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Rotterdam Reveals First 13 Titles Including Latest From Tiger Winner Daniel Hoesl, Venice Winner Alexander Kluge
International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled the first tranche of films selected for its 54th edition.
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. 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. THANK YOU SATAN (World Premiere)Director: Hicham LasriMorocco, FranceIn this dark comedy set in the early 1990s, all Serge wants to do is write his “fucking best-seller!” When his publisher nags him to shake things up and bring out his “mainstream potential,” he gives it all he has and, with a killer edge.
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