A-film Distribution has acquired local Dutch rights to eleven titles screening at this year's International Filmfestival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2004.

Its line-up includes documentary Johan Cruyff: En El Momento Dado by Ramon Gieling which world premieres at the festival, and Festival Express by Bob Smeaton and Rick by Curtiss Clayton which are both European premieres.

It also holds local distribution rights to VPRO Tiger Award competitor The Wooden Camera by Ntshaveni Wa Luruli.

Filmmuseum Distribition, meanwhile, has local distribution rights to six films playing at Rotterdam.

Three other competition titles have been acquired already for release in The Netherlands: Asshak, Tales from the Sahara (Contact Film), Three Steps Dancing (Cinemien) and Young Gods (Paradiso Filmed Entertainment).

IFFR titles to be distributed in The Netherlands:

A-film Distribution:
Osama, Barmak Sedigh, Afghanistan/Japan/Ireland 2003
Elephant, Gus van Sant, USA 2003
Johan Cruyff: En Un Momento Dado, Ramón Gieling, The Netherlands 2004
Festival Express, Bob Smeaton, United Kingdom 2003
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter'and Spring, Kim Ki-Duk, South Korea/Germany 2003
Rick, Curtiss Clayton, USA 2003
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Prachya Pinkaew, Thailand 2003
Crimson Gold, Jafar Panahi, Iran 2003
Lost In Translation, Sofia Coppola, USA 2003
Memories Of Murder, Bong Jooh-Ho, South Korea 2003
Last Life In The Universe, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand 2003

Filmmuseum Distribition:
Father And Son, Alexander Sokurov, Russia/Germany 2003
Bright Future, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Japan 2003
Lichter, Hans-Christain Schmid, Germany 2003
La Meglio Gioventù, Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy 2003
The Last Train, Alexey German jr., Russia 2003
Silent Waters, Sabia Sumar, Pakistan/France/Germany 2003

Paradiso Filmed Entertainment:
21 Grams, Alejandro González Iñárritu, USA/Mexico 2003
The Agronomist, Jonathan Demme, USA 2003
Les Invasions Barbares, Denys Arcand, Canada/France 2003
The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo, USA 2003
Joy of Madness, Hannah Makhmalbaf, Iran 2003

Bright Angel Distribution:
Shara, Kawase Naomi, Japan 2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem, Fukasaku Kenta / Fukasaku Kinji, Japan 2003
Zatoichi, Kitano Takeshi, Japan 2003
L'histoire De Marie Et Julien, Jacques Rivette, France 2003

Contact Film
Uzak, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey 2002
The Return, Andrei Zvjagintsjev, Russia 2003
Twentynine Palms, Bruno Dumont, France 2003
Story Of The Weeping Camel, Byambasuren Davaa / Luigi Falomi, Germany/Mongolia 2003

Cinemien
Depuis Qu'otar Est Parti, Julie Bertucelli, France/Belgium 2003
Ballo A Tre Passi (Three Steps Dancing), Salvatore Mereu, Italy 2003

Columbia Tri-Star Films
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, USA 2003