The international co-production market, CineMart, creates a platform to offer filmmakers the opportunity to launch their ideas to the international film industry and to find the right connections to get their projects financed and distributed.CineMart refocused
As of this year, CineMart has been streamlined to better serve film professionals to find the right connections. Head of Iffr Pro Marit van den Elshout:
We’ve downsized the selection to 16 projects in order to give each project more care and attention. The projects now start preparations a month in advance with a specially appointed mentor. We’ve also implemented a new structure for the one-to-one meetings, which will be tailored more to the needs of each project. Additionally, CineMart presents a new format called Spotlight, in which the project teams and their mentors discuss each project publicly for all CineMart guests.
Out of 16 selected projects (from 400 submissions) the juries selected four award winners.
As of this year, CineMart has been streamlined to better serve film professionals to find the right connections. Head of Iffr Pro Marit van den Elshout:
We’ve downsized the selection to 16 projects in order to give each project more care and attention. The projects now start preparations a month in advance with a specially appointed mentor. We’ve also implemented a new structure for the one-to-one meetings, which will be tailored more to the needs of each project. Additionally, CineMart presents a new format called Spotlight, in which the project teams and their mentors discuss each project publicly for all CineMart guests.
Out of 16 selected projects (from 400 submissions) the juries selected four award winners.
- 2/8/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Two Dutch Latino coproductions which premiered in Sundance were produced by Raymond van der Kaaij: I Dream in Another Language/ Sueño en otro idioma and Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl, a coproduction of The Netherlands, Brazil and Paraguay. Van der Kaaij also produced the award-winning hybrid drama Bodkin Ras and coproduced the U.K. indie hit Love & Friendship.
In a way I Dream in Another Language (U.S.: Filmrise, Isa: Mundial), an intriguing film about saving an aborigine language and love, actually began at the Amsterdam based Binger Institut, now a privately funded development workshop. Back in 2010 it was publically funded by the Dutch Ministry of Culture and was headed by Marten Rabarts who is now head of international film promotion for the Eye Institut, The Netherlands fabulous new film museum, archive and educational hub built on newly reclaimed land behind the train station in Amsterdam,...
In a way I Dream in Another Language (U.S.: Filmrise, Isa: Mundial), an intriguing film about saving an aborigine language and love, actually began at the Amsterdam based Binger Institut, now a privately funded development workshop. Back in 2010 it was publically funded by the Dutch Ministry of Culture and was headed by Marten Rabarts who is now head of international film promotion for the Eye Institut, The Netherlands fabulous new film museum, archive and educational hub built on newly reclaimed land behind the train station in Amsterdam,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
What a surprising city Rotterdam is and the Festival and Cinemart are full of surprises too.
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
- 3/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Films and projects travel from Sundance to Rotterdam and Rotterdam’s love affair with Latin America becomes apparent.
Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.
“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm
“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.
Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.
“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...
Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.
“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm
“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.
Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.
“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...
- 2/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Eight features and eight short films from the Netherlands or supported by the Dutch have been selected for the 67th Berlin International Film Festival that runs 9–19 Feb 2017.“The Wound”
“The Wound” is the only film ever to world premiere in Sundance, continue into Hivos Tiger Competition in Rotterdam and play Opening Night at the Berlinale Panorama. The movie is universal and potent exploraton of conflicting conceptions of what it means to be a man.
A lonely, young factory worker Xolani travels to a remote mountain camp in South Africa to tend teenage boys going through a traditional Xhola rite of passage. This year, Xolani is assigned to mentor Kwanda, a coddled Jo’burg boy who challenges the customs of the camp and is ostracized by other initiates. Kwanda, as observant as he is insolent, quickly notices the attraction between Xolani and his fellow caregiver, the volatile Vija. Heeding Kwanda’s exhortations,...
“The Wound” is the only film ever to world premiere in Sundance, continue into Hivos Tiger Competition in Rotterdam and play Opening Night at the Berlinale Panorama. The movie is universal and potent exploraton of conflicting conceptions of what it means to be a man.
A lonely, young factory worker Xolani travels to a remote mountain camp in South Africa to tend teenage boys going through a traditional Xhola rite of passage. This year, Xolani is assigned to mentor Kwanda, a coddled Jo’burg boy who challenges the customs of the camp and is ostracized by other initiates. Kwanda, as observant as he is insolent, quickly notices the attraction between Xolani and his fellow caregiver, the volatile Vija. Heeding Kwanda’s exhortations,...
- 2/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Mammoth Lakes Film festival concluded on Sunday, May 29th with the award-winning documentary Sonita, followed by a lively, music and fun-filled awards presentation at Sierra Events Center. Over 50 films were screened over the five day fest, including premieres, presentation of the first ever Sierra Spirit Award to legendary director Joe Dante, filmmaker bonding at screenings and events, including a film fest hosted trip to Bodie ghost town. Awards, detailed below, included the presentation of the physical Orson trophy, each one with its own personality, and all created by local artist Josh Slater.
Jury Award for Feature Narrative – Bodkin Ras, a first time feature by director Kaweh Modiri. This Dutch film, shot in the remote town of Forres Scotland, caught the Jury by surprise with its intriguing blend of documentary and fiction. Its lyrical images, Poetic construction and poignant performances have indelible haunting effects that stay with the viewer. Awards:...
Jury Award for Feature Narrative – Bodkin Ras, a first time feature by director Kaweh Modiri. This Dutch film, shot in the remote town of Forres Scotland, caught the Jury by surprise with its intriguing blend of documentary and fiction. Its lyrical images, Poetic construction and poignant performances have indelible haunting effects that stay with the viewer. Awards:...
- 6/3/2016
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Gabriel Mascaro. Photo by Beto Figueiroa.Similarly to the “slow cinema” fad of international art-house cinema, the docufiction format and variations of the fiction and documentary marriage seem to be in high demand by festival programmers, judging by last year´s Locarno and this year´s Rotterdam programs. The plethora of films at the intersection of both realms, resulting in a blending of cinematic strategies, styles and codes of both formats, span a wide spectrum of options from audience-pleasers like Kaweh Modiri´s Bodkin Ras to avangardishly-tuned Pietro Marcello´s Lost and Beautiful. Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro also fits the label, currently dominating the festival circuit with award-reaping Neon Bull, which sees its release in the Us cinemas on April 8, followed by a retrospective devoted to the director at New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center. Mascaro was born in north-eastern region of Brazil in Recife, the capital and the...
- 4/7/2016
- by Martin Kudlac
- MUBI
Exclusive: Shoreline has acquired worldwide sales rights to Kaweh Modiri’s docu-fiction hybrid, which will receive its North American premiere at SXSW on Saturday.
Bodkin Ras premiered recently at the Rotterdam Film Festival where it won the Fipresci Award.
The SXSW Sx Global Section entry will centres on a mysterious fugitive who arrives in a gritty Scottish town looking to escape his criminal past and start a new life.
Iranian-Dutch actor Sorab Bayat stars in the allegory about the plight of immigrants. Raymond van der Kaaij of Revolver Amsterdam produced alongside IntiFilms.
“Real life people and events inspire my work, which is mainly character based,” said Modiri. “This story is what happens when those characters collide. Between 2007 and 2011 I spent time in the town of Forres, Scotland, and got to know the townsfolk who went on to star in Bodkin Ras.
“Hidden between the Highlands and the sea, this town got me thinking about the idea of...
Bodkin Ras premiered recently at the Rotterdam Film Festival where it won the Fipresci Award.
The SXSW Sx Global Section entry will centres on a mysterious fugitive who arrives in a gritty Scottish town looking to escape his criminal past and start a new life.
Iranian-Dutch actor Sorab Bayat stars in the allegory about the plight of immigrants. Raymond van der Kaaij of Revolver Amsterdam produced alongside IntiFilms.
“Real life people and events inspire my work, which is mainly character based,” said Modiri. “This story is what happens when those characters collide. Between 2007 and 2011 I spent time in the town of Forres, Scotland, and got to know the townsfolk who went on to star in Bodkin Ras.
“Hidden between the Highlands and the sea, this town got me thinking about the idea of...
- 3/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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