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International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveils Opening & Closing Films, Competition Juries For 2025
IFFR will open with 'Fabula' from Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn and close with 'This City Is a Battlefield' from Indonesian director Mouly Surya.
Recreating life in Jakarta under colonial occupation, the film is set during Indonesia’s fight for independence in 1946 and stars Chicco Jerikho, Ariel Tatum and Jerome Kurnia. “With this year’s Opening and Closing films we celebrate two filmmakers who each bring a distinctive approach to storytelling and demonstrate the capacity to effortlessly move between popular and personal,” said Vanja Kaludjercic, IFFR’s Festival Director. “Michiel ten Horn is an acclaimed Dutch director, and we are honoured to host the world premiere of his latest work Fabula, a spirited mix of comedy, fantasy, crime, and folklore centred around a band of misfits set against the backdrop of the southern Netherlands.
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