Ahead of its 41st edition, International Film Festival Rotterdam’s industry event CineMart isn’t interested in uniformity.“The trend is diversity,” says head of IFFR Pro Alessia Acone.“We feature different themes, different production structures and different filmmakers.
We want to make sure we can represent many things at the same time.
This year, more than ever.”The “eclectic” lineup of projects includes Aisling Walsh’s “Lucia,” about the only daughter of James Joyce, two-time Tiger Short Competition-winner Beatrice Gibson’s debut feature “La nuit,” Barbara Rupik’s animation “Cherub,” produced by Madants, previously behind “The Silent Twins,” and another animated film “Cloud of the Unknown.”“We go from a bigger-budgeted film to a collectively written story and animations coming from two different sides of the world.
From biographic stories to arctic expeditions, from dreamy landscapes to car chases,” observes Acone.“A new set of awards, courtesy of Eurimages,…