From 440 submissions, Rotterdam’s international co-production market CineMart has chosen 33 projects for the selection of its 27th edition that takes place January 31 – February 3, 2010.
Among those presenting their projects to some 800 possible co-financiers are Tiger Award competitors Paz Fabrega and Anocha Suwichakornpong as well as many Tiger Award winners and nominees such as cross media artist Simon Pummell.
The selection includes projects from Russian directors Alexey Balabanov and Andrei Zvyagintsev, as well as from a strong line up of young filmmaking talent.
Head of CineMart Marit van den Elshout said about the Selection 2010: “We are very proud to present this exciting line up of strong projects from different parts of the world by yet to be discovered talents and returning Rotterdam friends. Our aim is to select projects close to the heart of Rotterdam as well as with good market potential. We believe it is a focused yet eclectic selection that will cater to the different needs of the professionals attending Rotterdam.
Furthermore we are excited to continue our “road to the future’ with a new cross media project. With the recent launch of the festival’s new initiative Cinema Reloaded, this upcoming CineMart will again be used to discuss the changes in the film industry.’
The 2010 CineMart Selection includes projects from several filmmakers who are competing in IFFR 2010 or have competed in earlier Rotterdam editions:
DV8 from South Africa is associated with one of the projects selected, namely LAYLA FOURIE by Pia Marais which also involves Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH.
- Costa Rican filmmaker Paz Fabrega competes with her feature debut Agua fria de mar; at CineMart she presents her second project Todos nosotros.
- The same goes for Anocha Suwichakornpong: her feature film debut Mundane History competes; at CineMart she presents her second feature project By the Time it Gets Dark.
- German filmmaker Pia Marais won a Tiger Award in 2007 for her first feature Die Unerzogenen (The Unpolished) and now returns to Rotterdam to present her project Layla Fourie.
- Italian director Francesco Fei was a Tiger Award nominee in 2005 for his first film Onde (Waves); his second project Mi cheido quando ti manchero (Wonder When You’ll Miss Me) has now been selected for CineMart 2010.
- Continuing the focus on cross media projects during its 2008 and 2009 editions, CineMart has selected Simon Pummell’s project Brand New-U. Pummell’s Bodysong,premiered 2003 in Rotterdam in the Tiger Awards Competition.
- Indonesian filmmaker Edwin brings his second feature project Postcards from the Zoo, a year after competing in the Tiger Awards Competition 2009 with Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly.
- Alexis Dos Santos (UK/Argentina) participates in IFFR’s Cinema Reloaded, a new initiative for online crowd sourcing and crowd funding. Dos Santos’ feature debut Glue was selected in 2006 for the Tiger Awards Competition. During CineMart 2010 he will present his new project Another World.
