The Rutger Hauer Filmfactory in Rotterdam (18-28 June) announces the line-up of internationally acclaimed coaches and guest lecturers for its upcoming third edition. Top directors PAUL VERHOEVEN and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ will be teaching virtual master classes via Skype. The internationally acclaimed Polish writer/director/artist LECH MAJEWSKI (BASQUIAT, THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS) and the Peruvian director CLAUDIA LLOSA (Golden Bear for LA TETA ASUSTADA) have signed on to coach aspiring directors during the masterclass, alongside Rutger Hauer. Belgian DP WALTHER VAN DEN ENDE (DAENS, NO MAN\'S LAND, JOYEUX NOËL) advises the selected DOPs. MARTEN RABARTS , artistic director at the Binger Filmlab and writer/director/producer SUSAN KORDA , who teaches at Columbia University in New York, will lead the creative team sessions. These professional experts will provide creative leadership to thirty ambitious filmmakers, who will make 12 short films during the course of the master class. This year\'s participants include directors, producers, DOPs, editors and actors from all over the world: the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Israel, South Africa, Australia and Canada. The Rutger Hauer Filmfactory is funded by the Rotterdam Film Fund; The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; The SNS Reaal Fund; The council of Rotterdam, The Netherlands Film Fund, HGIS-Cultuurmiddelen and INHOLLAND. Website : http://www.rutgerhauerfilmfactory.com Rutger Hauer on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/filmfactoryshorts Press materials: http://www.silversaltpr.com

This coming Sunday night we will take a look at two of the early films by Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Rescue Dawn). Of his early work these two stunning films are considered to be his best....both of which are explorations of what it means to be human. - Jeffrey SUNDAY JUNE 14th 20:30 LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS (1971) LAND DES SCHWEIGENS UND DER DUNKELHEIT Directed by Werner Herzog 81 minutes In German with English subtitles \"Of all my films, this is the one I want to be available to audiences the most\"- Werner Herzog An astonishing and sensual documentary by Werner Herzog which uncovers the world of those who are blind and deaf. This is the first film which would define what Herzog does best: revealing the extraordinary and mind-boggling dimensions of existence which are hidden in our everyday life and not covered by the mass media which is too concerned with what is superficially spectacular. Amongst all documentary filmmakers Herzog is perhaps the only one which approaches the magical. This film follows the life of Fini Strabringer, a 56-year old blind and deaf woman who dedicates her life to people who are in the same situation as she is. This film is literally investigating what it means to be human without the sense of sight and speech. It has a heroic figure in Fini Straubinger, along with a number of other characters who are compellingly mysterious. It is a glimpse into a realm of life that is both abstract and intense, and as a film it enters that darkness and reaches lyrical heights. For many this is one of the masterpieces of Herzog\'s career, but it is also a film which is never shown so few have ever had the chance to see it. This is an extremely rare screening! + 22:15 THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER (1974) EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL or GOD IS DOG SPELLED BACKWARDS Directed by Werner Herzog 109 minutes long In German with English subtitles Kasper Hauser is not a documentary, but is a feature film based on a true event. It is one of the great masterpieces of the New German Cinema and stands as one Werner Herzog greatest achievements. It is a powerful movie that will strike at the heart of the viewer through it\'s strong visuals and thought provoking story. Those who are need the normal type of Hollywood narrative may find Kasper Hauser hard to deal with since its not as much a rigid and gripping narrative as much as it is a poetically assembled chain of moments. But those who are willing to engage themselves both mentally and spiritually will find the movie richly rewarding. \"In his widely acclaimed attempt to fathom The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, director Werner Herzog probes a real-life mystery that has puzzled German society for nearly two centuries. In the title role, Herzog ingeniously cast the equally mysterious street musician Bruno S. (Stroszek), whose mesmerizing performance is unique in the history of film. Isolated since infancy in a dank cellar, the now-adult Kaspar is abandoned in 1820s Nuremburg by his unknown custodian; townsfolk futilely speculate on his origins, and he\'s shaped by a bourgeois villager who places rigid, conflicting restraints on his new and peculiar perspective on the world around him. It\'s telling that Herzog\'s preferred title is Every Man for Himself and God Against All, for this is an eerily effective cautionary tale about an innocent man of nature who moves from one prison to another in a cruelly fateful universe. The mystery lingers, making The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser a deep, resonant reflection on the nature of humanity.\" CINEMA DERIVE OVERTOOM 301 20:30 Membership 4 Euros for the evening

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Masterclass: Animation >4< Games - HAFF 2009 Het beste van twee werelden samengebracht in de masterclass Animation >4< Games. Speciaal voor studenten en pas afgestudeerden van animatie- en gameopleidingen organiseert het Holland Animation Film Festival samen met de Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht en Xform Gamedevelopment een meerdaagse masterclass waarin de animatiekunst in games centraal staat. Onder leiding van een internationaal gerenommeerde character animator, werken tweetallen, samengesteld uit een student animatie en een student gameanimatie, gezamenlijk aan het animeren van een game character. De focus ligt hierbij nadrukkelijk niet op de technische aspecten, maar op het acteren, de geloofwaardigheid en de kwaliteit van de animatie van het karakter. Waar ligt de grens tussen het functionele en het esthetische? Geïnteresseerd om deel te nemen aan de masterclass en op zoek te gaan naar het antwoord, en wil je op de hoogte worden gehouden van de ontwikkelingen omtrent, meld je dan aan via [email protected]. Bekendheid met 3D Max en een basiskennis van 3D animatie is gewenst. De masterclass vindt plaats op 24,25,31 oktober en 1 november. Deadline voor aanmelding: 1 oktober. Plaats is beperkt! Holland Animation Film Festival | 4-8 november 2009 | www.haff.nl