Renowned filmmakers present new works in IFFR’s Spectrum

42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam
23 January – 3 February 2013

PRESS RELEASE 6 January 2013

Renowned filmmakers present new works in IFFR’s Spectrum

In its main section Spectrum, the International Film Festival Rotterdam screens films by experienced directors and maestros of artistic and experimental cinema. In total, Spectrum is made up of seventy-seven features and documentaries from thirty countries, among which seven films supported by IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund (see premieres list below)
The full program can be found on www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com from Thursday January 17. IFFR 2013 opens Wednesday 23 January with the world premiere of Guido van Driel’s THE RESURRECTION OF A BASTARD (Netherlands)

Spectrum 2013 is brought together by the IFFR programmers, with each of them selecting the best and most meaningful recent works from their respective research territories. Together, Spectrum offers a unique mix of premieres and recent works by directors, who IFFR has followed through the years or now introduces to its audiences or who have been supported by the festival’s Hubert Bals Fund. Spectrum 2013 includes seventeen world premieres, seven international premieres and thirteen European premieres (see full premiere list below).

Among the Spectrum world premieres, IFFR welcomes Nakata Hideo’s new horror film THE COMPLEX (Japan), Marion Hänsel’s light-hearted road movie TENDERNESS (Belgium) and David Verbeek’s neo-mystical tale HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD (Netherlands). Five Hubert Bals Fund-supported films see their world premieres in Spectrum: Brazilian films RIO BELONGS TO US by Ricardo Pretti and THE HARMONICA'S HOWL by Bruno Safadi; SOMETHING NECESSARY by Kenyan filmmaker Judy Kibinge, ONE DAY WHEN THE RAIN FALLS by Indonesian filmmaker Ifa Isfansyah and LUKAS THE STRANGE by Philippine filmmaker John Torres.

International premieres that will be presented in Spectrum are, among others, Sébastien Rose’s teenage drama AVANT QUE MON COEUR BASCULE/BEFORE MY HEART FALLS (Canada), Salvatore Mereu’s PRETTY BUTTERFLIES (Italy) shot on the island of Sardinia, Cristi Puiu’s triptych of character studies TROIS EXERCICES D’INTERPRETATION (Romania/France).

European premieres selected for Spectrum include Alicia Scherson’s third feature film THE FUTURE (Chile/Germany) with Rutger Hauer in a supporting role, Garin Nugroho’s Indonesian box office hit SOEGIJA, Kobayashi Masahiro’s JAPAN’S TRAGEDY dedicated to the victims of the 2011 tsunami, Nina Davenport’s brave, honest and topical documentary FIRST COMES LOVE (USA).

IFFR 2013 Spectrum: list of films with premiere status, alphabetically by production country

World premieres

• FATA MORGANA, Peter Schreiner, Austria, 2013, World premiere
• LA TENDRESSE/TENDERNESS, Marion Hänsel, Belgium, France, Germany, 2013, World premiere
• O RIO NOS PRETENCE/RIO BELONGS TO US, Ricardo Pretti, Brazil, 2013, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• O UIVO DA GAITA/THE HARMONICA'S HOWL, Bruno Safadi, Brazil, Netherlands, 2013, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• JIRAFAS/GIRAFFES, Enrique Álvarez, Cuba, Colombia, Panama, 2013, World premiere
• DIE ERBIN/THE HEIRESS, Ayse Polat, Germany, Turkey, 2013, World premiere
• RUMAH DAN MUSIM HUJAN/ONE DAY WHEN THE RAIN FALLS, Ifa Isfansyah, Indonesia, 2012, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• KUROYURI DANCHI/THE COMPLEX, Nakata Hideo, Japan, 2013, World premiere
• SOMETHING NECESSARY, Judy Kibinge, Kenya, Germany, 2013, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD, David Verbeek, Netherlands, 2013, World premiere
• LEE TOWERS: THE VOICE OF ROTTERDAM, Hans Heijnen, Netherlands, 2013, World premiere
• HILL OF PLEASURES, Maria Ramos, Netherlands, Brazil, 2013, World premiere
• LUKAS NINO/LUKAS THE STRANGE, John Torres, Philippines, 2013, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• MISERICORDIA: THE LAST MYSTERY OF KRISTO VAMPIRO, Khavn de la Cruz, Philippines, 2013, World premiere
• THE VIEW FROM OUR HOUSE, Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin, United Kingdom, 2013, World premiere
• TOUCH, Shelly Silver, USA, 2013, World premiere
• THE ISLAND OF ST. MATTHEWS, Kevin Jerome Everson, USA, 2013, World premiere

International premieres

• ÉDEN, Bruno Safadi, Brazil, 2012, International premiere
• AVANT QUE MON COEUR BASCULE/BEFORE MY HEART FALLS, Sébastien Rose, Canada, 2012, International premiere
• BELLAS MARIPOSAS/PRETTY BUTTERFLIES, Salvatore Mereu, Italy, 2012, International premiere
• MATER DOLOROSA, Adolfo B. Alix Jr., Philippines, 2012, International premiere
• TORRES & COMETAS/ TOWERS & COMETS, Gonçalo Tocha, Portugal, 2012, international premiere
• TROIS EXERCISES D’INTERPRETATION, Cristi Puiu, Romania, France, 2012, International premiere
• REOSIAN SEOSEOL/THE RUSSIAN NOVEL, Shin Yeon-Shick, South Korea, 2012, International premiere

European premieres

• IL FUTURO/THE FUTURE, Alicia Scherson, Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain, 2013, European premiere, CineMart Project 2007
• PING’AN YUEQING, Ai Weiwei, China, 2011, European premiere
• SHANGHAI, Dibakar Banerjee, India, 2012, European premiere
• ATAMBUA 39° CELSIUS, Riri Riza, Indonesia, 2012, European premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• SOEGIJA, Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2012, European premiere
• ODAYAKA NA NICHIJO/ODAYAKA, Uchida Nobuteru, Japan, USA, 2012, European premiere
• NIPPON NO HIGEKI/JAPAN'S TRAGEDY, Kobayashi Masahiro, Japan, 2012, European premiere
• ANG MUNDO SA PANAHON NG BAKAL/STEEL IS THE EARTH, Mes De Guzman, Philippines, 2012, European premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film
• NIEULOTNE/LASTING, Jacek Borcuch, Poland, Spain, 2012, European premiere, CineMart Project 2011
• JISEUL, O Muel, South Korea, 2012, European premiere
• HAPPINESS BUILDING 1, Chen Chieh-jen, Taiwan, 2012, European premiere
• FIRST COMES LOVE, Nina Davenport, USA, 2012, European premiere

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