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46th International Film Festival Rotterdam will run 25 January - 5 February 2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will close its 46th edition on Saturday, 4 February, with the European première of the American film 20th Century Women by Mike Mills.
20th Century Women is a poignant, heart-warming portrait of fifteen-year-old Jamie, who is being brought up by his eccentric mother and two younger women. The film is a love-letter to those who bring us up and the years that shape us. Her wonderful portrayal of Jamie’s mother brought Annette Benning (American Beauty) a Golden Globe nomination. Other roles are played by Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha, Jackie), Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon), Billy Crudup (Spotlight) and up-and-coming talent Lucas Jade Zumann. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Festival director Bero Beyer: “We are particularly pleased to have the heart-warming 20th Century Women as the closing film of IFFR 2017. Director Mills uses humour, emotion and a dash of nostalgia in a visual celebration of women and a mother, played splendidly by Annette Benning, which holds up to us a mirror-image of our times.”
Filmmaker Mike Mills (1966, United States) set up production company The Directors Bureau with Roman Coppola in 1996. Many of his short films and documentaries have screened at IFFR. Mills is also a graphic designer, photographer and director of commercials and music videos. He has made music videos and designed record covers for the likes of Air, Yoko Ono and Pulp. He made his feature film directing debut with Thumbsucker in 2005. This was followed in 2010 by Beginners, which earned an Oscar for actor Christopher Plummer. 20th Century Women (2016) is Mills’ third feature film.
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20th Century Women closes the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam on Saturday, 4 February. The European première takes place in De Doelen in Rotterdam.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)– one of the largest cultural events in the Netherlands, and one of the biggest audience-oriented film festivals in the world – takes place in 2017 from Wednesday 25 January through Sunday 5 February. For twelve days, Rotterdam will again be transformed into the exciting, global capital of cinema by the latest feature films, documentaries, short films, exhibitions, performances and talkshows. Festival hub De Doelen is the place to meet. There will be live performances, debates and Q&As with filmmakers and actors and every evening will be rounded off by a dazzling party in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. For more information, see IFFR.com. Official ticket sales start on Friday, 20 January.
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