Fir: Guillaume Nicloux | Cast: Pom Klementieff, Benoît Magimel, Freya Mavor, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Anaël Snoek, Elina Löwensohn | 113’ World Premiere Moving swiftly on from his previous themes - from nuns,...

Dir: Micha Wald | Cast: Salome Dewaels, Alexandra Lamy, Louis Peres, Candice Bouchet | Belgium, Drama 102' A Survivor’s Tale is an incredible 16th story of female courage and survival that...

Dir: Marijana Jankovic | Drama 105' Denmark/Serbia Set in the 1991, during the Balkan dissolution, this semi-autobiographical drama, based on the director's own experience, follows a family of migrants who uproot...

Dir: Yasser Shafiey | Egypt, Comedy Drama. 2025 Reviewed by Meredith Taylor A broken refrigerator is the talking point for this absurdist domestic drama, that sees Egypt’s Yasser Shafiey revitalisijg the comedy...

Director: Tiago Melo Cast: Rejane Faria, Valmir do Côco, Spencer Callahan, Tânia Maria : Brazil - 97’ - 2026 Mosquito bites are itchy but they also carry disease and viruses like dengue...

Dir: Volkan Uce | Turkey, Belgium Doc 83' "The Angel of Death is on vacation" complains a mortuary attendant in an early scene of this darkly humorous Turkish film, a third...

Dir: Itonje Soimer Guttormsen | Cast: Renate Reinsve, Helene Bjorneby, Numan Acar | 117’ Reviewed by Meredith Taylor The family reunion sub-genre is reworked with a slight sibling rivalry twist this time...

With its reputation for being quirky and offbeat. Rotterdam focuses on independent and experimental films. Vanja Kaludjercic, the festival's director, unveiled this year’s 55th edition, running from 29 January –...

Dir: Katharina Kastner | Doc, Belg/France/Ger/ 25' Katerina Kastner's impressionistic documentary debut captures the essence of the Villa Empain, one of the most beautiful architectural masterpieces of Art Deco in Brussels....