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After a bumper 40th anniversary edition of IFFR Pro last year, there’s a sense that Rotterdam’s industry strand has fined tuned things rather than introduced major changes for 2024.

IFFR Pro centres around key initiatives including co-production market CineMart, talent development programme Rotterdam Lab, works in progress section Dark Room and financial support for filmmakers through the festival’s Hubert Bals Fund.

Head of IFFR Pro a.i. Alessia Acone, who is overseeing the industry strand while IFFR Pro head Inke Van Loocke is on maternity leave, says one of the main differences about CineMart this year is that...

Selection includes new projects by Aisling Walsh, Ena Sendijarević, Andreas Fontana and Beatrice Gibson

Projects by directors including Aisling Walsh, Ena Sendijarević, Andreas Fontana and Beatrice Gibson are among the 2024 line-up for CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

CineMart has revealed 16 feature film projects and four immersive projects for its upcoming 41st edition, which runs from January 28-31. Cinemart is also presenting six works-in-progress, of which four are features and two immersive, as part of its Darkroom strand.

The project selection includes Lucia from Irish filmmaker Aisling Walsh whose Maudie (2016), starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke,...

G.I. Joe: Retaliation badass Elodie Yung has joined the cast of Netflix’s Marvel’s Daredevil for Season 2, in the key role of Elektra.

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A mysterious, thus far only referenced woman from Matt Murdock’s past, Elektra’s dangerous ways may be more than the lawyer-by-day/vigilante-by-night can handle. The character was portrayed on the big screen by Jennifer Garner, first opposite Ben Affleck in Daredevil and then in a standalone film.

Yung’s previous credits include the films The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and District 13: Ultimatum, and...

There needs to be more female characters for the upcoming sequel “G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with French actress Elodie Yung for a role in the film. Yung would be playing a character named Jinx. Jinx is a ninja recruited by Snake Eyes to join the G.I. Joe team. The character was not featured in 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” The actress is best known for her role in the foreign action flick sequel “District 13: Ultimatum.” She has appeared in several French television series including “Les Bleus: Premiers Pas Dans La Police,” “Mademoiselle Joubert” and “La Vie Devant Nous.” She will be seen in the upcoming American version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” as the lesbian girlfriend to Lisbeth Salander (played by Rooney Mara). Jon M. Chu (“Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” “Step Up 3D...