Rotterdam 2024 - The Film Verdict

Under a Blue Sun

Posted by Carmen Gray | 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.

Five Experiences from IFFR’s Immersive Media Reviewed

Posted by Max Borg | Jan 28, 2024 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2024 |

From Aay Liparoto’s powerful ‘Small Acts of Violence’ to Rachel Maclean’s darkly surreal ‘I’m Terribly Sorry’, Rotterdam kept Immersive Media viewers up-to-date.

Moses

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 27, 2024 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2024 |

Baffling, free-ranging and mesmeric, ‘Moses’ roams through a text on religion by Freud with deadpan Finnish humour that grounds its kooky performance art.

DUCK

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 26, 2024 | Rotterdam 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

In the 16-minute short DUCK, visual artist Rachel Maclean co-opts the inherent suspicions of cinematic espionage to craft this surreal mash-up about the escalating media paranoia.

Head South

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 25, 2024 | Festivals, Featured, Rotterdam 2024 |

An absurdist, Gothic twist takes Jonathan Ogilvie’s coming-of-age comedy and New Zealand post-punk subculture origin story into delightfully uncharted territory.

Tag: Rotterdam 2024

Under a Blue Sun

Five Experiences from IFFR’s Immersive Media Reviewed

Moses

DUCK

Head South