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FROM THE NETHERLANDS @ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 2012 SPECTRUM
ROMANCE JOE (S Kor) International premiere Dir Lee Kwang-kuk Directed by Lee, a former assistant director to Hong Sang-soo, the experimental black comedy explores film-making as the titular Romance Joe visits his hometown to retrace his memories and finds his story being told by a film direc- tor. A premiere at the Busan Inter- national Film Festival last October. Sales Kim JY Nahie, M-Line Distribution sales@mline-
distribution.com
ly’s last. It is told through the eyes of 10-year-old Lucia, one of the two children. The film is produced by Forastero and Cinestación, and co- produced by Circe Films. Writer- director Sotomayor was selected for the Cannes Cinéfondation Resi- dence in 2010 and the project won support from Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund as well as Dutch Film Fonds, Fondo de Fomento Audio- visual, CORFO, Buenos Aires Lab, Ibermedia and AustraLab. Sales Sandro Fiorin, FiGa Films
sandro@figafilms.com
World NICK
Directed by Fow Pyng Hu Produced by Topkapi Films
Premiere
World Romance Joe
SOUTHWEST (Bra) European premiere Dir Eduardo Nunes The feature debut of Nunes, whose shorts have won a slew of interna- tional prizes, Southwest is a black- and-white fable about a woman in a coastal village who passes through her life in one day. With its develop- ment supported by Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund, Southwest won the several prizes at the Rio Inter- national Film Festival in October, including the Special Jury Prize. Sales Patrick Leblanc, Superfilmes
pleblanc@uol.com.br
THURSDAY TILL SUNDAY (Chile- Neth) World premiere Dir Dominga Sotomayor Thursday Till Sunday follows a middle-class Chilean family on a road trip to the north of the country that could turn out to be the fami-
Tokyo Playboy Club
TOKYO PLAYBOY CLUB (Jap) European premiere Dir Yosuke Okuda The winner of the student jury prize at Tokyo Filmex in November, Tokyo Playboy Club follows three characters in trouble after one of them beats up a gangster. Pro- duced by Stylejam and Midship, the film stars Nao Omori, Ken Mit- suishi and Asami Usuda. Sales Shiomaki Yuko, Pictures Dept
festival-entry@picturesdept.com
Thursday Till Sunday
www.screendaily.com
VOICE OF MY FATHER (Turk-Ger) World premiere Dirs Orhan Eskikoy, Zeynel Dogan Voice Of My Father tells the story of Mehmet, who remembers that his long-departed father, who worked abroad, sent tape-recorded letters to his mother. She insists there are no such tapes but his search uncov- ers family secrets. It is the first fic- tion feature from Eskikoy and Dogan after 2009’s doc On The Way To School, which won prizes at Antalya, Abu Dhabi and the Lon- don Turkish Film Festival, among others. Sales on Voice Of My Father include to German-speaking terri- tories (Riva Film), Benelux (HBF) and France (Arizona Films). Sales Ozgur Dogan, Perisan Film
ozgur@perisanfilm.com n
s January 2012 International Film Festival Rotterdam 5 n I’M STILL ALIVE Directed and produced by Peter van Houten Premiere
World PEACE VERSUS JUSTICE BRIGHT FUTURE Premiere
Directed by Klaartje Quirijns Produced by Submarine Sales: Autlook Filmsales
World WAVUMBA
Directed by Jeroen van Velzen Produced by SNG Film
international@eyefilm.nl www.international.eyefilm.nl Premiere
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