25/10/2014 - Three new titles selected for IFFR's inaugural IFFR Live

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected three new titles for IFFR Live. This is a new project by the IFFR that will give the audience the opportunity to experience the unique thrll of being part of a major international film festival. In addition to watching the film in the theatres and online in countries ranging from UK to Spain and Poland, audiences will be able to see the director and film team attend the premiere in Rotterdam and have the chance to participate in a live Q and A session.

The three new titles that were selected for IFFR Live and will join the screening of Atlantic by Jan-Willem van Ewijk are:

 

- EBRAME DICH - MATTHAUS PASSION STORIES by Ramòn Gieling (The Netherlands, 2015)

A film with a labyrinthine narrative in which noable people such as Peter Sellars, Emio Greco and painter Rinke Nijburg explain their special relationship with Bach's St Matthew Passion.

 

- SPEED WALKING by Niels Arden Oplev (Denmark, 2014)

A coming of age comedy drama, which follows a series of events tiggered by the death of a young boy's mother in a quirky small town.

 

- MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium/Luxemburg/France, 2014)

Young Melody decides to become a surrogate mother in return for a large sum of money. The contracting mother, Emily, a rich Englishwoman, forces the slightly unstable Melody to come and live with her. While at first they are worlds apart, the two women are surprised to find themselves adopting one another.

 

The fifth and final title will be announced in the coming days. The 44th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam will be running from the 21st of January to the 1st of February.