Jesper Ganslandt filmed himself and his 4-year-old son in an intense escape story. 'It has made the bond between us stronger.'

Last year, the Rotterdam Film Festival presented itself as a planet. This year, we are invited to meet the inhabitants of that planet at the festival, which kicks off 24 January. 'Meet the humans of planet IFFR.' We will not only encounter these in the event's more than 500 feature-length and short films. The programme is also richly larded with lectures, debates and performances. Charlotte Rampling opens the Talks series. There is a live performance by jazz legend Milford Graves, there are VR pr...