Rotterdam’s CineMart 2011: Carlos Reygadas, Sergei Loznitza and Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio Among 33 Selected

Filmmakers Carlos Reygadas, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Sergei Loznitza, Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, Alex van Warmerdam and the team of Peter Brosens/Jessica Woodworth are among the 33 selected projects selected for the upcoming CineMart, the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) co-production market.

Carlos Reygadas who last gave us austere and majestic Silent Light, definitely tops in his filmography, will be seeking funding for Post tenebras lux. Also from Mexico’s Mantarraya Producciones we have Tree Shade (supported by the Hubert Bals Funds) by helmer Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio who gave us one of the year’s best film’s in the docu-narrative essay Alamar (check out our interview with the director earlier this year).

Other directors worth mentioning include master helmer Jan Švankmajer with Hmyz (Insects), Russian talents in The Return‘s Andrei Zvyagintsev (The Daddy) and recent Cannes selected filmmaker in Sergei Loznitza (In the Fog). Despite receiving a critical bashing, Loznitza’s insane roadtrip film My Joy was among my pleasant discoveries this year.

From the Netherlands we have The Last Days of Emma Blank‘s Alex van Warmerdam with Camiel Borgman and a pair we recently introduced you to Peter Brosens/Jessica Woodworth, they’ll be presenting Cinquième saison at the market. One filmmaker who has been appearing on the radar on more than one occasion is Yaelle Kayam – who’ll be attending the Sundance Screenwriters Lab with Providence. Here’s the complete list:

The full CineMart Selection 2011, alphabetised by title:

1) “Ali, the Goat, and Ibrahim,” by Ibrahim El Batout, production companies: Ein Shams Films, Arizona Films (Egypt/France)

2) “Blutsbrüder,” by Ann-Kristin Reyels, production company: unafilm e. K. (Germany)

3) “Bull Down!,” by Gabriel Mascaro, production companies: Desvia, Símio Filmes, Malbicho Films (Brazil/Uruguay)

4) “Camiel Borgman,” by Alex van Warmerdam, production company: Graniet Film (Netherlands)

5) “Cinquième saison,” La, by Peter Brosens/Jessica Woodworth, production companies: Bo Films, Entre Chien et Loup, Molenwiek Film (Belgium /Netherlands)

6) “The Cyclops,” by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää, production company: Kinotar Oy (Finland)

7) “The Daddy,” by Andrei Zvyagintsev, production company: Non-Stop Production (Russia)

8) “The Feast,” by Ed Gass-Donnelly, production companies: 3 Legged Dog Films, Resolute Films & Entertainment (Canada)

9) “Hmyz” (Insects), by Jan Švankmajer, production companies: Athanor Film Production Company Llc., C-GA film Ltd. (Czech Republic/Slovakia)

10) “In the Fog,” by Sergei Loznitza, production companies: Ma.Ja.De Fiction, Salvador-D (Germany/Russia/Netherlands)

11) “El Instructor,” by Santiago Otheguy, production companies: Devenir Cine, Donna films (Argentina, France)

12) “K.R.E.V?!,” by Marietta von Hauswolff von Baumgarten, production companies: Hepp Film AB, Kamoli Films (Sweden/Denmark)

13) “Karma Police,” by Visra Vichit-Vadakan, production company: Hidden Rooster Films (Thailand)

14) “Kid,” by Fien Troch, production company: Prime Time (Belgium)

15) “King of Cats,” by Daniel Cockburn, production companies: Scythia Films, zeroFunction Productions (Canada)

16) “Lasting Moments,” by Jacek Borcuch, production companies: Manana, Pandora Filmproduktion (Poland/Germany)

17) “Loud,” by Aneta Lesnikovska, production companies: AKA Film-Makedonija, Family Affair Films (Macedonia/Netherlands)

18) “The Mechanicals,” by Leon Ford, production company: Green Park Pictures (Australia)

19) “Metafysica,” by Esther Rots, production companies: Rots Filmwerk BV, Circe Films BV (Netherlands)

20) “A Midnight Supper,” by Shalimar Preuss, production company: Ecce Films (France)

21) “The Night of Thousand Hours,” by Virgil Widrich, production companies: Minotaurus Film, Amour Fou Filmproduktion, La Parti Production (Luxembourg/Austria/Belgium)

22) “Overnight,” by Joke Liberge, production companies: Keren Cogan Productions, Phanta Vision Film International, Minds Meet (Netherlands/Belgium)

23) “Post tenebras lux,” by Carlos Reygadas, production companies: No Dream Cinema, Mantarraya Producciones (Mexico)

24) “Providence,” by Yaelle Kayam, production company: July August Productions (Israel)

25) “The Sky Above Us,” by Marinus Groothof, production companies: LEV Pictures, Art & Popcorn, Unafilm e.K. (Netherlands, Serbia,Germany)

26) “A Spell to Ward off the Darkness,” by Ben Russell, Ben Rivers, production companies: Vitakuben, Rouge International (Germany/France)

27) “Suriya,” by Wisit Sasanatieng, production company: Trois Film Co. Ltd. (Thailand)

28) “Touch Me Not,” by Adina Pintilie, production companies: Manekino Film, Atopic/Third Home France, 4 Proof Film (Romania/France)

29) “Tree Shade,” by Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, production companies: Mantarraya Producciones, Xcalakarma (Mexico)

30) “Under Electric Clouds,” by Alexey German, Jr., production company: Metrafilms (Russia/Ukraine)

31) “Underground Fragrance,” by Song Pengfei, production company: House on Fire (Taiwan/France)

32) “We Are Dead,” by Tobias Nölle, production company: Hugofilm productions gmbh (Switzerland)

33) “Wellengang,” by Hugo Vieira da Silva, Heidi Wilm, production company: Prisma Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (Austria)