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IFFR 2019 Bright Future / Bright Future Competition

IFFR unveils the full selection of its Bright Future section

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- The festival’s platform for emerging creative filmmakers is once again focusing on unique, unconventional new voices

IFFR unveils the full selection of its Bright Future section
End of Season by Elmar Imanov

Just one day ahead of the official announcement of its Tiger and Big Screen Competitions, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has revealed the complete line-up for the features in its Bright Future section.

IFFR offered an initial glimpse of the selection last month (see the news), confirming that Bright Future is the starting point for creative innovation and a platform that allows emerging filmmakers to present their personal unique cinematic vision. The main aim of the section is also to offer a unique overview of both unexplored ideas and crucial subject matters, as seen from the point of view of different cultures.

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The movies, directed by debuting filmmakers and set to have their international or world premieres, are also eligible for the €10,000 Bright Future Award. Some of the new additions are the melancholic family drama End of Season [+see also:
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 by Azerbaijani director Elmar ImanovMens [+see also:
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 by French filmmaker Isabelle Primm, which follows a teenager who inherits a mysterious dossier from his grandmother, which dates back to 1895; the poetic documentary Heroes [+see also:
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 by Turkish video artist Köken Ergun, which commemorates the fallen soldiers of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I; Last Night I Saw You Smiling [+see also:
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 by Cambodia’s Kavich Neang, which explores the possible impending demolition of the iconic artistic residence known as the White Building in Phnom Penh; and Doozy [+see also:
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, a documentary by UK artist-filmmaker Richard Squires that follows the life of voice actor Paul Lynde, best known from various Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Finally, German director Susanne Heinrich’s debut postmodern comedy Aren’t You Happy? [+see also:
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 will be screened out of competition.

It should be noted that the eight movies in the Tiger Competition, which is also part of the Bright Future section, will be announced on 9 January, and the 48th edition of IFFR runs from 23 January-3 February 2019.

The Bright Future section comprises the following films:

Bright Future Competition

Again Once Again - Romina Paula (Argentina) 
Algiers by Night [+see also:
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 - Yanis Koussim (Algeria/France/Norway/Qatar) 
Alva [+see also:
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interview: Ico Costa
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 - Ico Costa (Portugal/France/Argentina)
Around the World When You Were My Age [+see also:
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 - Aya Koretzky (Portugal)
Doozy [+see also:
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 - Richard Squires (UK)
End of Season [+see also:
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 - Elmar Imanov (Germany)
Fabiana - Brunna Laboissière (Brazil)
The Gold-Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain - Ridham Janve (India)
Heroes [+see also:
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 - Köken Ergun (Turkey/Australia)
History of My Name - Karin Cuyul (Chile/Brazil)
Last Night I Saw You Smiling [+see also:
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Kavich Neang (Cambodia/France)
Looking for Life - Sam Ellison (Mexico/Haiti/USA)
Lost Holiday - Michael Kerry MatthewsThomas Matthews (USA)
Maggie - Yi Okseop (South Korea)
Mens [+see also:
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 - Isabelle Prim (France)
No Data Plan - Miko Revereza (USA)
Nocturne [+see also:
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 - Viktor van der Valk (Netherlands)
That Cloud Never Left - Yashaswini Raghunandan (India)
Thirty [+see also:
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 - Simona Kostova (Germany)
Walking in Darkness - Tang Tang (China)
The Yellow Night - Ramon Porto Mota (Brazil)

Bright Future Premieres

Aren't You Happy? [+see also:
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 - Susanne Heinrich (Germany)
Dog Days - Timmy Harn (Philippines)
Domains - Natsuka Kusano (Japan)
Enquanto Estamos Aqui - Clarissa CampolinaLuiz Pretti (Brazil)
The Garden Apartment - Ishihara Umi (Japan)
Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Brian Follmer (USA/Mexico)
Parade [+see also:
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 - Nino Zhvania (Georgia)
The Seven Last Words - Kaveh NabatianAriane LorrainSophie GoyetteJuan Andrés ArangoSophie DeraspeKarl LemieuxCaroline Monnet (Canada)
Winter After Winter - Xing Jian (China)
Your Bones and Your Eyes - Caetano Gotardo (Brazil)

Bright Future

Black Mother - Khalik Allah (Jamaica/USA)
Core of the World [+see also:
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 - Natalya Meshchaninova (Russia/Lithuania)
The Day I Lost My Shadow [+see also:
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interview: Soudade Kaadan
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 - Soudade Kaadan (Lebanon)
Dead Horse Nebula [+see also:
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 - Tarık Aktaş (Turkey)
House of My Fathers - Suba Sivakumaran (Sri Lanka)
The Innocent [+see also:
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interview: Simon Jaquemet
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 - Simon Jaquemet (Switzerland/Germany)
Introduzione all'oscuro [+see also:
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interview: Gastón Solnicki
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 - Gastón Solnicki (Argentina/Austria)
The Load [+see also:
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interview: Ognjen Glavonić
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 - Ognjen Glavonić (Serbia/France/Croatia/Iran/Qatar)
Long Day's Journey Into Night [+see also:
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 - Bi Gan (China/France)
The Man Who Surprised Everyone [+see also:
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 - Aleksey ChupovNatasha Merkulova (Russia/Estonia/France)
Manta Ray [+see also:
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 - Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (Thailand/France/China)
The Mercy of the Jungle [+see also:
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interview: Joël Karekezi
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 - Joel Karekezi (Belgium/France)
The Proposal - Jill Magid (USA)
Sophia Antipolis [+see also:
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interview: Virgil Vernier
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 - Virgil Vernier (France)
Too Late to Die Young [+see also:
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 - Dominga Sotomayor (Chile/Brazil/Argentina/Netherlands/Qatar)
Winter's Night - Jang Woojin (South Korea)
You Have the Night [+see also:
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interview: Ivan Salatić
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]
 - Ivan Salatić (Montenegro/Serbia/Qatar)

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