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==Profile==
* '''Film Festival:''' [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]]
* '''Edition:''' 37th
* '''Period:''' January 23rd-Feb. 3rd, 2008
* '''Location:''' Rotterdam, Netherlands
* '''Premieres:''' 50 World Premieres, 30 International Premieres, 25 European Premieres
==Awards==
* '''VPRO Tiger Awards:''' "[[Wonderful Town]]" (Thailand), "[[Flower in the Pocket]]" (Malaysia), "Go With Peace Jamal"(Denmark)
* '''Dioraphte Award:''' Mutum (Brazil/France)
* '''NETPAC Award:''' "[[What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!]]" (Taiwan)
** '''Special Mention:''' [[Crude Oil]] (China)
* '''FIPRESCI Award:''' "The Sky, the Earth and the Rain" (Chile)
* '''KNF Award:''' "Cargo 200" (Russia)
* '''Tiger Awards Competition for short film:''' "Ah, Liberty!" (United Kingdom), "A's I Lay Dying" (Malaysia), "Observando el cielo" (United States)
* '''Prix UIP Rotterdam:''' "Unlith" (France)
* '''MovieSquad Award:''' "Persepolis" (France)
* '''Arte France Cinéma Awards:''' "The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology" (UK/The Netherlands)

==East Asian Films @ 38th IFFR==
===VPRO Tiger Awards===
* "[[Flower in the Pocket]]" - [[Liew Seng Tat]] (Malaysia) * European Premiere
* "[[Fujian Blue]]" - [[Weng Shou Ming]] (China) * European Premiere
* "[[Waltz in Starlight]]" - [[Shingo Wakagi]] (Japan) * International Premiere
* "[[Wonderful Town]]" - [[Aditya Assarat]] (Thailand) * European Premiere
* "[[Years When I Was a Child Outside]]" - [[John Torres]] (Philippines) * World Premiere

===Sturm und Drang===
* "[[881]]" - [[Royston Tan]] (Singapore) * European Premiere
* "[[Bare-assed Japan]]" - [[Yuya Ishii]] (Japan) * European Premiere
* "[[Girl Sparks]]" - [[Yuya Ishii]] (Japan) * International Premiere
* "[[Crossroads (2008-China)|Crossroads]]" - [[Wang Jing (1981)|Wang Jing]] (China) * World Premiere
* "[[Drumbeat (2007-Philippines)|Drumbeat]]" - [[Adolfo Alix Jr.]] (Philippines) * International Premiere
* "[[Fantastic Parasuicides]]" - various (South Korea) * International Premiere
* "[[Help Me Eros]]" - [[Kang-sheng Lee]] (Taiwan)
* "[[Let's Finish!!!]]" - [[Cheol-min Hwang]] (South Korea)
* "[[Lucky 7]]" - various (Singapore) * World Premiere
* "[[The Mourning Forest]]" - [[Naomi Kawase]] (Japan)
* "[[Of Monster Mode]]" - [[Yuya Ishii]] (Japan) * World Premiere
* "[[Philippine Bliss]]" - [[Khavn]] (Philippines) * World Premiere
* "[[Ploy]]" - [[Pen-Ek Ratanaruang]] (Thailand)
* "[[Rebel, Jiro's Love]]" - [[Yuya Ishii]] (Japan) * International Premiere
* "[[Shadow Of Sand]]" - [[Kaida Yusuke]] (Japan) * World Premiere
* "[[This World of Ours]]" - [[Ryo Nakajima]] (Japan) * European Premiere
* "[[Tropical Manila]]" [[Sang-woo Lee]] (Philippines/South Korea) * World Premiere
* "[[We Went to Wonderland]]" - [[Xiaolu Guo]] (China/United Kingdom) * World Premiere
* "[[What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!]]" - [[Doze Niu]] (Taiwan) * International Premiere
* "[[Winter Story]]" - [[Chuan-ming Zhu]] (China)

===Time & Tide===
* "[[Three Days to Forever]]" – [[Riri Riza]] (Indonesia)
* "[[Death in the Land of Encantos]]" - [[Lav Diaz]] (Philippines)
* "[[Glory to the Filmmaker!]]" - [[Takeshi Kitano]] (Japan)
* "[[Hafez]]" - Abolfazl Jalili (Iran, Japan)
* "[[Hello, Stranger]]" - [[Dong-won Kim]] (South Korea) * International Premiere
* "[[Sad Vacation]]" - [[Shinji Aoyama]] (Japan)
* "[[Secret Sunshine]]" - [[Chang-dong Lee]] (South Korea)
* "[[Useless]]" - [[Zhang Ke Jia]] (China)

===Kings & Aces ===
* "[[Teak Leaves and the Temples]]" - [[Garin Nugroho]] (Indonesia) * World Premiere
* "[[Death in the Land of Encantos]]" – [[Lav Diaz]] (Philippines)

===Cinema Regained===
* "[[Half Empty or Half Full]]" - [[Kayo Takefuji]] (Japan) * International Premiere

===Exploding Cinema: New Dragon Inns===
* "[[Crude Oil]]" - [[Bing Wang]] (China) * World Premiere
* "[[Nirvana]]" - [[Heng Yang]] (China) * World Premiere
* "[[Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward]]" - [[Zi'en Cui]] (China) * European Premiere
* "[[The Truth Be Told: The Cases Against Supinya Klangnarong]]" - [[Pimpaka Towira]] (Thailand) * European Premiere

===Rotterdämmerung===
* "[[Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina]]" - [[Shinji Aramaki]] (Japan) * European Premiere
* "[[Big Man Japan]]" - [[Hitoshi Matsumoto]] (Japan)
* "[[Half Empty or Half Full]]" - [[Kayo Takefuji]] (Japan) * International Premiere
* "[[The Unseeable]]" - [[Wisit Sasanatieng]] (Thailand)

2008 (37th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - Revision history

RamenLover at 19:19, 13 September 2011