Rotterdam 2026: The Verdict
South African and Bangladeshi films won big at a 55th edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival embracing global chills and genre thrills.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Feb 7, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |
South African and Bangladeshi films won big at a 55th edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival embracing global chills and genre thrills.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Feb 5, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |
Paul Urkijo Alijo’s Basque folk-horror Gaua is a ribald, gloomy and deliriously over-the-top vision of sexual liberation in the time of the Inquisition.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Feb 4, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |
Georgian director Ana Urushadze’s Supporting Role is a wildly eccentric take on fleeting windows for creative ambition, in a worldweary, twilight Tbilisi.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |
China’s one-child policy provides the inspiration for Dean Wei and Shiyu Liu’s The Apple Doesn’t Fall…, a meticulous and theatrical apartment-bound family drama told through expressive dance.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |
Documentary and fiction are interwoven in ‘La belle année’, a contemplative self-portrait that connects contemporary grief and teenage romantic obsession to tantalising effect.
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