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‘Unerasable!’: A Chat With a Displaced Creator About His Film on Exile and Memory, and Why He Uses the Alias Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and its CineMart market have established themselves as a safe haven for displaced filmmakers…
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‘Special Unit – The First Murder’ Director on Bringing a Modern Take on the “Danish FBI” 100 Years Ago to Cinemas, Led by ‘Vikings’ Star
Denmark’s Special Unit, basically the Danish FBI, is back and ready to take over the big screen beyond its homeland. Special…
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Rotterdam Film Festival: ‘Variations on a Theme’ and ‘Master’ Win Top Awards
Variations on a Theme, a South African drama by directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar about an elderly goat herder…
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‘Accept Our Sincere Apologies,’ Set in a Grand Hotel in Venice That Feels Like a Golden Cage, Investigates Loneliness and Identity
Life without love and connections can be a cage of loneliness. And so can a hotel, even if it is…
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A Syrian and a Somali-Austrian Director on Their Displacement Film Fund Shorts and Cinema as an Act of Survival: Rotterdam
Last year, Cate Blanchett and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s Hubert Bals Fund unveiled the Displacement Film Fund, a scheme set up to…
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‘Butterfly’ Stars Renate Reinsve, Gran Canaria, the “Tourism Machine,” Addiction to the Male Gaze, Family Trauma, and Healing: Rotterdam
How is this elevator pitch? The film’s title is Butterfly, its setting is Gran Canaria, and its ensemble cast includes…
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Rotterdam Talks About Sex, Baby
“Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby.” That was the invitation issued by the 55th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for a Saturday panel…
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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ DOP on Working With Jim Jarmusch, “Nightmare” Shots, and Why Tilda Swinton Is More Than an Actress: Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) honored French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux with the 2026 Robby Müller Award on Saturday, with a…
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Oscar-Nominated ‘The Secret Agent’ Director Decries “Outdated” Casting Practices in Rotterdam Fest Talk: “It’s Not About Good Looks”
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, whose Wagner Moura-starring The Secret Agent just earned four Oscar nominations, including for best picture,…
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John Lithgow Finds J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Stance “Ironic and Inexplicable,” Speaks Out on Current “War on Empathy”
John Lithgow spoke out against what he called the current “war on empathy” and addressed the controversy around his casting…
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