ROTTERDAM.- In recent weeks, curators, art critics, and film experts scouted twelve students from Dutch art academies and five students from Norwegian art schools for the annual video, film, and animation competition. The jury, led by Rutger Wolfson, announces the winners of the TENT Academy Award and the Best Foreign Film Award at KINO cinema on Saturday 26 August.

The nominees for the TENT Academy Award 2017 are: Kotryna Buruckaitė - Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam • Ole Nieling - ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Enschede • Bram van Dijk - Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam • Valentina Gal - ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem • Festus Toll - Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Den Bosch/Breda • Michelle Verhoeks - Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Den Bosch/Breda • Igrayne Hörmann - Hogeschool voor de kunsten Utrecht • Simone Louise Schuffelen - Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Maastricht • Hansje Hofland - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam • Miron Galić - ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem • Jonathan Aldenberg - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam • Slavena Petkova – Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag

The nominees for the Best Foreign Film Award 2017 are: Fatou Madeleine Satumaa Åsbakk - Oslo National Academy of the Arts • Julie Karine Schie Olsen - Oslo National Academy of the Arts • Prerna Bishnoi - Trondheim Academy of Fine Art • Anette Gellein – Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art and Creative Writing • Simen Gjersvold - Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art and Creative Writing

The nominated films will be shown in blocks. At the end of the day, a professional jury will announce the winners of the TENT Academy Award and the Best Foreign Film Award. The audience can vote for the Public’s Choice Award. The award show will be concluded with drinks and music in KINO.