With a slimmed down selection of just 16 projects chosen from 400 submissions, CineMart is gearing up for its 35^th refocused edition, which is due to run from 28 to 31 January. Taking place during the IFFR PRO Days (27 January to 2 February), International Film Festival Rotterdam’s trademark co-production market aims to offer this year’s participants a more precise and tailor-made program, focusing on the improved visibility of their projects. An appointed mentor will guide the project teams through strategy and networking, while some of the discussions on their development will be made publicly available to CineMart guests through the new Spotlight event.

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Most of the projects selected are European productions or co-productions, with budgets varying from €400,000 to €4 million, with all participants, bar one, making their debut at CineMart this year.

Some of the most anticipated projects are the sophomore features by Hlynur Pálmason, whose debut Winter Brothers [+leggi anche:
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Furthermore, Gurvinder Singh is due to present his third feature following The Fourth Direction [+leggi anche:
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Here is the complete selection of films for CineMart 2018:

Check Me in Another Place – Matt Porterfield
Producers: Le Bureau (France), The Hamilton Film Group (USA)

Disco Afrika – Luck Razanajaona
Producers: We Film (France/Madagascar)

Electrocute – Gastón Solnicki
Producers: Rei Cine SRL (Argentina)

Medusa – Anita Rocha da Silveira
Producers: Bananeira Filmes (Brazil), Ciné-Sud Promotion (France)

Mitra [+leggi anche:
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Producers: BALDR Film (Netherlands)

Mon légionnaire – Rachel Lang
Producers: Chevaldeuxtrois (France), Wrong Men (Belgium)

Moonblood – Jesper Dalgaard
Producers: Beofilm (Denmark)

Nathan Won’t Ride – Dean Loxton
Producers: Lions Den Films (United Kingdom)

Ô mon amour – Jean-Gabriel Périot
Producers: Local Films (France)

Qaim Deen – Gurvinder Singh
Producers: The Film Cafe (India)

Sagres – Lovisa Sirén
Producers: [sic] film (Sweden)

Sleepwalk – Ricardo Silva
Producers: Spécola (Mexico), Ryan Zacarias (USA)

To Live to Sing – Johnny Ma
Producers: Image X Productions (China)

Waterwolf – Ann-Julie Vervaeke
Producers: Earlybirds Films (Belgium)

When My Life Was My Life – Carolina Markowicz
Producers: Superfilmes, Yourmama (Brazil), Ajimolido Films (Argentina)

A White, White Day [+leggi anche:
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Producers: Join Motion Pictures (Iceland), Snowglobe (Denmark)