The Giant
Johannes Nyholm, Sweden/Denmark, 2016, 86 min.
He might be handicapped, but Rikard Boberg has set his sights on winning an important pétanque championship. He thinks he will then be reunited with his mother. Particularly with the help of the giant from his imaginative fantasies. A Western-like soundtrack accompanies the modern fable of cowboy Rikard and his remarkable quest.
Attending IFFR Live: filmmaker Johannes Nyholm, cast Christian Andrén and Johan Kylén.
The sixth IFFR Live title will be announced shortly.
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IFFR Live is made possible by Creative Europe Media Programme of the European Union and is a coproduction between International Film Festival Rotterdam, Be For Films, SF Studios, Doc & Film International, Jour2Fête and Indie Sales. IFFR Live events will screen simultaneously in some twenty countries within and outside of Europe. This makes them to be amongst the largest film festival screenings in the world. Partly thanks to the use of new technologies, social media and making the films available through a range of online platforms, we are striving to ensure the greatest possible reach for festival films.
International Film Festival Rotterdam is one of the biggest cultural events in the Netherlands and one of the biggest audience film festivals in the world. The 46th IFFR takes place from Wednesday, 25 January, to Sunday, 5 February 2017. With the latest feature films, documentaries, short films, exhibitions, performances, talkshows and debates, for twelve days Rotterdam is the exciting, global capital of film. Official ticket sales start on Friday, 20 January. For further information, see IFFR.com.
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