Rotterdam 2026 - The Film Verdict

Chronovisor

January 30, 2026 di Carmen Gray

Kevin Walker and Jack Auen’s eerie, stylish techno-horror debut draws us through a library wormhole into a ‘70s scandal around a Benedictine monk’s memory-recording machine.

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford

January 30, 2026 di Stephen Dalton

A small-town Scottish tour guide declares war on a blockbuster TV fantasy show in ‘The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford’, writer-director Seán Dunn’s enjoyably off-beat comedy about grief, depression and obsessive fandom.

Butterfly

January 30, 2026 di Max Borg

Grief and sisterhood are at the center of the oddly moving Norwegian drama ‘Butterfly’, playing in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition.

Elements Of(f) Balance

January 29, 2026 di Ben Nicholson

Like a delicately composed ecosystem, Othmar Schmiderer’s documentary ‘Elements Of(f) Balance’ is a patchwork of finely tuned vignettes that together form a thoughtful meditation on our relationship with the planet.

Rotterdam 2026: An Interview with Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart

January 29, 2026 di Max Borg

TFV inaugurates its Rotterdam 2026 coverage with our customary chat with the festival directors, Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart.

Dead Souls

January 29, 2026 di Stephen Dalton

Cult indie director Alex Cox gives Nikolai Gogol’s classic satirical novel ‘Dead Souls’ a surreal Wild West makeover in this uneven but enjoyably bizarre love letter to the spaghetti western genre.