Jan 24, 2020
Dir: Nigina Sayfullaeva | Drama, Russia 82'
Nigina Sayfullaeva's erotic drama makes a brave and unbridled bid to explore and unravel the complex nature of human desire through the story of...
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Jan 23, 2020
Dir: Patrice Toye | Greet Verstraete, Line Pillet, Tijmen Govaerts, Dominique Van Malder | Drama, Belgium 99'
Flemish director Patrice Toye adapts Inge Schilperoord’s book to create a distinctive arthouse psychodrama...
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Jan 20, 2020
In his final year as creative director Bero Beyer recently announced the 2020 line-up for the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) including the 10 films selected for the Tiger Competition. Known...
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Jan 13, 2020
Dir: Zhu Shengze. USA/Hong Kong. 2019. 124mins
Live-streaming in China is big business. The severely disabled, wheelchair-ridden and low-paid have finally found a nifty way of making an extra yuan. Sharing...
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Dec 12, 2019
Dir.: Ico Costa; Cast: Henrique Bonacho; Portugal 2018, 98 min.
Renowned Portuguese short-film director Ico Costa creates an impressive first feature which he also wrote. It tells the story of Henrique...
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Jun 3, 2019
Dir: Sacha Polak | Wri: Susie Farrell | Cast: Vicky Knights, Eliza Brady-Girard, Rebecca Stone, Dana Marineci | Drama, 114'
Random acid attacks reflect the expression of generalised angst and have...
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Feb 1, 2019
Dir: Anna Eborn | Doc, 93'
There's a breezy insouciance to this slice of realism set in the tiny unrecognised state of Transnistra, which split from Moldova after the civil war...
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Jan 29, 2019
Dir: Misho Antadze | Doc, 70’ | Georgia
Georgia’s past collides with the future in Misho Antadze’s debut documentary feature that unfurls at Rotterdam Film Festival’s Perspectives strand.
In the ancient countryside...
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Jan 29, 2019
Dir.: Elmar Imanov; Cast: Rasim Javarov, Zulfiyya Gurbanova, Mirmousum Mirzazade; Germany/Azerbaijan/Georgia 2019, 92 min.
Elmar Imanov’s first feature is a homage to Antonioni. Set in Baku on the Black Sea, Imanov...
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