It is a great thing that there are comedians who keep a finger on the pulse of society. Hans Teeuwen, for instance, has once again made himself angry. He has joined the small chorus of (mostly) men who see the end of the world coming because of a rebuttal. That is the rebuttal that now comes via social media
Just like in the world outside culture (call it capitalism), in the cultural sector itself you also see a huge payment gap between creators and 'the plush'. Only you can't talk about that taboo without being seen as a traitor.
Netflix and the Netherlands Film Fund today announced the establishment of a new support fund. This is to provide help to collaborators on film and TV productions that have come to a standstill due to corona. Netflix is making €1 million available for this purpose. An amount comparable to the budget of a small Dutch feature film. This is part of a broader package of...
In the trailer for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which kicks off on 22 January, film images crumble into abstract shapes and colour patterns. It has to do, I understand, with the wonder of the irrepressible urge to make stories. Once, a cave dweller put a painted hand on the rock face. In the digital age, we conjure stories with coloured pixels. The...
From February 2020, Vanja Kaludjercic will succeed Bero Beyer as festival director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
‘Feel IFFR’ is dit jaar het motto van het International Film Festival Rotterdam. De emotie achter het beeld en bij de toeschouwer als leidraad bij onze interpretatie. De openingsfilm Dirty God is een mooie testcase. Regisseur Sacha Polak vertelt waarom ze een film over een door littekens gehavende vrouw wilde maken.
Het 47ste filmfestival Rotterdam opent met Jimmie, een vluchtverhaal op z’n kop. Regisseur Jesper Ganslandt over filmen met zijn zoontje en de verbanden met zijn debuut Falkenberg Farewell.
Parallax Views is the overarching theme of the 46th Rotterdam Film Festival. Be persuaded to look with new eyes. Director Bero Beyer, who took office in 2015, on his second festival.
The 2016 Autumn Consultation. This annual evening of debate around burning issues in the film industry revealed above all that the industry is far from being on the same page.
Festival director Bero Beyer found it difficult to choose eight films to nominate for the Hivos Tiger Award. After all, what makes a film special? According to Beyer, Elisabeth Subrin's film drama A Woman, a Part evokes a sense of nostalgia and is also outspoken, bold and above all human. The #IFFR check by Culture Press is that A Woman, a...
With the revamped, more compact Tiger competition, IFFR aims to show what the festival stands for. Nurturing new talent with a voice of its own. Is the Tiger roaring again?
45e Filmfestival Rotterdam, het eerste onder nieuwe directeur Bero Beyer, gaat sterk van start met Beyond Sleep, naar W.F. Hermans’ Nooit meer slapen.
Bero Beyer, the new director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, announces initial plans for edition 2016.
Ik ben een idealist, aldus Bero Beyer, de nieuwe directeur van het Filmfestival Rotterdam op het Voorjaarsoverleg.
9000 Euro was tien jaar geleden het bedrag waarmee Qissa van de Indiase regisseur Anup Singh uit de startblokken werd geholpen. Dat geld kwam van het aan het International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) gelieerde Hubert Bals Fonds (HBF), dat nu al 25 jaar filmmakers in ontwikkelingslanden steunt. Gisteravond opende Qissa de 43e editie van het Rotterdamse festival. De havenstad is daarmee
tien dagen lang wereldhoofdstad voor de onafhankelijke film, zoals zakelijk directeur Janneke Starink bij de opening in de Doelen stelde.
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