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<\/a>The World to Come, Poupelle of Chimney Town and Dominik Graf at IFFR 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the press conference today, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) presented the full programme for the celebratory 50th edition. The World to Come by Mona Fastvold opens the festival on Wednesday 2 June and Hirota Yusuke\u2019s Poupelle of Chimney Town marks its close on Sunday 6 June, with on demand available until 9 June. Due to ongoing\u00a0governmental regulations, the closing chapter of the festival will now take place online and in cinemas in Rotterdam. Big Talks and final film titles complete the June programme ahead of upcoming ticket sales on 21 May.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival director Vanja Kaludjercic: \u201cI am extremely proud to share all we have in store for the closing chapter of our 50th jubilee edition. From June 2 to 6 we will offer an incredibly rich and varied programme that is jam-packed with over 138 features, short and mid-length films as well as plenty of VR projects, performances, talks and more. From the rediscovery of\u00a0arthouse classics to celebrate IFFR\u2019s history to the latest futuristic genre-bending TV series, there will be a wide range to choose from. All this in a way that captures the energy and excitement that has long been at the heart of IFFR, while adhering to the latest governmental regulations. We are raring to go and look forward to celebrating our 50th anniversary with audiences at home and in cinemas in Rotterdam.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vanessa Kirby and\u00a0Katherine Waterston\u00a0in\u00a0The World to Come<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening film<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IFFR announces June\u2019s opening film is\u00a0The World to Come<\/strong>\u00a0by Norwegian filmmaker and actress Mona Fastvold. This romantic frontier drama tells the story of a forbidden love between two women, played by Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, in 1850s Upstate New York. The film will be shown as a timed premiere online on Wednesday 2 June, to celebrate the opening of the June chapter of the festival, followed by physical screenings in Rotterdam cinemas during the festival.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the opening film\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing film<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The European premiere of Japanese animation\u00a0Poupelle of Chimney Town<\/strong>\u00a0by director Hirota Yusuke closes the expanded festival\u2019s 50th edition. This adaption of Nishino Akihiro\u2019s children book by Studio 4\u00b0C, producers of\u00a0Children of the Sea<\/strong>\u00a0(IFFR 2020), is an imaginative family film with the climate crisis at its heart, chosen to bring our audiences together for the close of IFFR 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the closing film<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFR Big Talk participants (left to right):\u00a0Mona Fastvold<\/strong>,\u00a0Pallavi Paul<\/strong>, and\u00a0Dominik Graf<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFR Talks in June<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three Big Talks are presented in the\u00a0IFFR Talks lineup in June<\/a>, including a conversation with Mona Fastvold, director of the festival\u2019s opening film\u00a0The World to Come<\/strong>. German director Dominik Graf, who was honoured with a retrospective at IFFR in 2013 is also featured alongside his latest work\u00a0Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 an adaptation of K\u00e4stner’s autobiographical interwar classic Fabian \u2013 which screens in the Harbour section. The Srebrenica massacre is the topic of a Big Talk, after it was the subject of February’s BankGiro Loterij Audience Award winner\u00a0Quo vadis, Aida?<\/strong>\u00a0by director Jasmila \u017dbani\u0107 from Bosnia and Herzegovina. A panel discusses whether we can learn from past injustices, and what role art has in this, in collaboration with LUX Nijmegen and vfonds.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian filmmaker Pallavi Paul also presents the Freedom Lecture, IFFR\u2019s annual talk organised by political and cultural centre De Balie on the topic of freedom in the broadest sense. Paul is selected in June\u2019s Short & Mid-length Film section for her essay on police violence in Delhi in the film\u00a0The Blind Rabbit<\/strong>\u00a0and will take her own biography and oeuvre as the starting point for a reflection on freedom and resistance in this\u00a0Freedom Lecture. Made possible with support from De Balie and Stichting Democratie en Media.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Film stills from the IFFR Classics<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

IFFR Classics, a programme of four iconic titles from the festival\u2019s history, will be available online and in cinemas. The programme comprises\u00a0New Zealand director Jane Campion\u2019s debut\u00a0Sweetie<\/strong>\u00a0which screened at IFFR 1990, as well as American filmmaker Jim Jarmusch\u2019s\u00a0Night on Earth<\/strong>\u00a0from IFFR 1992.\u00a0Caro diario<\/strong>\u00a0by Italian director Nanni Moretti from IFFR 1995 and Japanese director Fukasaku Kinji\u2019s\u00a0Battle Royale<\/strong>\u00a0from IFFR 2001 complete the lineup.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These titles will complement a full offering of 127\u00a0titles within the\u00a0Harbour<\/a>,\u00a0Bright Future<\/a>,\u00a0Cinema Regained<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Short\u00a0& Mid-length\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0programmes. All feature length films are eligible for the\u00a0BankGiro Loterij Audience Award<\/a>, provided their first public screening took place after 1 January 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Practical information and ticket sale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The complete June film programme will be accessible online to audiences across the Netherlands. Press & Industry screenings will be more extensively available on Festival Scope Pro. The IFFR Talks programme is accessible worldwide for free on IFFR.com.\u00a0Physical screenings will take place at our partner cinemas in Rotterdam with limited capacities and requirements dictated by Covid-19 regulations.\u00a0Ticket sales for the June festival dates of IFFR 2021<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 both for online and physical screenings \u2013 go live on 21 May 2021 at 20:00 CEST. Find practical information on\u00a0how to purchase 50th edition tickets and attend the festival<\/a>\u00a0on IFFR.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full June programme is online now.\u00a0Click here to browse<\/a>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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