The online entry form for the 2009 International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 21 - Feb 1, 2009) is available here. Please note the separate deadlines for short and feature length films and first carefully read our Entry Regulations! Go to entry info...
Georgian filmmakers Andro Sakvarelidze and Giga Chkheidze took the Hubert Bals Fund Award for Best Project at the DAB Forum in Yerevan, Armenia. They receive 5,000 Euro to develop their project Washington. Read on..
Rotterdam programmer Gertjan Zuilhof proposes a probably controversial hypothesis: Asian ghost movies are so effective, dark and unpredictable because the makers really believe in ghosts. They know what they’re talking about. The fear is real. Read on..
The Hubert Bals Fund of the IFFR announces financial contributions to 27 film projects for a total amount of 385,000 Euro. Click here for the line up of the Spring 2008 Selection Round in full.
IFFR 2008
The full list of awards handed out during the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam. Read on...
Celebrating its 25th anniversary within the 2008 IFFR, CineMart showcased thirty-nine projects from twenty-six countries, culled from an initial 550 submissions. Over five days, producers, financiers, directors, and sales agents, will take part in back-to-back meetings to find potential partners or projects for the coming year. Altogether 800 participants have registered at the mart. Read more...
Eschewing conference and panel formats and instead deploying the tried and tested device of brainstorming towards a consensus, IFFR management and industry experts will sit down this weekend to thrash out how future CineMarts will be shaped. Read more...
Isabella Films, IDTV Motel Films, Waterland Film and Volya Films have been selected to receive each 50,000 Euro to support their coproduction projects with Hubert Bals Fund supported films. The Netherlands Film Fund has granted the 200,000 Euro; among the projects is Aktan Arym Kubat's The Light (Kyrgyzstan). Read on..
New Arrivals
May we have your votes please?
The Chinese Seeking You, the Danish Meet me in Berlin or the Dutch In Seemansferhaal? What is your favourite short? Be sure to let us know by voting for it. Watch & vote here, till september 15th.
It could happen to you
Send in your short, win a prize and get shown at the IFFR 2009
The IFFR is not restricted by physical bounderies. With New Arrivals it launched, along with partner and broadcasting company NPS, an online platform for short films. Every month a jury will announce a monthly winner. The final winner will receive an Award and € 1000. The deadline for the next round is 15th of september. How to enter...
Out of the sixteen Hubert Bals Fund and CineMart backed films in the 2008 Official Cannes Selection, no less than six are feature débuts, eligible for the Camera d’Or. Further five directors made their first appearance on the Croisette. Together, these films confirm the unique role of the Rotterdam festival in discovering and supporting new and unknown talent. Read on for full list...
Just before or during its 2008 edition, sales outfits have picked up many Rotterdam titles. Among others, 2nd runner up in the audience vote, Estomago - A Gastronomic Story by Marcos Jorge (Brazil) was picked up by Elle Driver. Read more..
'The paradox of of the Rotterdam Film Festival is that we have a large audience with particular needs alongside distributors looking for commercial art-house fare. And on the other hand, there is a large niche and experimental programme operating outside the usual financial structures. At the Film Office, we balance between these elements’, said Film Office chief Rik Vermeulen. Read more...
The 2008 editon of Rotterdam Lab, the CineMart initiative that introduces fledgling producers to key personnel within the international film trade, boasts the addition of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and J-Pitch/UNIJAPAN to its roster of international partners. Read more...