The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced its line-up to include three more Korean films in addition to its two Tiger competitors, <A Fish > and <Romance Joe>. Included will be ROH Gyeong-tae’s <Black Dove>, KIM Kyung-mook’s <Stateless Things> and HONG Sang-soo’s <The Day He Arrives>, all in the festival’s Spectrum section.
 
<Black Dove> premiered at the Busan International Film Festival last year and will be making its international premiere at Rotterdam.

 

<Stateless Things>, a beneficiary of KOFIC’s Independent Film Production Support Fund and Diversity Film Distribution Support program, premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and has travelled to several festivals since.

 

Hong’s <The Day He Arrives> made its world premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.

 

IFFR’s main Spectrum section focuses on screening “recent highlights from the international festival circuit and other impressive and contemporary works”. The section will show 72 features and documentaries from 32 countries.