Cinemart, the co-production market of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), selected 20 film projects and four immersive projects for its 2025 edition.
In addition, Cinemart unveiled the line-up for its works-in-progress strand Darkroom, which for 2025 has doubled in size to present twelve projects.
IFFR Pro head Marten Rabarts said: “There is a sense of existential urgency that has driven much of our curation, through projects that directly tackle the origins of authoritarian regimes, to AI-infused dystopian futures, as well as those that speak out against colonialism and oppression.”
“As the first CineMart selection as head of IFFR Pro, I’m heartened to see the range of storytelling and talent on display, from world-renowned names to the incredible number of IFFR, Rotterdam Lab and Hubert Bals Fund alumni continuing their filmmaker journeys.”
Cinemart is taking place February 2-5 during IFFR, which is scheduled for January 30 to February 9.
CINEMART 2025:
100 Thousand Turkish Liras (Turkey, Germany)
Dir: Nazlı Elif Durlu
Prod: istos film, Achtung Panda!
Adiós, Amor (Spain)
Dir: Zaida Carmona
Prod: Debut Films, Canada
Black Is Blue (US, Germany, Greece)
Dir: Cheryl Dunye
Prod: Black Is Blue LLC, Jingletown Films, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion, Sima Films, Pinch Me Films, Chrysallis Productions
Cape Of Pleasures (Brazil, Uruguay)
Dir: Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães
Prod: Cinco em Ponto, Misti Filmes, Criatura Cine
Corte Culebra (France, Panama)
Dir: Ana Elena Tejera
Prod: Mestizo Cinema, Fulgurance
Enkop (The Soil) (Kenya, Netherlands)
Dir: Angela Wanjiku Wamai
Prod: LBx Africa, PRPL
Eziko (South Africa)
Dir: Babalwa Baartman, Jenna Cato Bass
Prod: Sanusi Films, Miss K Productions
Faust (Germany, Argentina)
Dir: Jazmín López
Prod: Schuldenberg Films
Four Seasons In Java (Indonesia, Singapore)
Dir: Kamila Andini
Prod: Forka Films, Giraffe Pictures
How Melissa Blew A Fuse (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia)
Dir: Una Gunjak
Prod: SSCA, Nukleus Film, Bas Celik Film House
Inbetween Worlds (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Dir: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Prod: 13ka, nutprodukcia
Marseille (Netherlands)
Dir: Yim Brakel
Prod: Labyrint Film
Meat (Ireland)
Dir: Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair
Prod: Fantastic Films
Sentinel (Philippines)
Dir: Carl Joseph E. Papa
Prod: Project 8 Projects
Something Strange Happened To Me (Ukraine)
Dir: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Prod: Mellivora Production
The March Of The Sunflowers (Brazil)
Dir: Erik Ricco
Prod: Cup Filmes, Coala Filmes, Tubz Studio
The Price Of Gold (Romania)
Dir: Eugen Jebeleanu
Prod: microFILM
The Uganda Project (France, UK)
Dir: Daniel Mann
Prod: Acqua Alta, La Bete, Laila UK
Strange Root (Singapore, Indonesia)
Dir: Lam Li Shuen, Mark Chua
Prod: 13 Little Pictures, Emoumie Pictures, Palari Films
Unidentified Actress (India, Germany)
Dir: Ashim Ahuwalia
Prod: Future East Film, Rapid Eye Movements
CineMart Immersive Selection 2025:
The Dreams Of Time (Venezuela, Brazil)
Dir: Jeissy Trompiz
Prod: Alamar Films, Migranta Films
Hyperdam (Netherlands)
Dir: Floris van Laethem
Prod: Dutch Digital Collectibles
One Charming Night (Netherlands)
Dir: Robin Coops
Prod: Studio Biarritz, Coops & Co
Strata (Luxembourg)
Dir: Lilian Hess
Prod: a_BAHN
Cinemart Darkroom 2025:
The Art Patron (Sweden, Denmark)
Dir: Julia Thelin
Prod: Grand Slam Film, Hyena Film
Bayaan (India)
Dir: Bikas Ranjan Mishra
Prod: Platoon One Films, Summit Studios
Bloques Erráticos (Chile, France, Argentina)
Dir: Thomas Woodroffe
Prod: Fiebre, La Belle Affaire Productions, Un Puma
Dry Leaf (Germany, Georgia)
Dir: Alexandre Koberidze
Prod: New Matter Films
The Great Orator (Netherlands) [immersive]
Dir: Daniel Ernst
Prod: K.O Productions
La hiedra (Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain)
Dir: Ana Cristina Barragán
Prod: Boton Films, BHD Films, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Guspira Films
Kaktarua (India, Taiwan)
Dir: Yudhajit Basu, Prithvijoy Ganguly
Prod: The Victoria Foundation, U Turn Pictures, Betula Films
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (Spain, Portugal)
Dir: Gabriel Azorín
Prod: Dvein Films, Filmika Galaika, Bando à Parte
The March (Netherlands, Ukraine) [immersive]
Dir: Leo Erken, Frieda Gustavs
Prod: nl12
Sorella di Clausura (Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain)
Dir: Ivana Mladenovic
Prod: microFILM, Dunav 84, Nightswim, Boogaloo Films
Tear Gas (Georgia, France, Germany)
Dir: Uta Beria
Prod: 1991 Productions, Tripode Productions, 70 Steps
Wild Dogs Don’t Bite (Georgia, Luxembourg)
Dir: Rati Oneli
Prod: Office of Film Architecture, Independent Film Project, Les Films Fauves