Rotterdam 2023

Under a Blue Sun

Jan 28, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2023

Set in the Negev Desert where action blockbuster ‘Rambo III’ was shot, ‘Under a Blue Sun’ is an intricately layered doc scrutinising the intersection of war simulation, oppression and entertainment.

TFV talks to Tiger Award winner Cyrielle Raingou

Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2023

Raingou’s first feature, ‘Le spectre de Boko Haram’, is a moving documentary that views the horrors of terrorism through the eyes of children.

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023

Feb 6, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2023, The Festival Verdict

As it finally returned from Covid-19 limbo under new artistic director Vanja Kaludjercic, the Dutch film festival reaffirmed its core mission to promote fresh, socially conscious, culturally rich cinema.

52nd INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM OFFICIAL AWARDS

Feb 3, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2023

Mixing the personal with the political, the Dutch festival made a strong post-pandemic comeback with prize-winning films on Islamist terror, border tensions, jailed teenagers and tender pregnancy dilemmas.

Playland

Feb 3, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2023, Spotlight

The ghosts of Playland Cafe, Boston’s oldest gay bar pre-demolition, return in this heartfelt, multi-layered tribute to marginalised history, DIY spirit and queer performance.

Before the Collapse

Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2023

Prize-winning French novelist Alice Zeniter makes a confident directing debut with ‘Before the Collapse’, a lively mystery drama about bed-hopping bohemians in emotional crisis.

Killing a Traitor

Feb 2, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2023, Spotlight

Acclaimed Iranian director Masoud Kimiai pours cinematic rage into his recreation of a 1952 politically-motivated bank robbery that resonates with the protests of today.

Under The Hanging Tree

Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2023

A murder investigation in Namibia is haunted by echoes of colonial genocide in Perivi John Katjavivi’s flawed but intriguing supernatural crime thriller ‘Under The Hanging Tree’

Three Sparks

Feb 1, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2023

A sensitive, intricately layered and hand-crafted portrait of mountain life in northern Albania, women’s labour and ancient laws.

Four Little Adults

Feb 1, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2023

This entertaining rom-com offers a freshly subversive, anti-bourgeois twist on the genre, as a pastor and politician in Helsinki open up their marriage to non-monogamy.

Awards Corner

Rotterdam 2023