Rotterdam CineMart refocused

Rotterdam CineMart was the first coproduction market. After being duplicsted by IFP in New York, Hong Kong Film Festival and Pusan Film Film Festival, its format became the industry standard.

This year it 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.”

Selected CineMart titles qualify for four awards:

• the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20,000 for a European co-production;
• the ARTE International Prize of €6,000 for an international co-production;
• the Wouter Barendrecht Award of €5,000 for a project by a director under 35 years of age;
• and the Filmmore Postproduction Award of €7,500 to be used for colour grading and visual effects.

About CineMart

The 35th edition of CineMart will take place during IFFR PRO Days from 27 January to 2 February 2018.

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CineMart 2018 Full Selection

• Check Me in Another Place by Matt Porterfield, Le Bureau/The Hamilton Film Group (France/USA)
• Disco Afrika by Luck Razanajaona, We Film (France/Madagascar)
• Electrocute by Gastón Solnicki, Rei Cine SRL (Argentina)
• Medusa by Anita Rocha da Silveira, Bananeira Filmes/Ciné-Sud Promotion (Brazil/France)
• Mitra by Kaweh Modiri, BALDR Film (the Netherlands). 35 years after her daughter’s execution in Iran, Haleh discovers the woman who betrayed her.
• Mon légionnaire by Rachel Lang, Chevaldeuxtrois/Wrong Men (Belgium/France)
• Moonblood by Jesper Dalgaard, Beofilm (Denmark)
• Nathan Won’t Ride by Dean Loxton, Lions Den Films (United Kingdom)
• Ô mon amour by Jean-Gabriel Périot, Local Films (France)
• Qaim Deen by Gurvinder Singh, The Film Cafe (India)
• Sagres by Lovisa Sirén, [sic] film (Sweden)
• Sleepwalk by Ricardo Silva, Spécola/Ryan Zacarias (Mexico/USA)
• To Live To Sing by Johnny Ma, Image X Productions (China)
• Waterwolf by Ann-Julie Vervaeke, Earlybirds Films (Belgium)
• When My Life Was My Life by Carolina Markowicz, Superfilmes/Yourmama/Ajimolido Films (Brazil/Argentina)
• A White, White Day by Hlynur Pálmason, Join Motion Pictures/Snowglobe (Iceland/Denmark)