Five films to screen at festival and in more than 36 cinemas/VOD platforms as part of new Rotterdam initiative.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has added the world premiere of The Sky Above Us to its new Iffr Live programme.
Marinus Groothof makes his feature directorial debut with the story of three Serbian nationals living in fear during the 1999 Nato bombing of Belgrade. Ctm Pictures produces and Doc & Film handles world sales.
The new Iffr Live programme presents five film premieres during the festival to simultaneously screen in more than 36 cinemas and VOD platforms across Europe. That includes launches in the UK, Italy, Spain, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and the Netherlands (see list of venues below).
For The Sky Above Us, Dutch telecom provider Kpn will stream the film live on interactive TV in The Netherlands timed to its Jan 28 festival launch and offer its subscribers the opportunity to view the film and participate in a live, free...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has added the world premiere of The Sky Above Us to its new Iffr Live programme.
Marinus Groothof makes his feature directorial debut with the story of three Serbian nationals living in fear during the 1999 Nato bombing of Belgrade. Ctm Pictures produces and Doc & Film handles world sales.
The new Iffr Live programme presents five film premieres during the festival to simultaneously screen in more than 36 cinemas and VOD platforms across Europe. That includes launches in the UK, Italy, Spain, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and the Netherlands (see list of venues below).
For The Sky Above Us, Dutch telecom provider Kpn will stream the film live on interactive TV in The Netherlands timed to its Jan 28 festival launch and offer its subscribers the opportunity to view the film and participate in a live, free...
- 12/15/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has begun unveiling its lineup. Watch this page for updates as more films and sections are announced.
Limelight
Amour fou (Jessica Hausner)
Atlantic (Jan-Willem van Ewijk)
Big Eyes (Tim Burton)
A Blast (Syllas Tzoumerkas)
Charlie's Country (Rolf de Heer)
The Dark Horse (James Napier-Robertson)
Two Shots Fired (Martín Rejtman)
Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve)
Erbarme Dich - Matthaus Passion Stories (Ramón Gieling)
The Farewell Party (Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit)
Girlhood (Céline Sciamma)
Far From Men (David Oelhoffen)
Melody (Bernard Bellefroid)
The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher)
Phoenix (Christian Petzold)
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (Cédric Anger)
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako)
The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
Tu Dors Nicole (Stéphane Lafleur)
Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund)
Between 10 and 12 (Peter Hoogendoorn)...
Limelight
Amour fou (Jessica Hausner)
Atlantic (Jan-Willem van Ewijk)
Big Eyes (Tim Burton)
A Blast (Syllas Tzoumerkas)
Charlie's Country (Rolf de Heer)
The Dark Horse (James Napier-Robertson)
Two Shots Fired (Martín Rejtman)
Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve)
Erbarme Dich - Matthaus Passion Stories (Ramón Gieling)
The Farewell Party (Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit)
Girlhood (Céline Sciamma)
Far From Men (David Oelhoffen)
Melody (Bernard Bellefroid)
The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher)
Phoenix (Christian Petzold)
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (Cédric Anger)
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako)
The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
Tu Dors Nicole (Stéphane Lafleur)
Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund)
Between 10 and 12 (Peter Hoogendoorn)...
- 12/4/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
New feature from Girl With a Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev one of three film added to Iffr’s first simultaneous live screening event.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has added three new titles to its inaugural simultaneous live screening strand, Iffr Live.
They include the world premiere of documentary Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories and the European premieres of Speed Walking, from The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev, and Melody, from Bernard Bellefroid.
The event, established in partnership with Fortissimo Films, TrustNordisk and Doc & Film, will screen five film premieres during the 44th Iffr (Jan 21 - Feb 1) and simultaneously beam them to cinemas and VOD platforms in multiple territories across Europe. The initiative is supported by the European Commission.
Iffr previously announced the first of the selected titles, Atlantic, from Dutch writer/director Jan-Willem van Ewijk, which debuted at Toronto. The fifth title, completing the Iffr...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has added three new titles to its inaugural simultaneous live screening strand, Iffr Live.
They include the world premiere of documentary Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories and the European premieres of Speed Walking, from The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev, and Melody, from Bernard Bellefroid.
The event, established in partnership with Fortissimo Films, TrustNordisk and Doc & Film, will screen five film premieres during the 44th Iffr (Jan 21 - Feb 1) and simultaneously beam them to cinemas and VOD platforms in multiple territories across Europe. The initiative is supported by the European Commission.
Iffr previously announced the first of the selected titles, Atlantic, from Dutch writer/director Jan-Willem van Ewijk, which debuted at Toronto. The fifth title, completing the Iffr...
- 10/20/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Melody [pictured] piques buyer interest after Montreal wins.
Doc & Film has scored sales on Belgian director Bernard Bellefroid’s surrogate mother drama Melody following an award-winning premiere at the Montreal Film Festival earlier this month.
The tale of a mother-daughter relationship that blooms between an older woman and the younger surrogate mother of her unborn child has sold to Canada (Axia Films), Taiwan (Cineplex) and Benelux (Cineart).
Co-stars Rachel Blake and Lucie Debay shared the best actress prize at Montreal where the film played in competition and also picked up a special mention from the ecumenical jury.
Paris-based Doc & Film have also sealed new deals on Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery which screened in the Tiff Docs section.
In Toronto, it has sold to Switzerland (Xenix), Spain (Surtsey) and Benelux (Cineart).
The film is due to be released in the Us by Zipporah Films on Nov 5 after a premiere at New York’s Film Forum theatre.
Cannes...
Doc & Film has scored sales on Belgian director Bernard Bellefroid’s surrogate mother drama Melody following an award-winning premiere at the Montreal Film Festival earlier this month.
The tale of a mother-daughter relationship that blooms between an older woman and the younger surrogate mother of her unborn child has sold to Canada (Axia Films), Taiwan (Cineplex) and Benelux (Cineart).
Co-stars Rachel Blake and Lucie Debay shared the best actress prize at Montreal where the film played in competition and also picked up a special mention from the ecumenical jury.
Paris-based Doc & Film have also sealed new deals on Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery which screened in the Tiff Docs section.
In Toronto, it has sold to Switzerland (Xenix), Spain (Surtsey) and Benelux (Cineart).
The film is due to be released in the Us by Zipporah Films on Nov 5 after a premiere at New York’s Film Forum theatre.
Cannes...
- 9/9/2014
- ScreenDaily
Fund awards a total of $8.3m to new titles from Susanne Bier, Miguel Gomes and Yorgos Lanthimos among others.
The Board of Management of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund has agreed to support 20 projects of feature films, animations and documentaries for a total amount of $8.3m (€6.1m). The meeting ran from Oct 15-17 inVilnius.
Titles to benefit include:
Kosac - Zvonimir Juric (Croatia)
(Croatia, Slovenia)
Another Day of Life - Raul de la Fuente (Spain), Nenow Damian (Poland)
(Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany) Animation
As Mil e uma Noites - Miguel Gomes (Portugal)
(Portugal, France, Germany)
FRANCOØNIA, le Louvre sous l’occupation - Alexandre Sokourov (Russia)
(France, Germany, Netherlands) Documentary
The Girl King - Mika Kaurismaki (Finland)
(Germany, Canada, Finland, Sweden)
Druga strana svega - Mila Turajlic (Serbia) Documentary
(Serbia, France)
Onder het hart - Nicole Van Kilsdonk (Netherlands)
(Netherlands, Belgium)
Melody - Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium)
(Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
Le Portail - Régis Wargnier (France)
(France...
The Board of Management of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund has agreed to support 20 projects of feature films, animations and documentaries for a total amount of $8.3m (€6.1m). The meeting ran from Oct 15-17 inVilnius.
Titles to benefit include:
Kosac - Zvonimir Juric (Croatia)
(Croatia, Slovenia)
Another Day of Life - Raul de la Fuente (Spain), Nenow Damian (Poland)
(Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany) Animation
As Mil e uma Noites - Miguel Gomes (Portugal)
(Portugal, France, Germany)
FRANCOØNIA, le Louvre sous l’occupation - Alexandre Sokourov (Russia)
(France, Germany, Netherlands) Documentary
The Girl King - Mika Kaurismaki (Finland)
(Germany, Canada, Finland, Sweden)
Druga strana svega - Mila Turajlic (Serbia) Documentary
(Serbia, France)
Onder het hart - Nicole Van Kilsdonk (Netherlands)
(Netherlands, Belgium)
Melody - Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium)
(Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
Le Portail - Régis Wargnier (France)
(France...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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