Combining within its organisation the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Hubert Bals Fund and co-production market CineMart, IFFR offers a launching pad and supportive platform for innovative and talented independent filmmakers.
International Film Festival Rotterdam Program revealed
CineMart selection 2018
Many CineMart debuts at the refocused 35th edition of IFFR's co-production market.
From nearly 400 submissions, IFFR has selected 16 projects.
From nearly 400 submissions, IFFR has selected 16 projects – with expected budgets ranging from €400,000 to €4 million – to present at therefocused 35th edition of CineMart, Rotterdam’s co-production market. CineMart offers filmmakers and producers the opportunity to present their new project to film professionals in order to take the next step in its creative development and financing.
All of the selected filmmakers make their CineMart debut in 2018, with the exception of Matt Porterfield. His film Sollers Point was featured at the 2013 edition of CineMart and is now selected to screen at IFFR 2018’s Voices section.
Kaweh Modiri is no stranger to the festival either. His first feature Bodkin Raswas selected for the Bright Future Main Programme in 2016 and won the FIPRESCI Award.
Both Gastón Solnicki and Jean-Gabriel Périot have presented several films at IFFR. Solnicki’s Kékszakállú was screened at IFFR 2017 and won the FIPRESCI award at Venice. In 2009, Périot was selected for IFFR’s Tiger Award for short films with Entre chiens et loups and has since made a name for himself with films such as A German Youth.
Some filmmakers have a track record in making short films. Rachel Lang and Lovisa Sirén have previously seen their short films selected for several festivals and Jesper Dalgaard, who has made short documentaries and a virtual reality performance, presents his first feature film at CineMart.
Four selected filmmakers come to CineMart with the aim to follow up on their recent success. Johnny Ma won the Best Canadian First Feature Film Award in Toronto for Old Stone Gurvinder Singh was selected for the prestigious Un Certain Regard in Cannes Ricardo Silva won at Locarno with Navajaro in 2014; Anita Rocha da Silveira’s Kill Me Please was nominated for Best Film at Venice Orizzonti; and Hlynur Pálmason’s Winter Brotherscollected awards at several festivals.
As of this year, CineMart has been streamlined to better serve film professionals to find the right connections. Head of IFFR PRO Marit van den Elshout: “We’ve downsized the selection to 16 projects in order to give each project more care and attention. The projects now start preparations a month in advance with a specially appointed mentor. We’ve also implemented a new structure for the one-to-one meetings, which will be tailored more to the needs of each project. Additionally, CineMart presents a new format called Spotlight, in which the project teams and their mentors discuss each project publicly for all CineMart guests.”
Selected CineMart titles qualify for four awards:
the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20,000 for a European co-production;
the ARTE International Prize of €6,000 for an international co-production;
the Wouter Barendrecht Award of €5,000 for a project by a director under 35 years of age;
and the Filmmore Postproduction Award of €7,500 to be used for colour grading and visual effects.
About CineMart
The 35th edition of CineMart will take place during IFFR PRO Days from 27 January to 2 February 2018.
The Hubert Bals Fund has selected two feature film projects in the winter selection round of Script & Project Development.
Ammodo Tiger Short
22 films from all conceivable genres, from 18 different countries, and varying in length from 7 to 52 minutes, compete for 3 equal awards each worth €5,000..
Combining within its organisation the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Hubert Bals Fund and co-production market CineMart, IFFR offers a launching pad and supportive platform for innovative and talented independent filmmakers.
