The 14 films chosen for this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFRflagship )'s Tiger Competition have been revealed. To see the entire list, scroll down.

With features spanning from Chile to China, Sweden to Israel, and Mexico to India, the selection is often global. Three prizes will be awarded by a jury: the Tiger Award (worth €40,000) and two special jury awards (worth €10,000 each). Zsuzsi Bánkuti, Gust Van den Berghe, Tatiana Leite, Thekla Reuten, and Farid Tabarki are on the jury.

Last year's Tiger competition winner was Indian filmmaker Vinothraj P.S.'s Pebbles, which was a contender for this year's International Oscar race but didn't make the shortlist.

The lineups for the festival's Big Screen Competition, which strives to bridge the gap between mainstream and arthouse cinema, were also announced today. Romania, France, and South Africa are among the titles chosen. In addition, the Tiger Short Competition was announced.

The festival, which runs from January 26 through February 6, was forced to go entirely online this year due to local Covid regulations. All titles will be available digitally for press and industry delegates.

Please Baby Please by Amanda Kramer will open the show. Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, a cinematographer, will receive the honorary Robby Müller Award.

“The announcement of our full festival programme is always an exciting moment and this year is no exception. After the tough decision to move our festival online, we’ve curated a wonderful online selection for our audiences here in the Netherlands, whilst also ensuring that our competition lineups and the filmmakers who trusted us with their premieres will be given a platform within our Press Industry Selection,”  said Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director.  “When cinemas are allowed to open again, we will present competition titles on the big screen to our audiences later in the year.”

IFFR 2022 Program

Tiger Competition 2022 selection

• Achrome, Maria Ignatenko, 2022, Russia
• The Cloud Messenger, Rahat Mahajan, 2022, India
• A criança, Marguerite de Hillerin/Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois, 2022, Portugal
• EAMI, Paz Encina, 2022, Paraguay/Germany/Argentina/Netherlands/France/United States
• Excess Will Save Us, Morgane Dziurla-Petit, 2022, Sweden
• Kafka for Kids, Roee Rosen, 2022, Israel
• Malintzin 17, Mara Polgovsky/Eugenio Polgovsky, 2022, Mexico
• Met mes, Sam de Jong, 2022, Netherlands
• The Plains, David Easteal, 2022, Australia
• Proyecto Fantasma, Roberto Doveris, 2022, Chile
• Le rêve et la radio, Renaud Després-Larose/Ana Tapia Rousiouk, 2022, Canada
• Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish, Lei Lei, 2022, United States/Netherlands
• To Love Again, Gao Linyang, 2022, China
• Yamabuki, Yamasaki Juichiro, 2022, Japan/France

Big Screen Competition 2022 selection

• Assault, Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2022, Kazakhstan/Russia
• Broadway, Christos Massalas, 2022, Greece/France/Romania
• CE2, Jacques Doillon, 2021, France
• Daryn’s Gym, Brett Michael Innes, 2021, South Africa
• Drifting Petals, Clara Law, 2021, Australia
• The Harbour, Rajeev Ravi, 2022, India
• The Island, Anca Damian, 2021, Romania
• Kung Fu Zohra, Mabrouk El Mechri, 2021, France
• Mi vacío y yo, Adrián Silvestre, 2021, Spain
• Splendid Isolation, Urszula Antoniak, 2022, Netherlands

Tiger Short Competition 2022 selection

• Answering the Sun, Rainer Kohlberger, 2022, Austria/Germany
• Becoming Male in the Middle Ages, Pedro Neves Marques, 2022, Portugal
• Chants from a Holy Book, Cesar Gananian/Cassiana Der Haroutiounian, 2021, Brazil
• Constant, Sasha Litvintseva/Beny Wagner, 2022, Germany/United Kingdom
• Dawn, Leonor Noivo, 2021, Portugal
• Glass Life, Sara Cwynar, 2021, United States
• Isn’t It a Beautiful World, Joseph Wilson, 2021, United Kingdom
• The Making of Crime Scenes, Hsu Che-yu, 2022, France/Taiwan
• Nazarbazi, Maryam Tafakory, 2022, Iran/United Kingdom
• El nombre de las cosas, Diego Escobar, 2022, Chile
• Nosferasta: First Bite, Bayley Sweitzer/Adam Khalil, 2021, United States
• Polycephaly in D, Michael Robinson, 2021, United States
• Punctured Sky, Jon Rafman, 2021, United States
• Songs for living, Korakrit Arunanondchai/Alex Gvojic, 2022, United States/Thailand
• Tomorrow Is a Water Palace, Juanita Onzaga, 2022, Belgium
• Urban solutions, Arne Hector/Luciana Mazeto/Vinícius Lopes/Minze Tummescheit, 2022, Germany/Brazil