Rotterdam Reveals First 13 Titles Including Latest From Tiger Winner Daniel Hoesl, Venice Winner Alexander Kluge
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled the first tranche of films selected for its 54th edition, which runs Jan.
30 – Feb. 9. These 13 titles, which will play in the Bright Future or Harbour sections, will each have their world premiere at IFFR.
Bright Future is dedicated to feature-length debuts, while Harbour offers a broad range of contemporary cinema. The first wave of titles includes several IFFR alumni, including Daniel Hoesl, a former Tiger Award winner for micro-budget experimental feature “Soldate Jeannette,” with his new work “Un gran casino”; Hubert Bals Fund awardee Pelin Esmer, who returns to the festival with a world premiere of “And the Rest Will Follow”; Christina Friedrich presenting “The Night Is Dark and Brighter Than the Day,” which comes after her IFFR debut this year with “Zone”; and avant-garde trailblazer Alexander Kluge returns, after the world premiere of “Cosmic Miniatures” in the most recent edition of the festival, with “Primitive Diversity” for the 2025 instalment.
Kluge, who began his career as an assistant to Fritz Lang, was awarded a Golden Lion at Venice in 1968 for “Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed.” The Bright Future selection includes Lilly Hu’s debut feature “1 Girl Infinite,” a Chinese queer drama with Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”) serving as executive producer.
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