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 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 |
Documentary and fiction are interwoven in ‘La belle année’, a contemplative self-portrait that connects contemporary grief and teenage romantic obsession to tantalising effect.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Feb 2, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Spotlight |
Tiago Melo brings satirical bite to genre thrills in ‘Yellow Cake’, his delirious sci-fi mix of geopolitics and apocalyptic fears in Brazil’s Northeast.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Jan 31, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |
Writer-director Charlotte Glynn balances hard-nosed grit and tenderness in her quietly devastating portrait of an injured teen gymnast in working-class Pittsburgh.
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