| Starts: | Wednesday January 27, 2010 at 8:00am |
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| Ends: | Sunday February 07, 2010 at 12:00pm |
| Event Type: | Other |
| Region: | Ut, Netherlands |
| Location: | Rotterdam, ZUID-HOLLAND NL |
| Price: | 6, 50 - 9 euro |
| Website: | http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ |
| Industry: | motion pictures and film |
| Keywords: | Cinemart, Hubert Bals Fund, New Arrivals, Iffr, Film |
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| Organization: | International Film Festival Rotterdam |
The 39th edition will take place from January 27 through February 7, 2010.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam offers a quality selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema and visual arts. Devoted to offering a platform to and actively supporting independent filmmaking from around the globe, The International Film Festival Rotterdam is the essential hub for discovering film talent and for catching the early buzz on many world and international premieres.
During twelve festival days, hundreds of filmmakers and other artists present their work to a large and devoted audience in 24 screening venues located within central Rotterdam. Up to 3,000 press and film industry representatives visit the festival to report on its buzz or to take part in CineMart, the largest co-production market for film projects
PAJU, the second feature film by South Korean director Park Chan-Ok will be the official opening film for the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam on Wednesday January 27, 2010. Park Chan-Ok was the winner of a Tiger Award in 2003 for her critically appraised debut JEALOUSY IS MY MIDDLE NAME. In 2006 her sophomore feature project PAJU was launched at Rotterdam’s co-production market CineMart. (for more see: http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/the_festival/news-2010/opening-2010.aspx)