Rotterdam 2026 - The Film Verdict

The Kidnapping of a President

Posted by Max Borg | Feb 1, 2026 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |

Political upheaval is the backdrop for a fact-based dark comedy in the shape of Samuli Valkama’s ‘The Kidnapping of a President’.

Rotation

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 1, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |

A young woman goes through a form of hypnotherapy in Maryna Er Gorbach’s luminous, evocative and deeply moving new short, Rotation.

Last Shot

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 31, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |

The sobering drama, ‘Last Shot’, pays homage to journalists killed in Palestine with an affecting tale about displacement and a photographer’s final, tragic image.

Butterfly

Posted by Max Borg | Jan 30, 2026 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |

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

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 29, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |

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.

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The Kidnapping of a President

Rotation

Last Shot

Butterfly

Elements Of(f) Balance