Belgian Cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove to Receive Rotterdam’s Robby Müller Award
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor International Film Festival Rotterdam has revealed that Belgian cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove will be the recipient of the fifth annual Robby Müller Award, which pays homage to the craft of artists working behind the lens in the spirit of the celebrated cinematographer.
Vandekerckhove is “known for delicately capturing the inner lives of characters,” the festival said, such as a cleaning lady on a late-night journey in “Ghost Tropic” or the encounter of a foreign construction worker and a moss researcher in “Here,” both directed by Bas Devos.
He also shot Stephan Streker’s “A Wedding,” about a teenager forced into an arranged marriage. “With profound commitment and a wondrous tranquillity he captures details and hidden shades of everyday existence in his own singular way that mirrors the emotionally moving images of Robby Müller,” the jury stated.
In other announcements, the festival, which runs Jan. 25 – Feb. 4, revealed that the jury for the Tiger Competition consists of Marco Müller, former director of Locarno, Venice and IFFR; Ena Sendijarević, a Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker known for her acclaimed debut “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” and the Netherlands’ Oscars submission “Sweet Dreams”; producer, industry expert and founder of Easy Rider Films, Nadia Turincev; renowned Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau; and L.A.
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