Rotterdam - The Film Verdict

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.

Chronovisor

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 30, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |

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 House of Janus

Posted by Clarence Tsui | Dec 3, 2024 | Festivals, Singapore 2024 |

Singaporean playwright Keng Sen Ong juxtaposes his queer take on a 17th century opera with a documentary about Dutch curator and academic Adriaan van der Staay’s summer retreat in the beautiful yet bewildering ‘The House of Janus’.

Tag: Rotterdam

Rotation

Last Shot

Chronovisor

The House of Janus