Rotterdam Features
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FeaturesWhat were the buzzy projects at CineMart 2026?
International industry attendees give their verdict on this year’s event.
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FeaturesHow Netherlands Film Fund’s Sandra den Hamer has helped to internationalise Dutch film
”We cannot produce a Dutch feature film or documentary without international partners,” explains the outgoing head.
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FeaturesCineMart is again becoming an important hub for Asian and US indie autuers, says Marten Rabarts
The IFFR Pro head points ot a significant number of buzzy projects from these regions.
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FeaturesThe director of ‘Providence And The Guitar’ on casting heartthrob singer Salvador Sobral
Providence And The Guitar is a loose adaptation of an early story by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson
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FeaturesWhy the role of festival manager has become more significant for a successful film launch
Competition for festival slots is becoming fiercer than ever as filmmakers look to secure distribution.
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Features“We took VHS culture for granted”: Alex Ross Perry on his Rotterdam world premiere ‘Videoheaven’
US director’s latest forms part of IFFR’s focus on VHS and video stores.
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FeaturesSophia Bösch on her Rotterdam premiere ‘Milk Teeth’: “I try to bring a female experience of the world to film”
Dystopian drama set in an isolated rural community is debut feature of the Swiss filmmaker.
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FeaturesHow can Dutch films and talent find greater international success?
Netherlands Film Fund’s Sandra Den Hamers spotlights upcoming titles and the Fund’s new strategy.
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FeaturesTamara Tatishvili on her plans for the Hubert Bals Fund
Former Georgian National Film Center director took over running Rotterdam’s global film fund earlier this month.
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FeaturesFrom ‘Full Metal Jacket’ to ‘Head South’: IFFR opening director Jonathan Ogilvie charts his eclectic career
The New Zealand-born, Australia director of ‘Head South’ describes receating 1970s Christchurch for his autobiographical coming of age story.
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FeaturesHow IFFR’s Focus marries a lively mix of 1970s Chilean films, Italy’s Manetti brothers and Hong Kong provocateur Scud
The aim is to bring the films of such gleefully iconoclastic filmmakers to a wider interenational audience.
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FeaturesRotterdam’s Vanja Kaludjercic, Clare Stewart talk highlights, innovations and being a safe harbour for filmmakers
The festival is meeting budget challenges by reducing by a day and working differently with venues.
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FeaturesHow Muayad Alayan filmed ‘A House In Jerusalem’ in Palestine and Israel during the pandemic
The title received its world premiere in the Limelight strand at Rotterdam.
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FeaturesUkrainian director Philip Sotnychenko has mixed feelings being at a film festival: “Our fight is on the cultural front”
’La Palisiada’, the debut feature of Kyiv-based filmmaker Philip Sotnychenko, is screening in the Tiger competition at Rotterdam.
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FeaturesWhy a Rotterdam premiere could help an Indian film find an audience at home
Many of the Indian films in IFFR’s The Shape Of Things To Come? sidebar have a political or adversorial slant.
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FeaturesHow IFFR Pro’s Inke Van Loocke is innovating CineMart as co-pro market celebrates its 40th edition
Leading international execs will be in town to see prestigious showcase of new works.
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FeaturesDutch production sector looks forward to a buoyant 2023
Close ties are being forged with partners in Indonesia and South Africa.
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FeaturesTopkapi producer Laurette Schillings on the company’s strategy for reaching international audiences
‘Goodbye Stranger’, the latest film from the Dutch company, is debuting in Rotterdam this month.
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FeaturesRotterdam’s Vanja Kaludjercic on diversifying the line-up for her first in-person festival
Kaludjercic talks about the role the festival plays in bringing smaller filmmakers to a global audience.
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FeaturesLemming Film is forging ahead with an ambitious film and TV slate
Dutch outfit produced Sam de Jong’s Rotterdam contender, ‘Met Mes’.