#59. Rotterdam Tiger Awards

Films from Turkey, Iran and South Korea took the Rotterdam VPRO Tiger Awards VPRO Tiger awards at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam.

The winners were Iranian film-maker Ramtin Lavafipour's Be Calm And Count To Seven*, Yang Ik-June's Breathless from South Korea, and Turkey's Wrong Rosary.

The $19,000 (Euros 15,000) prizes were handed out at a ceremony at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg.

The competition had 14 contenders - all first or second-time films.

Other awards

NETPAC Award: The Land (Dadi) (He Jia, China).
Special Mention: Agrarian Utopia (Uruphong Raksasad, Thailand)*
FIPRESCI Award: Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly (Edwin, Indonesia)*
KNF Award: Tony Manero (Pablo Larraín, Chile/Brazil, 2008)*