Rotterdam Film Festival 2012: 3D stands out in fest programs

[Variety]

This is the year that Rotterdam takes a small but decisive step toward 3D cinema. For the first time there is a 3D feature in its Tiger competition, “A Fish,” from South Korean helmer Park Hong-min. Described as a tragic-absurdist tale, it concerns a professor driven to pursue his wife, who has run off to become a shaman.

There’s also a 3D film project seeking coin in the CineMart. Alexei Popogrebsky’s “Lost Rooms” concerns a young woman who has glimpsed a parallel world behind flat walls, a space into which she finds she is able to escape when threatened. The Russian helmer plans to shoot in English with an international cast.

But most of Rotterdam has been seduced by Martin Scorsese’s 3D spectacular, “Hugo,” and its loving tribute to Georges Melies and the early days of cinema. The film will be screened alongside a recently restored color version of Melies’ “A Trip to the Moon” and Serge Bromberg’s documentary about the restoration process, “Le Voyage Extraordinaire.” …

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