Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMona Fastvold’s “The World to Come,” starring Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, will open the hybrid summer component – running June 2-6 – of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s 50th edition.
Hirota Yusuke’s animated feature “Poupelle of Chimney Town” will close the event.“The World to Come” is a romantic drama about the forbidden love between two women, played by Waterston and Kirby, in 1850s Upstate New York.
The film will be shown as a timed premiere online on June 2, followed by physical screenings in Rotterdam theaters during the festival.The European premiere of “Poupelle of Chimney Town” is an adaptation of Nishino Akihiro’s children book.
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