Short Film News (SFN)-  February 4 th saw the announcement of the winners of  Inernational Film Festival Rotterdam's two short film competitions for 2007.
The three Tiger Awards for Short Film were granted to VIDEO GAME by Vipin Vijay ( From India) , HINTERLAND by Geoffrey Boulange ( From France) and THE FLAG (BAYRAK) by Koken Ergun (From Turkey).
Honourable Mentions went to VOM INNEN; VON AUSSEN (ABOUT THE INSIDE; FROM THE OUTSIDE) by Albert Sackl ( From Austria) and YOU CAN WALK TOO by Cristina Lucas ( From Spain).
The Tiger Awards for Short Film jury noted VIDEO GAME's "relentless, complex post-modern intelligence", HINTERLAND's "courage and precision" and described THE FLAG as "an extraordinarily elegant film."
The Prix UIP Rotterdam was awarded to AMIN by David Dusa (France/Germany/the Netherlands), which automatically receives nomination for the European Film Awards.
David Dusa's film is a stand-alone excerpt from his feature film project FRANCE, currently being developed at the Amsterdam's Binger Filmlab. Last year's winner, MEANDER by Joke Liberge, was also a Binger project.