Rotterdam Features – Page 2
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FeaturesSix international producers talk about their buzzy CineMart projects
CineMart is taking place online as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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FeaturesHow tough times are inspiring a new vibrancy in Dutch filmmaking
Dutch film industry marching forward despite strict pandemic restrictions.
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FeaturesRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout on this year’s theme of “the new possible”
The head of IFFR Pro Days reflects on 15 years in the role and what the future holds.
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FeaturesRotterdam’s Vanja Kaludjercic on the “exhilaration” of turning an online event around in a month
A physical event was planned until late December.
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Features“This business attracts every type of maniac”: Amanda Kramer on making Rotterdam opener ‘Please Baby Please’
The US director is also one of the filmmakers in Rotterdam’s Focus strand and will be delivering a Big Talk.
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FeaturesHirota Yusuke talks Studio Ghibli influence on IFFR closing film ‘Poupelle Of Chimney Town’
Japanese animation will close the summer edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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FeaturesIFFR festival director Vanja Kaludjercic reveals “rollercoaster” of summer edition
Summer event marks the 50th anniversary of the festival.
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FeaturesHow IFFR is offering a launchpad for arthouse films during the pandemic
Boundary-pushing features and documentaries begin their international run in Rotterdam.
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Features“I’m not an exile”: Iranian director Keywan Karimi talks returning to the city where he was imprisoned
His next planned feature, ‘Do You Know Anything About Omid?’, is being pitched at Rotterdam’s CineMart.
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FeaturesHow Vanja Kaludjercic’s eclectic European career led her to the top job at Rotterdam
Kaludjercic has worked at leading festivals and at top sales and distribution outfits.
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FeaturesFour hot projects at Rotterdam’s online CineMart
The filmmakers reveal what they hope to achieve from the co-production market.
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Features“I love films that play with genre,” explains ‘Riders Of Justice’ director Anders Thomas Jensen
The comedy drama is the opening film of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
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FeaturesRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout: “We like to break down barriers”
The head of IFFR Pro talks about the need to keep the programme lean and accessible.
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FeaturesInternational film festival directors offer their verdict on Venice
The directors of Berlin, KVIFF, El Gouna, IDFA, IFFR, Jerusalem and Marrakech are full of praise for Venice.
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FeaturesWhy explicit arthouse drama ‘Fidelity’ is dividing opinion in Russia
Director Nigina Sayfullaeva stresses that the film is about a liberated woman in charge of her own decisions.
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FeaturesHow a hospital stay inspired the new film from Belgium director Marion Hansel
The prolific filmmaker was the subject of a career retrospective at IFFR.
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FeaturesYoon Dan-bi talks award-winning Rotterdam title ‘Moving On’
South Korea’s Yoon Dan-bi shares the personal story behind her first feature.
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Features“There is no subject more unpleasant than mine”: Belgium’s Patrice Toye on her Rotterdam title ‘Tench’
The film is about a reluctant paedophile.
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FeaturesThe story behind Angola’s Rotterdam Bright Future title ‘Air Conditioner’
The film was directed by Fradique, a member of Angolan filmmaking collective Geração 80.
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Features“It would be complicated for a transgender woman to go back and play a man”: Malou Reymann on casting ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’
Malou Reymann’s ‘A Very Normal Family’ is screening at both IFFR and Goteburg.