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IFFR announces first lineup for June\u2019s 50th edition celebration\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces it will celebrate the close of its 50th edition with a full lineup of programmes taking place from 2 to 6 June, extending on demand until 9 June. The festival will bring audiences together both online and in person in a hybrid format that includes a film programme available on demand in the Netherlands and physically in Rotterdam, as well as in collaboration with cinemas across the country, adapting as required to Covid-19 restrictions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lineup will comprise of the new programme Harbour, alongside Bright Future, Cinema Regained, and the Short & Mid-length programme, with a festive selection of outdoor open-air screenings of IFFR classics. The Art Directions programme completes the physical offering with live performances, Virtual Reality, a travelling installation, and 50th specials, which altogether offer the chance to celebrate the close of this anniversary edition together in person.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic: \u201cAs we witness small signs of society gradually opening up, we are incredibly proud to celebrate cinema in June during the closing chapter of our 50th edition. If cinemas reopen we will be there to welcome audiences to the big screen. Like in February, we will also be present online with our full programme and Q&As accessible via IFFR.com. We are excited to share a wide range of works, from the discovery of cinematic gems in Cinema Regained to first features of Bright Future hand-picked by each of our programmers. As well as an eclectic selection of commissioned works in Art Directions and of course our new main programme Harbour. No matter what, we will be here both for our audiences and filmmakers to offer fresh perspectives and a great plurality of voices.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harbour stills clockwise:\u00a0Capitu and the Chapter<\/strong>,\u00a0Amor fati<\/strong>,\u00a0The Blue Danube<\/strong>,\u00a0Nudo Mixteco<\/strong>,\u00a0Dune Dreams<\/strong>, and\u00a0El ventre del mar<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harbour<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The June festival will mark the launch of IFFR\u2019s newest and largest programme, Harbour. Echoing Rotterdam\u2019s port city identity, Harbour becomes the heart of the festival that offers a safe haven to the full range and depth of contemporary cinema shown at the festival.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harbour announces the world premiere of French filmmaker Samuel Doux’s feature debut\u00a0Dune Dreams<\/strong>\u00a0and the international premiere of\u00a0The Blue Danube<\/strong>, the latest feature by Tiger Award-winning Japanese director\u00a0Ikeda Akira<\/a>\u00a0depicting overbearing bureaucracy that Japan and many other countries suffer from. Brazil\u2019s\u00a0J\u00falio Bressane<\/a>, whose debut feature was released in 1967, returns to IFFR with\u00a0Capitu and the Chapter<\/strong>. Mexican director of Mixtec origin \u00c1ngeles Cruz portrays her home village in debut feature\u00a0Nudo Mixteco<\/strong>. Portuguese director\u00a0Cl\u00e1udia Varej\u00e3o<\/a>\u00a0is selected for her documentary on intimacy and relationships,\u00a0Amor fati<\/strong>. Spanish director\u00a0Agust\u00ed Villaronga<\/a>, whose work was the subject of an IFFR retrospective in 2011, returns with a mix of theatre and film that recounts the 1816 La M\u00e9duse shipwreck in\u00a0El ventre del mar<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browse the Harbour programme here<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bright Future stills clockwise:\u00a0BERG<\/strong>,\u00a0All About My Sisters<\/strong>,\u00a0Phoenix<\/strong>, and\u00a0Damascus Dreams<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bright Future<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IFFR presents a special edition of its trademark programme Bright Future in which each feature film programmer had a choice of one debut. This led to a one-off programme of 14 features that celebrates the Bright Future programme\u2019s focus on fresh new film talent and discoveries for the future, whilst also reflecting the variety of tastes and concerns of the programmers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme features the world premieres of documentary\u00a0Damascus Dreams<\/strong>\u00a0by Montreal-based visual artist and filmmaker \u00c9milie Serri, Slovenian mountain-set\u00a0BERG\u00a0<\/strong>by the Dutch theatre and filmmaker\u00a0Joke Olthaar\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Phoenix\u00a0<\/strong>by Belgian artist, musician and filmmaker Bram Droulers. Indian filmmakers Pooja Shetty and Neil Pagedar are selected for their six-part science fiction comedy\u00a0OK Computer<\/strong>, along with China’s Wang Qiong for the world premiere of\u00a0All About My Sisters<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browse the Bright Future programme here<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cinema Regained stills clockwise:\u00a0Neck ‘n Neck<\/strong>,\u00a0Fat Chance<\/strong>, and\u00a0The Deer<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinema Regained<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cinema Regained is IFFR\u2019s programme dedicated to film history. It presents recent restorations and films dedicated to exploring aspects of cinema\u2019s heritage. The festival marks its first ever restoration contributions in collaboration with Kobe Planet Film Archive: the internationally celebrated resurgence of early Walt Disney’s\u00a0Neck ‘n’ Neck<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 which introduces the character of Oswald, precursor to Mickey Mouse \u2013 and\u00a0Sea Palace<\/strong>, a live action film by pioneering Japanese animator\u00a0Masaoka Kenz\u014d<\/a>. Experimental investigations into the seventh art remain a fixture of the programme, represented among others by\u00a0Stephen Broomer<\/a>‘s\u00a0Fat Chance<\/strong>, a darkly comical tribute to Hollywood heavy Laird Cregar. Iranian director\u00a0Shahram Mokri<\/a>\u2019s latest work,\u00a0Careless Crime<\/strong>, evokes the 1978 burning of a cinema during a screening of\u00a0The Deer<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Masoud Kimiai<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 an event that instigated the Iranian Revolution. Both films are selected for the programme.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Rosa Barba, Sui Hui-yu<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Directions: 50th edition specials and more<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Art Directions is IFFR\u2019s adventurous programme dedicated to uniting the realms of art and cinema, doing so in June with live performance works, installations, Virtual Reality, alongside a pop-up museum and photography series. The Performances programme comprises live performance works that explore what the art of film means in all its dimensions, developed with artists who have their roots in the short film section of IFFR. They include Berlin-based artist duo\u00a0Pauline Boudry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Renate Lorenz<\/a>, presenting\u00a0(No) Time<\/strong>, German-Italian visual artist and filmmaker\u00a0Rosa Barba<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Voice Engine<\/strong>, multidisciplinary Angolan artist\u00a0Kiluanji Kia Henda<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Resetting Birds\u2019 Memories<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UBIK space at WORM will host a Virtual Reality programme of four works including the world premiere of The\u00a0Subterranean Imprint Archive<\/strong>\u00a0by South African duo Francois Knoetze and Amy Louise Wilson.\u00a0The Hangman at Home \u2013 VR<\/strong>\u00a0by Israeli-origin filmmakers Michelle and Uri Kranot, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work at the 2020 Venice Biennale, is also selected.\u00a0Image Technology Echoes<\/strong>\u00a0by Australian artist Lauren Moffatt and\u00a0To Miss the Ending<\/strong>\u00a0by British artists Anna West and David Callanan complete the selection.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Werner<\/strong>\u00a0by Atelier van Lieshout<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile installation\u00a0The Werner \u2212 Guerilla Cinema<\/strong>, created together with Atelier Van Lieshout, will travel throughout Rotterdam screening local cinematic portraits. As 50th edition specials, Art Directions presents pop-up museum\u00a0IFFR Time Machine<\/strong>, which invites audiences to look back at the festival\u2019s history and imagine its future with historic photography, archival materials and paraphernalia, while\u00a0Picture This<\/strong>\u00a0continues from February presenting the second part of a photography series of fifty festival portraits taken throughout IFFR\u2019s history.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Art Directions blog here<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short & Mid-length stills clockwise:\u00a0The Trees<\/strong>,\u00a0The Old Child<\/strong>, and\u00a0PINPIN<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short & Mid-length<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

June\u2019s Short & Mid-length selection celebrates the programme\u2019s focus on artists\u2019 moving image and experimental film with 40 film titles. Five compilations that foreground storytelling speak to the most urgent challenges and opportunities of our times, featuring Syrian-American\u00a0Ramzi Bashour<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0The Trees<\/strong>, Peruvian\u00a0Felipe Esparza P\u00e9rez<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0The Old Child<\/strong>\u00a0and Argentine-Dutch filmmaker\u00a0Jaime Levinas<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0PINPIN<\/strong>. Five mid-length titles are also selected, including\u00a0Bela<\/strong>\u00a0by Indian director\u00a0Prantik Basu<\/a>\u00a0who returns to the festival after winning a Tiger Short Award at IFFR 2017.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Short & Mid-length section presents a special one-off Dutch Panorama programme of 11 short titles, including Amsterdam-based former Tiger Short Award winner\u00a0Daniel Jacoby<\/a>\u00a0who is selected for\u00a0No One Cried<\/strong>, alongside IFFR regular\u00a0Erik van Lieshout<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Art Blas\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jasper Coppes<\/a>\u00a0showing\u00a0Aasivissuit<\/strong>. A Short Profile of four films will feature artistic duo Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, who represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale in 2019 with\u00a0Moving Backwards<\/strong>, which will be screened in the profile, along with\u00a0Charming for the Revolution<\/strong>,\u00a0I Want<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Silent<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browse the Short & Mid-length programme here<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More June programme<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The programme will be accessible in a hybrid format both online for audiences in the Netherlands with limited ticket capacity, and physically in Rotterdam. Physical programming will be available from 2 to 6 June, with this extending to 9 June for on demand programming due to the 72 hour viewing window. There will also be a select programme available in cinemas throughout the Netherlands, as well as outdoor festive screenings across Rotterdam in collaboration with Rotterdamse Dakendagen and Pleinbioscoop Rotterdam. Accredited guests can access Press & Industry screenings online. The Volkskrantdag will take place in Rotterdam and across the country on 6 June. The physical programme is subject to governmental health regulations.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0June programme<\/a>\u00a0will be expanded with additional film titles, Big Talks and more. The full lineup will be announced during the IFFR Press Conference on Tuesday 18 May, which will be streamed live on IFFR.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first lineup for\u00a0June is\u00a0now online. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to browse.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full June programme to be announced on 18 May.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please find the link to press materials here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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