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Cinema Regained titles announced with RTM curators and first confirmations.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the latest titles for its 52nd edition. The Cinema Regained programme creates a sphere of collective remembrance for cinematic heritage, offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, archival discoveries and more. The first titles in the programme are announced for 2023, including the world premiere of a documentary from Mika Taanila and Sami van Ingen, the grandson of Robert Flahtery. IFFR\u2019s Rotterdam-dedicated programme RTM also has its first titles, programmed for the first time by three local guest curators.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival director\u00a0Vanja Kaludjercic: \u201cIt’s rewarding and moving to see the different parts of this year’s programme taking shape\u00a0in line with our ongoing mission.<\/a>\u00a0The Cinema Regained programme promises to be a bold and adventurous exploration of the actuality of film history from all over the world. On the local front, for the first time this year we have invited three Rotterdam creatives to curate our RTM programme. Through their fresh perspectives and respective networks we continue to foster and enhance local connections, while celebrating all the uniqueness this amazing city has to offer.\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinema Regained<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The festival\u2019s programme for cinematic heritage presents a myriad of discoveries at IFFR 2023. Originally from India, Rajendra Gour was Singapore\u2019s pioneering independent filmmaker. From the experimental anti-war\u00a0Eyes<\/strong>\u00a0(1967), the lyrical city portrait\u00a0Sunshine Singapore<\/strong>\u00a0(1972) and his sole work as a screenwriter for the fiction feature\u00a0I Want to Live<\/strong>\u00a0(1970; M. Amin), IFFR presents his complete existing filmography.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Mexico in 1970 comes Ren\u00e9 Cardona\u2019s\u00a0Santo contra los jinetes del terror<\/strong>, a monument of masked wrestling cinema which has been freshly digitally restored complete with previously unreleased scenes. \u00d6mer\u00a0Kavur<\/strong>\u00a0was one of Turkey\u2019s most celebrated contemporary filmmakers and is the subject of F\u0131rat \u00d6zeler\u2019s documentary\u00a0Kavur, which has its world premiere at IFFR 2023. Accompanying the film is the first screening of a newly discovered 1971 short from Kavur,\u00a0The Porter.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFR regular Mika Taanila and Sami van Ingen, the great-grandson of documentary grandmaster Robert Flaherty, bring the world premiere of\u00a0Monica in the South Seas<\/strong>. The\u00a0experimental documentary on the pursuit of Monica Flaherty to add sound to her father\u2019s 1926\u00a0Moana<\/strong>, more than half a century after the film was shot. The result,\u00a0Moana with Sound<\/strong>\u00a0(1980) also screens.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about Cinema Regained\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Clockwise, stills from the films:\u00a0Eyes, Kavur, Monica in the South Seas,\u00a0Santo contra los jinetes del terror<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RTM<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The RTM programme gives the stage to local films and talent. Three local creatives have been given the freedom to programme the RTM Day which takes over LantarenVenster on Friday 27 January 2023. Actress and filmmaker Cheryl Ashruf, designer and digital landscaper No\u00e9mi Bir\u00f3, and actor and creative producer Nizar El Manouzi will together curate the programme.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After\u00a0New Neapolis<\/strong>\u00a0(IFFR 2020),\u00a0Gyz La Rivi\u00e9re<\/a>\u00a0returns to the festival with the world premiere of another speculative feature documentary on the city \u2013 this time turning his attention to the links between Rotterdam and China in\u00a0Malin TV<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diana Al-Halabi takes us from the port of Rotterdam to that of Beirut in\u00a0The Disaster Cannot Be Contained<\/strong>. Her documentary short weaves together the filmmaker\u2019s dreams with the trauma of the 2020 explosion.\u00a0Filantropia<\/strong>\u00a0is an energetic documentary from Bouba Dola on the immersive, disruptive performance collective Grande Loge, an initiative of the Rotterdam theatre maker Tjon Rockon that incorporates street culture and urban talent.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also screening in the RTM selection will be\u00a0the winner of the RTM Pitch for 2022<\/a>,\u00a0<\/a>Fantoomwijk<\/strong>\u00a0by Ravi Sandberg \u2013 a short interdisciplinary film about the filmmaker\u2019s former neighbourhood, the Tweebosbuurt in Rotterdam. In July 2022 the project was awarded a programme of expert guidance and \u20ac20,000 financed by the municipality of Rotterdam to bring it to reality for its world premiere at IFFR 2023.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about our RTM guest curators\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IFFR 2023 RTM curators\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Harbour confirmations<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

New titles continue to be added to IFFR\u2019s largest and broadest festival programme, Harbour. Don Palathara\u2019s nuanced, finely observed portrait of a devout Christian community in Kerala in Southern India,\u00a0Family<\/strong>, will have its world premiere. Ukrainian filmmaker Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk will present his Hubert Bals Fund-supported and EFA-nominated\u00a0Pamfir<\/strong>. The surreal and quirky\u00a0Convenience Story<\/strong>\u00a0by Japanese filmmaker Miki Satoshi will have its European premiere.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still from the film\u00a0Pamfir<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinema Regained first titles:\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Je t’aime Ronit Elkabetz<\/a><\/strong>, Moran Ifergan, 2022, Israel, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kavur<\/a><\/strong>, F\u0131rat \u00d6zeler, 2023, Turkey, world premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moana with Sound<\/strong><\/a>, Robert J. Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty, Monica Flaherty, 1980, United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica in the South Seas<\/strong><\/a>, Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila, 2023, Finland, world premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orpheus in der Unterwelt<\/strong><\/a>, Horst Bonnet, 1974, DDR<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santo contra los jinetes del terror<\/strong><\/a>, Ren\u00e9 Cardona, 1970, Mexico, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scar<\/strong><\/a>, Haim Bouzaglo, 1994, Israel<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Porter<\/strong><\/a>, \u00d6mer Kavur, 1971, Turkey, world premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eyes<\/strong><\/a>, Rajendra Gour, 1967, Singapore, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Want to Live<\/strong><\/a>, M. Amin, 1970, Singapore, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour of Love \u2013 The Housewife<\/strong><\/a>, Rajendra Gour, 1978, Singapore, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Child My Child<\/strong><\/a>, Rajendra Gour, 1979, Singapore, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sight and Desire (Eyes)<\/strong><\/a>, Rajendra Gour, 1967, Singapore, international premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunshine Singapore<\/strong><\/a>, Rajendra Gour, 1972, Singapore, international premiere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RTM first titles:<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Deeply, Madly<\/strong>, Helen Anna Flanagan, 2022, Netherlands, world premiere (festival)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Disaster Cannot Be Contained<\/strong>, Diana Al-Halabi, 2022, Netherlands, Lebanon, international premiere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantoomwijk<\/strong>, Ravi Sandberg, 2023, Netherlands, world premiere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filantropia<\/strong>, Bouba Dola, 2023, Netherlands, world premiere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fin. Finito. Infinito.<\/strong>, Laurence Henriquez, 2022, Spain, Netherlands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malin TV<\/strong>, Gyz La Rivi\u00e8re, 2023, Netherlands, world premiere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nani<\/strong>, Jeske Maas, 2022, Netherlands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full details and film pages for the RTM programme will be published in the coming weeks.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newly confirmed Harbour titles:<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Convenience Story<\/strong><\/a>, Miki Satoshi, 2022, Japan, European premiere<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family<\/a><\/strong>, Don Palathara, 2023, India, world premiere\u00a0<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOLA<\/a><\/strong>, Andrew Legge, 2022, Ireland, United Kingdom\u00a0<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamfir<\/a><\/strong>, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, 2022, Ukraine, France, Poland, Chile<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unidentified<\/a><\/strong>, Jude Chun, 2022, South Korea, European premiere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> for the film stills and here<\/a> for the programme.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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