Rotterdam 2024

Palestinian Cinema at IFFR 2024: Pictured but Not Forgotten

Feb 3, 2024 | Rotterdam 2024, Festivals

Scattered over different sections with few ripples in the media, four films detailing the Palestinian experience stood out at Rotterdam.

Kiss Wagon

Feb 3, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2024

Indian director Midhun Murali’s prize-winning animated shadow-puppet epic ‘Kiss Wagon’ is loopy and confusing but still a dazzling, highly original visual feast.

Confidenza

Feb 3, 2024 | Rotterdam 2024, Festivals

Daniele Luchetti’s ‘Confidenza’ (Trust), from the Domenico Starnone novel about a dangerous confidant, features a noteworthy performance from Elio Germano.

Stero

Feb 3, 2024 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2024, Verdict Shorts

Language is an instrument of oppression and a tool to combat it in Tevin Kimathi and Millan Tarus’ charming tale of childhood resistance, Stero.

IFFR 2024: The Awards

Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2024

Three very different films from Japan, India and Australia won Rotterdam’s Tiger Awards, underlining the festival’s range of new talent.

Awash in a luxuriant atmosphere of passion and emotional discovery created by exquisite b&w images of seas rivers and jungles, Marcelo Gomes’s three characters struggle to shake off the past and move forward post-WW2 in ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient’.