1235081405/|title=Rotterdam Film Festival Kicks Off Second Virtual Event, Market|date=25 January 2022|accessdate=27 January 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Scott|last=Roxborough}} The festival closed with the screening of 1967 sword fighting classic Dragon Inn by King Hu on 6 February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/rotterdam-2022-closes-on-upbeat-note-as-organisers-hail-online-engagement-ability-to-innovate/5167281.article |title=Rotterdam 2022 closes on upbeat note as organisers hail online engagement, ability to innovate|work=Screendaily |first=Geoffrey|last= Macnab|date=6 February 2022|accessdate=7 February 2022}}

Jury

=Tiger=

Farid Tabarki: (Amsterdam) Founder of Studio Zeitgeist, Researcher, international keynote speaker, writer of 'The end of the middle and world traveler. based in .
Gust Van den Berghe: Brussels-based writer and director with background in theatre, opera and dance.
Tatiana Leite: (Brazil), Graduate in Law and Communication from PUC-RJ University, postgraduate in Film at UNESA and in History of Art at Sorbonne. A film programmer at the Rio Film Festival from 2000 till 2009, in 2010 she became the International Adviser of the Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Culture. In the end of 2012 she created the production company Bubbles Project.
Thekla Reuten: (Netherlands), a European actress
Zsuzsi Bankuti: Film festivals organizer and director of the cinema programme

=Ammodo Tiger Short=

Nduka Mntambo: An image-maker, working in the interstices of urban spatial practices, experimental filmmaking, and pedagogy.
Rieke Vos: A curator and writer based in Amsterdam who works in a cross-disciplinary field of art, popular culture, architecture, and urban life.
Tim Leyendekker: (Netherlands) Dutch visual artist, filmmaker and photographer

=Big Screen Award=

Louk Haffmans
Alex Spaanderman
Eva Langerak
Karen Kroese
Mylaine Roelofs

Official selection

=Opening and closing films=

{{Small|Source:}}{{Cite news|url=https://press.iffr.com/208548-iffr-unveils-competition-selections-and-online-film-programme-for-51st-edition |title= IFFR unveils competition selections and online film programme for 51st edition |publisher= IFFR |date=7 January 2022|access-date=8 January 2022|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/rotterdam-film-festival-full-program-tiger-competition-1234905974/ |title= Rotterdam Film Festival Reveals Full Program Including Tiger Competition |author=Tom Grater |date=7 January 2022|access-date=7 January 2022 |website=Deadline}}

scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
colspan="5" style="background:#FF9966"\|Opening film
colspan=2\|Please Baby Please \| Amanda Kramer \| United States
colspan=2\|Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver \| Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster \| United States
colspan="5" style="background:#CC9966"\|Closing film
Dragon Inn	Long men kezhan \| King Hu \| Taiwan

=Tiger=

The following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 7 January 2022.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/rotterdam-film-festival-2022-lineup-1235148747/|title=Rotterdam Film Festival Unveils Big Screen, Tiger Competition Lineups|author=K.J. Yossman, Marta Bałaga|date=7 January 2022|accessdate=8 January 2022|work=Variety}}

:Highlighted title indicates award winner.

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
colspan="2"\| Achrome \| Maria Ignatenko \| Russia
The Child	A Criança \| Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois \| Portugal
The Cloud Messenger	Meghdoot \| Rahat Mahajan \| India
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|EAMI \| Paz Encina \| Paraguay, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, France, United States
colspan="2"\|Excess Will Save Us \| Morgane Dziurla-Petit \| Sweden
colspan="2"\|Kafka for Kids \| Roee Rosen \| Israel
colspan="2"\|Malintzin 17 \| Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky \| Mexico
colspan="2"\|Met mes \| Sam de Jong \| Netherlands
colspan="2"\|The Plains \| David Easteal \| Australia
Phantom Proyect \|Proyecto Fantasma \| Roberto Doveris \| Chile
The Dream and the Radio \| Le rêve et la radio \| Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk \| Canada
colspan="2"\|Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish \| Lei Lei \| United States, Netherlands
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|To Love Again \| Gao Linyang \| China
colspan="2"\|Yamabuki \| Yamasaki Juichiro \| Japan, France

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"

scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

colspan="2"| Achrome

| Maria Ignatenko

| Russia

The Child

A Criança

| Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois

| Portugal

The Cloud Messenger

Meghdoot

| Rahat Mahajan

| India

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|EAMI

| Paz Encina

| Paraguay, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, France, United States

colspan="2"|Excess Will Save Us

| Morgane Dziurla-Petit

| Sweden

colspan="2"|Kafka for Kids

| Roee Rosen

| Israel

colspan="2"|Malintzin 17

| Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky

| Mexico

colspan="2"|Met mes

| Sam de Jong

| Netherlands

colspan="2"|The Plains

| David Easteal

| Australia

Phantom Proyect

|Proyecto Fantasma

| Roberto Doveris

| Chile

The Dream and the Radio

| Le rêve et la radio

| Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk

| Canada

colspan="2"|Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

| Lei Lei

| United States, Netherlands

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|To Love Again

| Gao Linyang

| China

colspan="2"|Yamabuki

| Yamasaki Juichiro

| Japan, France

=Big Screen=

The following films are selected to compete for the VPRO Big Screen Award.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/expanded/2022/big-screen-competition|title=Big Screen Competition |work= International Film Festival Rotterdam |accessdate=10 January 2022}}

:Highlighted title indicates award winner

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
colspan="2"\|Assault \| Adilkhan Yerzhanov \| Kazakhstan, Russia
colspan="2"\|Broadway \| Christos Massalas \| Greece, France, Romania
colspan="2"\|CE2 \| Jacques Doillon \| France
colspan="2"\|Daryn’s Gym \| Brett Michael Innes \| South Africa
colspan="2"\|Drifting Petals \| Clara Law \| Australia
colspan="2"\|The Island \| Anca Damian \| Romania
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|Kung Fu Zohra \| Mabrouk El Mechri \| France
My Emptiness and I	Mi vacío y yo \| Adrián Silvestre \| Spain
colspan="2"\|Splendid Isolation \| Urszula Antoniak \| Netherlands

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"

scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

colspan="2"|Assault

| Adilkhan Yerzhanov

| Kazakhstan, Russia

colspan="2"|Broadway

| Christos Massalas

| Greece, France, Romania

colspan="2"|CE2

| Jacques Doillon

| France

colspan="2"|Daryn’s Gym

| Brett Michael Innes

| South Africa

colspan="2"|Drifting Petals

| Clara Law

| Australia

colspan="2"|The Island

| Anca Damian

| Romania

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|Kung Fu Zohra

| Mabrouk El Mechri

| France

My Emptiness and I

Mi vacío y yo

| Adrián Silvestre

| Spain

colspan="2"|Splendid Isolation

| Urszula Antoniak

| Netherlands

=Ammodo Tiger Short=

The following films were selected to compete for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/expanded/2022/ammodo-tiger-short-competition|title=Ammodo Tiger Short Competition |work= International Film Festival Rotterdam |accessdate=14 January 2022}}

:Highlighted title indicates award winner

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
colspan="2"\|Answering the Sun \| Rainer Kohlberger \| Austria, Germany
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|Becoming Male in the Middle Ages \| Pedro Neves Marques \| Portugal
colspan="2"\|Chants from a Holy Book \| Cesar Gananian, Cassiana Der Haroutiounian \| Brazil
colspan="2"\|Constant \| Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner \| Germany, United Kingdom
colspan="2"\|Dawn \| Leonor Noivo \| Portugal
colspan="2"\|Glass Life \| Sara Cwynar \| United States
colspan="2"\|Isn't It a Beautiful World \| Joseph Wilson \| United Kingdom
colspan="2"\|The Making of Crime Scenes \| Hsu Che-yu \| France, Taiwan
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|Nazarbazi \| Maryam Tafakory \| Iran
The Name of Things	El nombre de las cosas \| Diego Escobar \| Chile
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|Nosferasta: First Bite \| Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil \| United States
colspan="2"\|Polycephaly in D \| Michael Robinson \| United States
style="background:#eedd82;" \| colspan="2"\|Punctured Sky \| Jon Rafman \| United States
colspan="2"\|Songs for living \| Korakrit Arunanondchai, Alex Gvojic \| United States, Thailand
colspan="2"\|Tomorrow Is a Water Palace \| Juanita Onzaga \| Belgium
colspan="2"\|Urban Solutions \| Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes, Minze Tummescheit \| Germany, Brazil

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scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

colspan="2"|Answering the Sun

| Rainer Kohlberger

| Austria, Germany

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|Becoming Male in the Middle Ages

| Pedro Neves Marques

| Portugal

colspan="2"|Chants from a Holy Book

| Cesar Gananian, Cassiana Der Haroutiounian

| Brazil

colspan="2"|Constant

| Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner

| Germany, United Kingdom

colspan="2"|Dawn

| Leonor Noivo

| Portugal

colspan="2"|Glass Life

| Sara Cwynar

| United States

colspan="2"|Isn't It a Beautiful World

| Joseph Wilson

| United Kingdom

colspan="2"|The Making of Crime Scenes

| Hsu Che-yu

| France, Taiwan

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|Nazarbazi

| Maryam Tafakory

| Iran

The Name of Things

El nombre de las cosas

| Diego Escobar

| Chile

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|Nosferasta: First Bite

| Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil

| United States

colspan="2"|Polycephaly in D

| Michael Robinson

| United States

style="background:#eedd82;"

| colspan="2"|Punctured Sky

| Jon Rafman

| United States

colspan="2"|Songs for living

| Korakrit Arunanondchai, Alex Gvojic

| United States, Thailand

colspan="2"|Tomorrow Is a Water Palace

| Juanita Onzaga

| Belgium

colspan="2"|Urban Solutions

| Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes, Minze Tummescheit

| Germany, Brazil

=Bright Future=

The programme will highlight first-feature films from promising filmmakers.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2022/bright-future|title=Bright Future|work=International Film Festival Rotterdam|accessdate=21 December 2021}}

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scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
As in Heaven \| Du som er i himlen \| Tea Lindeburg \| Denmark
colspan=2\| Brotherhood \| Francesco Montagner \| Czech Republic
They Carry Death \| Eles transportan a morte \| Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado \| Spain
Inmotep \| \| Julián Génisson \| Spain
Kim Min-young of the Report Card \| 성적표의 김민영 \| Lee Jae-eun, Lim Ji-seon \| South Korea
colspan=2\| The Last Ride of the Wolves \| Alberto De Michele \| Netherlands
colspan=2 \|The Plains \| David Easteal \| Australia
Zalava \| \| Arsalan Amiri \| Iran

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"

scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

As in Heaven

| Du som er i himlen

| Tea Lindeburg

| Denmark

colspan=2| Brotherhood

| Francesco Montagner

| Czech Republic

They Carry Death

| Eles transportan a morte

| Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado

| Spain

Inmotep

| Julián Génisson

| Spain

Kim Min-young of the Report Card

| 성적표의 김민영

| Lee Jae-eun, Lim Ji-seon

| South Korea

colspan=2| The Last Ride of the Wolves

| Alberto De Michele

| Netherlands

colspan=2 |The Plains

| David Easteal

| Australia

Zalava

| Arsalan Amiri

| Iran

=Cinema Regained=

The programme offers restored classic films, documentaries on film culture and explorations of cinema's heritage.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2022/cinema-regained|title=Cinema Regained|work=International Film Festival Rotterdam|accessdate=21 December 2021}}

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Year !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
colspan="2"\| Every Week Seven Days \| Eduard Grečner \| align="center"\|1964 \| Czechoslovakia
colspan="2"\| Ida Lupino: Gentlemen & Miss Lupino \| Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg \| align="center"\|2021 \| France
	Inferno rosso: Joe D'Amato sulla via dell'eccesso \| Manlio Gomarasca, Massimiliano Zanin \| align="center"\|2021 \| Italy
colspan="2"\| Korean Ghost Story – Ieodo \| Choi Sangsik \| align="center"\|1979 \| South Korea
The Lady from Constantinople \| Sziget a szárazföldön \| Judit Elek \| align="center"\|1969 \| Hungary
colspan="2"\| Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts \| Jeong Jaeeun \| align="center"\|2021 \| South Korea
colspan="2"\| The Nine Lakh Stars \| Loubna Régragui \| align="center"\|2022 \| France
colspan="2"\| Urf \| Geetika Narang Abbasi \| align="center"\|2022 \| India
Journey into the Twilight \| Viaggio nel crepuscolo \| Augusto Contento \| align="center"\|2021 \| Italy

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"

scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Year

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

colspan="2"| Every Week Seven Days

| Eduard Grečner

| align="center"|1964

| Czechoslovakia

colspan="2"| Ida Lupino: Gentlemen & Miss Lupino

| Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg

| align="center"|2021

| France

Inferno rosso: Joe D'Amato sulla via dell'eccesso

| Manlio Gomarasca, Massimiliano Zanin

| align="center"|2021

| Italy

colspan="2"| Korean Ghost Story – Ieodo

| Choi Sangsik

| align="center"|1979

| South Korea

The Lady from Constantinople

| Sziget a szárazföldön

| Judit Elek

| align="center"|1969

| Hungary

colspan="2"| Modern Korea: The Age of Beasts

| Jeong Jaeeun

| align="center"|2021

| South Korea

colspan="2"| The Nine Lakh Stars

| Loubna Régragui

| align="center"|2022

| France

colspan="2"| Urf

| Geetika Narang Abbasi

| align="center"|2022

| India

Journey into the Twilight

| Viaggio nel crepuscolo

| Augusto Contento

| align="center"|2021

| Italy

=Harbour=

The programme will showcase contemporary cinema.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/expanded/2022/harbour|title=In Harbour|work=International Film Festival Rotterdam|accessdate=10 January 2022}}

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
The Alleys \| Al-Hara \| Bassel Ghandour \| Jordan
Amrus Natalsya Who Recreates the Dispossessed in Twilight \| \| Mahardhika Yudha \| Indonesia
Anatomy of Time \| Wela \| Jakrawal Nilthamrong \| Thailand, France, Singapore, Netherlands
colspan=2\|Barbarian Invasion \| Tan Chui Mui \| Malaysia
Crescent Night \| Adh Chanani Raat \| Gurvinder Singh \| India
The Hole \| Il buco \| Michelangelo Frammartino \| Italy
The Execution \| Казнь \| Lado Kvataniya \| Russia
The Great Movement \| El Gran Movimiento \| Kiro Russo \| Bolivia
Hit the Road \| Jadde Khaki \| Panah Panahi \| Iran
Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real \| Kinorama - Cinema Fora De Órbita \| Edgar Pêra \| Portugal
Let Me Hear It Barefoot \| \| Kudo Riho \| Japan
colspan=2\|Malik \| Mahesh Narayanan \| India
Medea \| Медея \| Alexander Zeldovich \| Russia
colspan=2\|Medusa \| Anita Rocha da Silveira \| Brazil
Our Men \| Mon Légionnaire \| Rachel Lang \| France
The Dead Remain With Their Mouth Open \| I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta \| Fabrizio Ferraro \| Italy
Prayers for the Stolen \| Noche de fuego \| Tatiana Huezo \| Mexico
Special Delivery \| Teuk-song \| Park Dae-Min \| South Korea
colspan=2\|On the Job: The Missing 8 \| Erik Matti \| Philippines
Who's Stopping Us? \| Quién lo impide \| Jonás Trueba \| Spain

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"

scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

The Alleys

| Al-Hara

| Bassel Ghandour

| Jordan

Amrus Natalsya Who Recreates the Dispossessed in Twilight

| Mahardhika Yudha

| Indonesia

Anatomy of Time

| Wela

| Jakrawal Nilthamrong

| Thailand, France, Singapore, Netherlands

colspan=2|Barbarian Invasion

| Tan Chui Mui

| Malaysia

Crescent Night

| Adh Chanani Raat

| Gurvinder Singh

| India

The Hole

| Il buco

| Michelangelo Frammartino

| Italy

The Execution

| Казнь

| Lado Kvataniya

| Russia

The Great Movement

| El Gran Movimiento

| Kiro Russo

| Bolivia

Hit the Road

| Jadde Khaki

| Panah Panahi

| Iran

Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real

| Kinorama - Cinema Fora De Órbita

| Edgar Pêra

| Portugal

Let Me Hear It Barefoot

| Kudo Riho

| Japan

colspan=2|Malik

| Mahesh Narayanan

| India

Medea

| Медея

| Alexander Zeldovich

| Russia

colspan=2|Medusa

| Anita Rocha da Silveira

| Brazil

Our Men

| Mon Légionnaire

| Rachel Lang

| France

The Dead Remain With Their Mouth Open

| I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta

| Fabrizio Ferraro

| Italy

Prayers for the Stolen

| Noche de fuego

| Tatiana Huezo

| Mexico

Special Delivery

| Teuk-song

| Park Dae-Min

| South Korea

colspan=2|On the Job: The Missing 8

| Erik Matti

| Philippines

Who's Stopping Us?

| Quién lo impide

| Jonás Trueba

| Spain

=Limelight=

The programme will showcase cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2022/limelight|title=Limelight|work=International Film Festival Rotterdam|accessdate=21 December 2021}}

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
colspan=2\|Ali & Ava \| Clio Barnard \| United Kingdom
Drive My Car \|ドライブ・マイ・カー \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi \| Japan
Happening \| L'événement \| Audrey Diwan \| France
colspan=2\|France \| Bruno Dumont \| France
colspan=2\|Freaks Out \| Gabriele Mainetti \| Italy
Love After Love \| 第一炉香 \| Ann Hui \| China
colspan=2\|Memoria \| Apichatpong Weerasethakul \| Colombia
colspan=2\|Vortex \| Gaspar Noé \| France
The Worst Person in the World \| Verdens verste menneske \| Joachim Trier \| Norway

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"

scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

colspan=2|Ali & Ava

| Clio Barnard

| United Kingdom

Drive My Car

|ドライブ・マイ・カー

| Ryusuke Hamaguchi

| Japan

Happening

| L'événement

| Audrey Diwan

| France

colspan=2|France

| Bruno Dumont

| France

colspan=2|Freaks Out

| Gabriele Mainetti

| Italy

Love After Love

| 第一炉香

| Ann Hui

| China

colspan=2|Memoria

| Apichatpong Weerasethakul

| Colombia

colspan=2|Vortex

| Gaspar Noé

| France

The Worst Person in the World

| Verdens verste menneske

| Joachim Trier

| Norway

=Short & Mid-length=

The programmes highlight mid-length films and short films.{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2022/short-mid-length|title=Short & Mid-length|work=International Film Festival Rotterdam|access-date=22 December 2021}}

class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" cellpadding="5"
scope="col" \| Year !scope="col" \| English title !scope="col" \| Original title !scope="col" \| Director(s) !scope="col" \| Production countrie(s)
2014 \| colspan="2"\|(sans)(image) \| arc \| United States
2012 \| colspan="2"\|the arc of the sun \| arc \| United States
2017 \| colspan="2"\|ascensions \| arc \| United States
2021 \| colspan="2"\|breathing \| arc \| United States
2018 \| colspan="2"\|broken symmetry \| arc \| United States
2016 \| colspan="2"\|conical signal \| arc \| United States
2013 \| colspan="2"\|For the Birds \| Stanya Kahn \| United States
2018 \| colspan="2"\|Friends in Low Places \| Stanya Kahn \| United States
2011 \| colspan="2"\|Happy Song for You \| Stanya Kahn, Llyn Foulkes \| United States
2022 \| colspan=2\|Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver \| Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster \| United States

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scope="col" | Year

!scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Original title

!scope="col" | Director(s)

!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)

2014

| colspan="2"|(sans)(image)

| arc

| United States

2012

| colspan="2"|the arc of the sun

| arc

| United States

2017

| colspan="2"|ascensions

| arc

| United States

2021

| colspan="2"|breathing

| arc

| United States

2018

| colspan="2"|broken symmetry

| arc

| United States

2016

| colspan="2"|conical signal

| arc

| United States

2013

| colspan="2"|For the Birds

| Stanya Kahn

| United States

2018

| colspan="2"|Friends in Low Places

| Stanya Kahn

| United States

2011

| colspan="2"|Happy Song for You

| Stanya Kahn, Llyn Foulkes

| United States

2022

| colspan=2|Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

| Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster

| United States

Awards

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Winner(s) ! Work/ director ! Notes ! Ref.
class="wikitable"
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Robby Müller Award}}
colspan =2\|Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Cinematographer (Thailand) \|{{Won\|Honoured}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Tiger Award}}
*EAMI*	Paz Encina \|{{Won}}	{{Cite news\|url=https://press.iffr.com/209540-eami-by-paz-encina-wins-iffr-2022-tiger-award \|title= EAMI by Paz Encina wins IFFR 2022 Tiger Award \|publisher= IFFR \|date=3 February 2022\|access-date=7 February 2022\|language=en}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Special Jury Awards}}
*Excess Will Save Us*	Morgane Dziurla-Petit \|{{Won}}	{{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/rotterdam-morgane-dziurla-petit-excess-will-save-us-1235173055/\|title=Rotterdam Award-Winner Morgane Dziurla-Petit Proves, Once Again, That ‘Excess Will Save Us’ (EXCLUSIVE)\|work=Variety \|date=5 February 2022\|accessdate=7 February 2022\|first=Marta \|last= Bałaga}}
*To Love Again*	Gao Linyang	{{won}}	{{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/paz-encinas-eami-wins-top-prize-at-rotterdam-2022/5167183.article \|title=Paz Encina’s ‘EAMI’ wins top prize at Rotterdam 2022\|work=Screendaily \|first=Michael\|last= Rosser\|date=2 February 2022\|accessdate=8 February 2022}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|VPRO Big Screen award}}
*Kung Fu Zohra*	Mabrouk El Mechri	{{won}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Fipresci award}}
*To Love Again*	Gao Linyang	{{won}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Ammodo Tiger short awards}}
*Becoming Male in the Middle Ages*	Pedro Neves Marques	{{won}}	rowspan=3\|
*Nazarbazi*	Maryam Tafakory	{{won}}
*Nosferasta: First Bite*	Bayley Sweitzer, Adam Khalil	{{won}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|KNF award}}
*Punctured Sky*	Jon Rafman	{{won}}
colspan =4\|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Wanted: VPRO Big Screen public jury}}
*Kung Fu Zohra*	Mabrouk El Mechri	{{won}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://iffr.com/en}}

International Film Festival Rotterdam

Category:Events in Rotterdam

Category:2022 festivals in Europe

International Film Festival Rotterdam