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NewsRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout to step down after 2022 edition
Marit van den Elshout has been head of IFFR Pro since 2006.
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NewsRotterdam reveals audience figures for extended 50th edition
International Film Festival Rotterdam hosted online and hybrid events in February and June.
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NewsRotterdam’s June event wraps as Totti documentary wins audience award
The one-off summer edition ran in cinemas from June 2-6 and continued online until today (June 9).
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NewsMagnolia acquires world on Sundance, IFFR selection ‘Mayday’
Lorna Lee Torres, Marie Zeniter launching international sales at virtual Cannes market.
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NewsRotterdam unveils line-up for hybrid June event
128 titles will screen the festival’s new Harbour section as well as Bright Future, Cinema Regained and the short and mid-length film sidebars.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up Rotterdam title ‘All About My Sisters’ (exclusive)
Hong Kong-based sales agent also picks up ’If Only Trees Could Talk’, directed by India’s Bobby Sarma Baruah.
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NewsRotterdam reveals first titles for June event, shifting to hybrid format
Event will include the launch of the festival’s newest and largest programme, Harbour.
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NewsThe two women using the Rotterdam Lab to help build the Jamaican film sector
Nadean Rawlins is participating in the Lab with a project called ‘Traytown’.
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NewsRotterdam fetes Kelly Reichardt with Robby Müller award
The award celebrates a filmmaker who has created a ”authentic, credible and emotionally striking visual language”.
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NewsMake festivals more accountable for diversity, urges Rotterdam panel
Speakers included Eurimages exec Roberto Olla, BBC diversity head Miranda Wayland, director Shamira Raphaëla and financier Elisa Alvares.
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NewsRotterdam film festival 2021 winners revealed
Winners hailed from India, France, Kosovo, Argentina and Bosnia.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund appoints interim manager
Esther Bannenberg will stay until at least June as the fund looks to restructure this year.
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NewsGreece, China film projects win top Rotterdam industry prizes
Five projects win cash prizes at the closing of IFFR Pro Days and CineMart.
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NewsInternational production adapting to continue through pandemic, say IFFR Tiger filmmakers
Directors included Ismaël and Youssef Chebbi, Nino Martínez Sosa, Karen Cinorre and Juja Dobrachkous.
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NewsFilmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese talks new project, creative process
The filmmaker has been researching subjects of siege and fear while locked down in home city of Berlin.
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News“We’re missing the audience”: Rotterdam Tiger directors share international hopes for their films
Filmmakers in virtual Rotterdam discussion included Vinothraj P.S., Selim Mourad, Pascal Tagnati and Norika Sefa.
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NewsFortissimo boards sales on Japanese aphrodisiac feature ‘Sexual Drive’
Yoshida Kota’s film debuts in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition.
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News“The bigger the better”: Tiger filmmakers on how to watch their films online
Four international filmmakers spoke with Lorna Tee and Vanja Kaludjercic.
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NewsTiger Competition directors talk female empowerment at Rotterdam
Filmmakers in discussion included Ainhoa Rodríguez, Taiki Sakpisit, Marta Popivoda and Itonje Søimer Guttormsen.
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NewsSales company Endorphin launches with Rotterdam contender ‘Bebia, À Mon Seul Désir’ (exclusive)
Former Warner Bros, Paramount and StudioCanal executive Viki Antonopoulou launches Athens-based outfit.