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- I Chose Not to Do That’ 5 days ago Göteborg Takeaways and News, From a New Renate Reinsve Movie to Rubën Ostlund, Rikke Gregersen, Banijay’s ‘Wallander’ Reboot and Much More 5 days ago See All Courtesy of IFFR “Variations on a Theme,” directed by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, won the Tiger Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
- Walking away with the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, the film – about Ouma Hettie, a goat herder in South Africa – was praised by jurors Soheila Golestani, Marcelo Gomes, Ariane Labed, Kristy Matheson and Jurica Pavičić for its “deep poetic language.” Related Stories Timothée Chalamet Says He 'Spent Six Figures Out of My Pocket' on 'SNL' Musical Performance and Press Tour Stunts Aren't a 'Gimmick': ‘I Don't Want to Be in the Pretentious In-Crowd' Box Office: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Scares 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Off Top Spot Friday With $5.6 Million “We found this to be a thoughtful and moving portrait of a community living under the specter of colonial legacies and familial bonds in this world and the next.” Popular on Variety Two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each, went to “La Belle Année” by Angelica Ruffier – “A very unique voice who made us travel through generations charged with loneliness with absolute honesty and radical tenderness” – and Ana Urushadze’s “Supporting Role.” The latter sees a faded star eyeing a possible comeback and encountering all sorts of ghosts from his past.
- “Relishing in the detail and texture of the city, the beauty of chance encounter and deeply felt emotion of reconciling the past.
- The jury were impressed by the way this film deftly uses the craft of acting as a lens through which to explore the complexities of how we move through the world,” they stated.
- It also received a FIPRESCI Award.
