Sacha Polak on the battered but strong woman in Dirty God, opening film 48th IFFR. Emotion is the motto this year

by Leo Bankersen
15 January 201929 March 2022
7 min read
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Pijn? Kracht? Vastberadenheid? Hoop? Bezorgdheid? Verlangen? Wat lezen we allemaal op het door littekens getekende gezicht van Jade in Sacha Polaks nieuwe film Dirty God, waarmee op 23 januari het International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) van start gaat.
Festivaldirecteur Bero Beyer stelt dat onze manier waarop we naar de wereld kijken sterk gedreven wordt door emotie. Vandaar het nieuwe motto: Feel IFFR. Na IFFR als filmplaneet (2017) en de ontmoeting met de bewoners (2018) gaat het nu om de...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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