All Rotterdam articles – Page 3
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NewsHubert Bals Fund selects 10 projects for 2023 Development Support scheme
Selection includes new projects from prize winning directors Martika Ramirez Escobar, Leonardo Martinelli and Le Bao.
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NewsRotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund unveils new head
Fund supports filmmakers from countries where funding and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive.
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NewsFive major European film festivals unite on industry network Launchpad
Locarno, Thessaloniki, Tallinn, IFFR and Karlovy Vary are collaborating on the initiative.
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NewsRotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund unveils titles for new post-production scheme
The projects, all feature debuts aside from one, will receive €60,000 to support either their production or their post-production.
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NewsClare Stewart, former London Film Festival director, to join Rotterdam as managing director
Stewart will work alongside festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.
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NewsHow Ukraine is trying to maintain the momentum behind a generation of outstanding filmmakers
The European industry has created support initiatives, including for funding, co-production and raising awareness.
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News“I’ve seen so many smiling faces”: Rotterdam wraps an emotional edition
International attendees point to IFFR’s sense of community, inclusivity – and wide sweep of films.
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Reviews’Endless Borders’: Rotterdam Review
Rotterdam’s Big Screen winner takes place on Iran’s remote and troubled border with Afghanistan
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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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Reviews‘The Spectre Of Boko Haram’: Rotterdam Review
Sensitive Tiger-winning documentary looks at the impact of terror group Boko Haram on the lives of young people
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News‘Le Spectre De Boko Haram’ scoops top prize at Rotterdam 2023
Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s ’Munnel’ and Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan’s ‘New Strains’ also won awards.
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Reviews‘La Palisiada’: Rotterdam Review
Darkly comic Ukrainian cop thriller effectively mines the country’s difficult post-Soviet history
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NewsFour new projects chosen for Netherlands, South Africa co-development fund, Thuthuka
Each project will now receive €40,000 toward further script development.
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Reviews‘Joram’: Rotterdam Review
Devashish Makhija’s cat-and-mouse thriller is a race across India’s troubled interior
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NewsPort of Production residency programme selects four international producers
The producers hail from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Canada.
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NewsRotterdam’s Reality Check symposium calls for creation of a cross-festival coalition
“The festival industry as we know has come to be defined by a spirit of competition rather than collaboration,” said festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai banned from attending Rotterdam
The director’s film ’Killing A Traitor’ is playing in the Harbour strand.
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NewsItaly-France western ‘Heads Or Tails?’, Ukraine’s ‘Consider Vera’ big Rotterdam industry winners
Awards handed out to projects in 40th anniversary edition of CineMart.
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Reviews‘A House In Jerusalem’: Rotterdam Review
Muayad Alayan ventures into genre with his third feature, a UK/Palestinian co-production set in a rambling old house in West Jerusalem
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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.