From the Netherlands at the IFFR 2009: • NBF

DUTCH TREATS:

BLOOD BROTHERS feature
Dir: Arno Dierickx
Mon Jan 26, 14:15, Cinerama 4
Press & Industry Screening
Based on a true story, three teenagers hide a 14-year-old runaway in an attic before finally killing him.
Prod: Rinkel Film & TV Productions
Sales: Non Stop Sales

BLOODY MONDAYS & STRAWBERRY PIES documentary
Dir: Coco Schrijber
Sun Jan 25, 9:45, Cinerama 2
Press & Industry Screening
A film about boredom and the lost skill of being idle and loafing around.
Prod: Bonanza Films

BRIDE FLIGHT feature
Dir: Ben Sombogaart
Mon Jan 26, 16:30, Cinerama 4
Press & Industry Screening
A romantic and gripping epic about three young brides and an adventurer whose lives become forever intertwined.
Prod: IDTV Film
Sales: Beta Cinema

CAN GO THROUGH SKIN feature
Dir: Esther Rots
Sat Jan 24, 19:30, Luxor
Opening film Dutch Treats
The silent aftermath that follows a young woman’s tragedy is broken by her discovery of nature’s ancient rhythms.
Prod: NFI Productions, Rots Filmwerk
Sales: Films Boutique

CARMEN MEETS BORAT documentary
Dir: Mercedes Stalenhoef
Sun Jan 25, 14:15, Cinerama 2
Press & Industry Screening
How a Romanian gypsy girl and her village changed after the arrival of ‘Borat’.
Prod: Pieter van Huystee Film

IN REAL LIFE feature
Dir: Robert Jan Westdijk
Mon Jan 26, 12:00, Cinerama 4
Press & Industry Screening
A young director tests the extent of his girlfriend’s love. In so doing, he puts their relationship in jeopady.
Prod: IDTV Film

THE LAST DAYS OF SHISHMAREF documentary
Dir: Jan Louter
Sun Jan 25, 11:45, Cinerama 3
Press & Industry Screening
Wed Jan 28, 17:00, Venster 2
Made in Rotterdam screening
A community faces extinction in the face of global warming.
Prod: Miroir Film

LINOLEUM feature
Dir: Marcel Visbeen
Sun Jan 25, 16:30, Cinerama 2
Press & Industry Screening
Wed Jan 28, 17:00, Lantaren 1
Made in Rotterdam screening
Two brothers realise that the recent death of their father is not the only loss they have to deal with.
Prod: Selwyn Film

OBLIVION (EL OLVIDO) documentary
Dir: Heddy Honigmann
Mon Jan 26, 9:45, Cinerama 4
Press & Industry Screening
Heddy Honigmann’s long awaited return to Peru in a film about poverty and poetry in a country plundered by the powerful.
Prod: Cobos Films
Sales: Films Transit International

VOX POPULI feature
Dir: Eddy Terstall
Mon Jan 26, 20:15, Cinerama 4
Press & Industry Screening
The political and personal life of a seasoned politician changes drastically when he meets his new in-laws.
Prod: Spaghetti Film


	WINTER SILENCE feature Dir: Sonja Wyss Sun Jan 25, 20:15, Cinerama 2 Press & Industry Screening A widow and her four daughters, tormented by years of mourning, encounter the mysterious deer-men who change their lives irrevocably. Prod: SNG Film

BRIGHT FUTURE:


	BABAJI, AN INDIAN LOVE STORY documentary Dir: Jiska Rickels Thu Jan 22, 19:00, Pathé 4 Fri Jan 23, 13:30, Pathé 6 Wed Jan 28, 13.30, Pathé 2 Every day Babaji descends into his self-made grave, waiting for death to re-unite him with his wife. Prod: Dieptescherpte


	BOLLYWOOD HERO feature Dir: Diederik van Rooijen Mon Jan 26, 21:30, Luxor Thu Jan 29, 9:30, Cinerama 1 Fri Jan 30, 16:00, Pathé 7 When a young actor goes to India to play in a Bollywood film, he discovers the harsh realities of life. Prod: IDTV Film

LAST CONVERSATION feature
Dir: Noud Heerkens
Fri Jan 23, 19:00, Pathé 4
Sat Jan 24, 13:30, Pathé 6
Tue Jan 27, 16:15, Pathé 2
Sat Jan 31, 19:00, Pathé 4
After a relationship comes to an end, a successful female lawyer is forced to face her inner demons.
Prod: Holland Harbour Productions

BRIGHT FUTURE: TIGER AWARDS COMPETITION SHORT FILMS

#37 short
Dir: Joost Rekveld
Sat Jan 24, 19:30, Pathé 6
Sun Jan 25, 11:45, Lantaren 1
Abstract film that shows how moments of order and symmetry originate from chaotic movements in an unexpected manner.
Prod: Filmstad Produkties


	SPECTRUM:

CREPUSCULE feature
Dir: Maartje Seyferth & Victor Nieuwenhuijs
Sat Jan 24, 22:00, Pathé 2
Sun Jan 25, 12:30, Cinerama 7
Thu Jan 29, 19:45, Zaal de Unie
An introverted girl opens up in front of her mirror, dreams up a gun and dusk becomes darkness.
Prod: Moskito Film


	DAZZLE feature Dir: Cyrus Frisch Sat Jan 24, 19:00, Pathé 4 Sun Jan 25, 14:45, Cinerama 7 Fri Jan 30, 19:30, Pathé 2 An unexpected telephone conversation sparks a short-lived romance within an inhumane world. Prod: Stichting Filmkracht


	MADE IN ROTTERDAM:

TAXANDRIA feature
Dir: Mark Weistra
Wed Jan 28, 14:30, Venster 2
Following a family funeral, a young man begins to lose his mind.
Prod: NFI Productions
Also screening in MADE IN ROTTERDAM the films LINOLEUM and THE LAST DAYS OF SHISHMAREF.

MORE DUTCH SHORTS IN THE PROGRAMME SECTIONS ’SHORTS’, ‘MADE IN ROTTERDAM’ AND ‘SIGNALS: SIZE MATTERS’.

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