Rotterdam Unveils 2025 CineMart Projects
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced its selection of 20 film projects and four immersive projects for the 42nd edition of CineMart, Rotterdam’s co-production market. The 2025 CineMart runs from Feb. 2 to Feb. 5, 2025. Rotterdam’s industry section, the IFFR Pro Days, is scheduled from Jan. 31 to Feb. 5.
Among the highlights of the projects set for CineMart are Ukrainian auteur Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s Something Strange Happened to Me, the director’s follow-up to his acclaimed debut Pamfir; Kenyan filmmaker Angela Wanjiku Wamai’s neo-Western Enkop; and The Uganda Project, the new film from Daniel Mann, whose Under a Blue Sun screened in Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition in 2024.
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As is to be expected from a Rotterdam lineup, the 2025 CineMart selection is thematically and geographically diverse. Cheryl Dunye’s Black Is Blue, which explores anxiety over AI, stands alongside Jazmín López’s Faust, an exploration into the origins of authoritarianism. Marcelo Gomes and Cao Guimar?es explore dystopian futures in Cape of Pleasures, while Meat by Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair and Strange Root by Lam Li Shuen and Mark Chua offer two new genre takes on cannibalism.
The immersive lineup includes Robin Coops’ musical experience One Charming Night and Lilian Hess’ Strata.
Rotterdam’s Darkroom section will spotlight Georgian filmmakers, featuring Uta Beria’s Tear Gas, Alexandre Koberidze’s Dry Leaf and Rati Oneli’s Wild Dogs Don’t Bite.
The IFFR Pro Awards, including the Eurimages New Lab Awards, will be presented on Feb. 5, recognizing standout projects from both the CineMart and Darkroom selections. The 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam runs Jan. 30 – Feb. 9.
CINEMART 2025 – FILM SELECTIONS
100 Thousand Turkish Liras, Nazl? Elif Durlu
Produced by: istos film, Achtung Panda!
Adiós, amor, Zaida Carmona
Produced by: DEBUT Films, CANADA
Black Is Blue, Cheryl Dunye
Produced by: BLACK IS BLUE LLC, Jingletown Films, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion, Sima Films, Pinch Me Films, Chrysallis Productions
Corte Culebra, Ana Elena Tejera
Produced by: Mestizo Cinema, Fulgurance
Cape of Pleasures, Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimar?es
Produced by: Cinco em Ponto, Misti Filmes, Criatura Cine
Enkop (The Soil), Angela Wanjiku Wamai
Produced by: LBx Africa, PRPL
Eziko, Babalwa Baartman, Jenna Cato Bass
Produced by: Sanusi Films, Miss K Productions
Faust, Jazmín López
Produced by: Schuldenberg Films
Four Seasons in Java, Kamila Andini
Produced by: Forka Films, Giraffe Pictures
How Melissa Blew a Fuse, Una Gunjak
Produced by: SSCA / pro.ba, Nukleus Film, Bas Celik Film House
Inbetween Worlds, Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Produced by: 13ka, nutprodukcia
Marseille, Yim Brakel
Produced by: Labyrint Film
Meat, Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair
Produced by: Fantastic Films
Sentinel, Carl Joseph E. Papa
Produced by: Project 8 Projects
Something Strange Happened to Me, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Produced by: Mellivora Production
The March of the Sunflowers, Erik Ricco
Produced by: Cup Filmes, Coala Filmes, Tubz Studio
The Price of Gold, Eugen Jebeleanu
Produced by: microFILM Romania
The Uganda Project, Daniel Mann
Produced by: Acqua Alta, La Bete, Laila UK
Strange Root, Lam Li Shuen, Mark Chua
Produced by: 13 Little Pictures, Emoumie Pictures, Palari Films
Unidentified Actress, Ashim Ahuwalia
Produced by: Future East Film, Rapid Eye Movements
CINEMART 2025 – IMMERSIVE SELECTIONS
The Dreams of Time, Jeissy Trompiz
Produced by: Alamar Films, Migranta Films
Hyperdam, Floris van Laethem
Produced by: Dutch Digital Collectibles
One Charming Night, Robin Coops
Produced by: Studio Biarritz, Coops & Co
Strata, Lilian Hess
Produced by: a_BAHN
DARKROOM 2025 SELECTIONS
The Art Patron, Julia Thelin
Produced by: Grand Slam Film, Hyena Film
Bayaan, Bikas Ranjan Mishra
Produced by: Platoon One Films, Summit Studios
Bloques Erráticos, Thomas Woodroffe
Produced by: Fiebre, La Belle Affaire Productions, Un Puma
Dry Leaf, Alexandre Koberidze
Produced by: New Matter Films
The Great Orator, Daniel Ernst (immersive)
Produced by: K.O Productions
La hiedra, Ana Cristina Barragán
Produced by: Boton Films, BHD Films, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Guspira Films
Kaktarua, Yudhajit Basu, Prithvijoy Ganguly
Produced by: The Victoria Foundation, U Turn Pictures, Betula Films
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes, Gabriel Azorín
Produced by: DVEIN Films, Filmika Galaika, Bando à Parte
The March, Leo Erken, Frieda Gustavs (immersive)
Produced by: nl12
Sorella di Clausura, Ivana Mladenovic
Produced by: MircroFILM, Dunav 84, Nightswim, Boogaloo Films
Tear Gas, Uta Beria
Produced by: 1991 Productions, Tripode Productions, 70 Steps
Wild Dogs Don’t Bite, Rati Oneli
Produced by: Office of Film Architecture, Independent Film Project, Les Films Fauves
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