Tag: Rotterdam International Film Festival

The Assistant

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 31, 2025 | Festivals, Featured, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2025 |

Wilhelm and Anka Sasnal channel the spirit of cult modernist Robert Walser in this strange, caustic “repainting” of his novel about a beleaguered assistant.

The Legends of Eternal Snow

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 29, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2025 |

Sakha cinema pioneer Aleksei Romanov reworks an eerie Yakut tale for an intriguing mix of ethnographic detail, anti-imperial defiance and bone-deep chill.