The Film Office promotes the interests of all attending filmmakers and industry guests, and lays out the best possible means of screening and promoting your film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. During the Festival, the Film Office is situated on the fourth floor of the Festival Center in De Doelen.
FILM OFFICE SERVICES:
Industry Services & Consultants
The Film Office facilitates contacts between representatives of films in the official programme, festival programmers and international buyers present at the festival.
Consultancy meeting with Hayet Benkara
Together with the IFFR's Programme department, the Film Office will ensure that distributors and buyers are fully informed about, and able to view, the newly completed films in the festival programme, and will enhance the potential for film acquisition by animating contacts between buyers and filmmakers or producers who represent a film in the festival selection.
As part of the Film Office’s services, filmmakers are encouraged to take one-to-one consultancy meetings with the Industry consultants during the festival. The consultants will assist them in making the most of their stay in Rotterdam, developing strategies for furthering their films and connecting them to key Industry players, as well as informing buyers about the selected films.
The Film Office is also the first point of contact for the Press & Industry Screenings and the Video Library, and distributes all relevant film and contact data to distributors, sales agents and producers worldwide.
Upon request attendance reports of the Press and Industry Screenings and the Video Library will be made available to the films’ rights holders within 24 hours of the screenings.
The Film Office is represented by Jolinde den Haas, Nikolas Montaldi, Inke van Loocke and Myrthe Terpstra together with the consultants Hayet Benkara, Mary Davies, Jannie Langbroek, Aneta Lesnikovska and Marina Kozul.
Film Office panel 'Make The Most Of A Filmfestival'
The following documents will be available from mid-January 2012
Industry Programme
During the festival the Film Office organises network gatherings for all attending film professionals to animate connections, these include Meet the Programmer, the daily Festival Late Night Drinks and the Industry Party.
Rights List 2012
The Rights List, sent out several times prior to the festival and available during the festival, details all feature length films not currently represented by an international sales agent.
Distributor Letter 2012
The Distributor Letter lists the complete festival line-up of feature length films (60 minutes or longer) both fiction and documentary. The list includes sales contacts, rights information and premiere status.
Sales and Print Source List 2012
Industry Club
Buyers and Sellers are invited to visit the Industry Club on the fourth floor of the festival center de Doelen. This facility is aimed at creating a high-service platform and business area for Industry and filmmaker guests; a quiet place to work and have meetings. The club will be equipped with the latest trade magazines and coffee facilities.
Friday night drinks at the Film Office
Computer and WiFi access
WiFi access is available throughout the Doelen building.
In the Willem Burger Foyer computers are placed to check your e-mail.
More restricted work spaces can be found on the 4th floor of the Doelen.
Video Library
Industry guests are welcome to use the fully digitized Video Library to view festival titles. Titles can also be accessed on a closed circuit from your laptop.