During the IFFR 2012 Awards Ceremony on Friday, February 3, 2012, on of the three Hivos Tiger Awards was granted to Hubert Bals Fund-supported film De jueves a domingo by writer/director Dominga Sotomayor (Chile/Netherlands - Writers Lab 2011) and her producer Benjamin Domenech (Creative Producers Lab 2011).
Fifteen first or second films competed in the 2012 Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. The Jury consisted of Eric Khoo, director and producer from Singapore; Tine Fischer, festival director of CPH-DOX in Denmark; Israeli filmmaker Samuel Maoz (Golden Lion winner Lebanon, a former CineMart Project); Helena Ignez P. de Mello e Silva, Brazilian actress and filmmaker and Ludmila Cvikova, Head of International Programming at Doha Film Institute. Each Hivos Tiger Award comes with a prize of Euro 15,000 for the filmmaker.
De jury about jueves a domingo by Dominga Sotomayor: ‘In focus, this film is a very precise and gentle depiction of the intimate space of a family. We are captured in a journey seen through a child’s perspective, and recall the moments of our own childhood, at the same time experiencing and understanding all the complexities that adult life entails. The minimalistic story is revealed through the fresh angles of the camerawork. A gentle piece, rich with sensitive observations.’
De jueves a domingo was supported by the IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund for script and project development and was selected for the Hubert Bals Fund Plus-program. The film saw its world premiere in the Tiger Awards Competition 2012 and was produced by Forastero and Cinestación (Chili) in co-production with Circe Films (Netherlands). Sales agent is FiGa Films (USA).