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Rotterdam Winners: Toshihiko Tanaka’s ‘Rei’ & Oktay Baraheni’s ‘The Old Bachelor’ Scoop Top Prizes
Japanese actor and director Toshihiko Tanaka’s human relationships drama Rei and Iranian filmmaker Oktay Baraheni’s tale of identity and society The Old Bachelor have won the top awards at th…
Japanese actor and director Toshihiko Tanaka’s human relationships drama Rei and Iranian filmmaker Oktay Baraheni’s tale of identity and society The Old Bachelor have won the top awards at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 ($8,540) each, went to Indian director Midhun Murali’s Kiss Wagon, a political drama shot with a shadow play technique, and Australian filmmaker Jaydon Martin’s Flathead, a hybrid work exploring blue collar life in Australia. Murali’s Kiss Wagon also won the FIPRESCI Award for its “sheer spunk and freshness in approaching the grave issue of lack of liberties and of sexual and gender repression in a manner that combines humour, spectacle and intrigue.”
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