Rotterdam Features – Page 7
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FeaturesTiger directors: Samer Najari & Dominique Chila, Arwad
Husband-and-wife directing team make their feature debut with Arwad, the story of a man who returns to the Syrian island where he grew up and the decisions that impact the women in his life.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Lee Su-Jin, Han Gong-Ju
South Korean director Lee Su-Jin’s feature debut is the story of small town girl who is sent to a different school in a remote city after being involved in a horrific incident.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Ikeda Akira, Anatomy Of A Paper Clip
Japanese filmmaker Ikeda Akira’s second feature, shot in a small town outside Tokyo, is inspired by old folk tales.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Peter Brunner, My Blind Heart
Black-and-white debut feature blurs the lines between perpetrator and victim.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Mark Jackson, War Story
The American director continues his work with themes of grief, loss and guilt.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Lee Chatametikool, Concrete Clouds
Thai filmmaker explores two brothers impacted by the Asian financial crisis of 1997.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Natalia Meschaninova, The Hope Factory
Russian filmmaker Natalia Meschaninova makes her feature debut with The Hope Factory, a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Siberian city of Norilsk.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Tatjana Bozic, Happily Ever After
It was the spectre of yet another failed relationship on the horizon that prompted Croatian filmmaker Tatjana Bozic to make her candid documentary Happily Ever After exploring her chaotic love life of the last 20 years.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Maya Vitkova, Viktoria
The Bulgarian film-maker talks about her ‘semi-autobiographical’ directorial debut, nine years in the making.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Jan Schomburg, Lose My Self
Maria Schrader stars as a woman suffering from retrograde amnesia.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Luis Miñarro, Falling Star
Having worked with a string of acclaimed directors, Spanish arthouse producer Luis Minarro decided that the time was finally right to direct his own fiction feature.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Fellipe Barbosa, Casa Grande
Brazilian director Fellipe Barbosa took inspiration from his own family’s financial problems for his debut feature Casa Grande.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Paulo Sacramento, Riocorrente
Long-time editor Paulo Sacramento makes his fictional feature debut with Riocorrente, a timely and tense contemporary tale set in Sao Paulo.
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FeaturesRotterdam: Michael Tully talks Ping Pong Summer
The Austin-based director talks about his “deeply personal” 1980s-set feature, which has its European premiere in Rotterdam tonight as a Big Talk event (after premiering in Sundance last week).
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FeaturesTiger directors: Dick Tuinder, Farewell To The Moon
The Dutch artist and filmmaker’s second feature is set in 1970s Amsterdam.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Ester Martin Bergsmark, Something Must Break
The Swedish director talks about his first foray into fiction.
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FeaturesRotterdam Film Festival 2014
The 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam celebrates its usual independent, global spirit — as well as marking the 25th anniversary of the Hubert Bals Fund. Plus, a preview of this year’s CineMart selections.
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FeaturesMichael Noer, Northwest
Michael Noer’s Northwest, which premieres at Rotterdam and Göteborg, explores life in a crime-ridden Copenhagen neighbourhood. The director tells Wendy Mitchell about the search for truth in his characters.
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FeaturesCuracao International Film Festival Rotterdam
Photos from the inaugural four-day film festival on the Caribbean island.
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FeaturesMaja Milos
28-year-old Serbian writer-director Maja Milos’ debut feature Clip (Klip) has been the talk of Rotterdam. It was a polarising film drawing some praise and some outrage. “At least nobody is indifferent to the film,” Milos says.The story follows a young teenage girl who has a frustrating home life and turns ...