An overview of the titles already confirmed for the Voices section is given below. The rest of the selection, as well as the Big Screen Competition titles, will be announced early in January.
VOICES: Voices
Premieres
Atrás hay relámpagos, Julio Hernández Cordón, Mexico/Costa Rica, world premiere
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, Iwai Shunji, Japan, European premiere
Fake, Mori Tatsuya, Japan, European premiere
The Mole Song – Hong Kong Capriccio, Miike Takashi, Japan, European premiere
Sweat Rain, Hakim Belabbes, Morocco, European premiere
Town in a Lake, Jet Leyco, the Philippines, European premiere
Voyage to Terengganu, Amir Muhammad, Badrul Hisham Ismail, Malaysia, European premiere
We The Workers, Huang Wenhai, Hong Kong/China, world premiere
The World of Wubbe, Jan Louter, the Netherlands, world premiere
Also confirmed
Au-delà des murs, Hervé Hadmar, France, TV series
Beau séjour, Nathalie Basteyns, Kaat Beels, Belgium, TV series
The Donor, Zang Qiwu, China
Ember, Zeki Demirkubuz, Turkey
Gimme Danger, Jim Jarmusch, USA
The Girl with All the Gifts, Colm McCarthy, Great Britain
Hermia & Helena, Matías Piñeiro, Argentina/USA
La idea de un lago, Milagros Mumenthaler, Switzerland/Argentina/Qatar
Jean of the Joneses, Stella Meghie, USA/Canada
Lola Upside Down, Ulrika Bengts, Finland, TV series
Midnight Sun, Björn Stein & Måns Mårlind, France/Sweden, TV series
National Treasure, Marc Munden, Great Britain, TV series
A Quiet Dream, Zhang Lu, South Korea
La ragazza del mondo, Marco Danieli, France/Italy
The Road to Mandalay, Midi Z, Taiwan/France/Germany/Myanmar
The Eye's Dream, Sato Hisayasu, Japan/USA
Three, Johnnie To, Hong Kong/China
The Wedding Ring, Rahmatou Keïta, Niger
A Woman from Jawa, Garin Nugroho, Indonesia
VOICES: Limelight
Premières
Burma Storybook, Petr Lom, the Netherlands/Myanmar, world premiere
Het doet zo zeer, Heleen van Royen, the Netherlands, world premiere
De keuze van mijn vader, Yan Ting Yuen, the Netherlands, world premiere
Knife in the Clear Water, Wang Xuebo, China, European premiere
Also confirmed
After the Storm, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Japan
American Honey, Andrea Arnold, Great Britain/USA
Asura: City of Madness, Kim Sungsoo, South Korea
Beyond the Mountains and Hills, Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany/Belgium
Free Fire, Ben Wheatley, Great Britain
The Handmaiden, Park Chan-wook, South Korea
Harmonium, Fukada Koji, Japan/France
Jackie, Pablo Larraín, USA
Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd, Great Britain
The Night of a 1000 Hours, Virgil Widrich, Luxembourg/Austria/Belgium/the Netherlands
Orpheline, Arnaud des Pallières, France
Paterson, Jim Jarmusch, USA
Personal Shopper, Olivier Assayas, France
Porto, Gabe Klinger, France/Poland/Portugal/USA
Raw, Julia Ducournau, France/Belgium
La región salvaje, Amat Escalante, Mexico/Denmark/France/Germany/ Norway/Switzerland
Réparer les vivants, Katell Quillévéré, France/Belgium
Sieranevada, Cristi Puiu, Romania/France/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Train to Busan, Yeon Sangho, South Korea
Tramontane, Vatche Boulghourjian, Lebanon
White Sun, Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal/USA/Qatar/the Netherlands
Wolf and Sheep, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Afghanistan/Denmark/Sweden/France
VOICES: Scopitone
Premières
Cairo Jazzman, Atef Ben Bouzid, Germany, world premiere
New Voices in an Old Flower, Quino Piñero, Ethiopia/Spain/Great Britain, European premiere
War of Words, Craig Tuohy & Tom Worth, United Kingdom, international premiere
Also confirmed
Blackhearts, Fredrik Horn Akselsen & Christian Falch, Norway
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape, Zack Taylor, Great Britain
Placebo: Alt.Russia, Charlie Targett-Adams, Great Britain
Two Trains Runnin', Sam Pollard, USA
The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev, Noam Pinchas &Tal Barda, France/Israel
VOICES: IFFR Live
Premières
The Man, Charlotte Sieling, Denmark, world premiere
Also confirmed
The Giant, Johannes Nyholm, Sweden/Denmark
Home, Fien Troch, Belgium
Mister Universo, Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel, Austria/Italy
Prevenge, Alice Lowe, Great Britain
A Wedding, Stephan Streker, Belgium/France/Luxembourg/Pakistan
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) – one of the biggest cultural events in the Netherlands and one of the biggest audience film festivals in the world – will take place in 2017 from Wednesday 25 January through Sunday 5 February. With the latest feature films, documentaries, short films, exhibitions, performances and talkshows, for twelve days Rotterdam is the exciting, global capital of cinema. The meeting place is festival heart de Doelen. There will be live performances, debates and Q&As with filmmakers and actors, and every film evening closes with a fantastic party in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. For more information, see IFFR.com. Official ticket sales start on Friday, 20 January. |
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