Rotterdam Features – Page 2
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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.
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FeaturesSix rising Dutch filmmakers to watch
Who are the filmmakers poised to make a mark internationally?
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Features“What if the wings of society fall off?”: Director Mees Peijnenburg on his IFFR title ‘Paradise Drifters’
Peijnenburg’s first feature debuts at IFFR before going to Berlin.
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Features“There’s more potential for VHS”: Jack Henry Robbins on retro Rotterdam title ‘VHYes’
The title plays in the Bright Future strand.
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FeaturesA new wave of Dutch filmmakers is poised to hit the international festival circuit in 2020
Year starts with a strong showing at IFFR.
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Features“There was a real wildness about the script” Ewen Bremner on Ulrich Thomsen’s Rotterdam title ‘Gutterbee’
Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen’s second film as director is a satire of Trump’s America.
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FeaturesWhy Rotterdam’s slimmed-down CineMart is good for the international film business
Less projects, more room to shine.