It’s easy to be allured by writer-director Isabel Sandoval’s new feature, Moonglow, which has the filmmaker returning to her native Philippines for a vintage crime story filled with…
Read more ‘Moonglow’ Review: An Elegantly Crafted if Dramatically Sluggish Film Noir Throwback from the PhilippinesFiji, its people, its heart and spirit, and Tilda Swinton star in Heart of Light – eleven songs for Fiji, the new film from Cynthia Beatt, which world…
Read more Fiji, and Tilda Swinton, Star in ‘Heart of Light – eleven songs for Fiji.’ Swinton and Her Director Share What the World Can Learn From the Island NationShahrbanoo Sadat, who fled Kabul, Afghanistan, to Germany in 2021 and will next month open the Berlin Film Festival with No Good Men, just world premiered her short film Super…
Read more Shahrbanoo Sadat, Maryna Er Gorbach Discuss Their Displacement Film Fund Shorts ‘Super Afghan Gym’ and ‘Rotation’: RotterdamThe International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) honored French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux with the 2026 Robby Müller Award on Saturday, with a crowd of film fans coming out to hear…
Read more ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ DOP on Working With Jim Jarmusch, “Nightmare” Shots, and Why Tilda Swinton Is More Than an Actress: RotterdamIranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof’s new work “Sense of Water” – which is the dissident director’s first film since “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – has been picked…
Read more ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘Sense of Water’ Acquired by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)Othmar Schmiderer (Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary, Back to Africa) has made films for more than 40 years, so he knows a thing or two about sustainability. So it…
Read more ‘Elements of(f) Balance’ Doc Maker Scouted Earth to Showcase Humans Working as Parts of Nature to Counter “Collective Human Narcissism”“In a world without humans, a strange Being finds what we lost – and what we failed to see. Or did we?” The trailer for Hungry has major…
Read more ‘Hungry’ Director on Her Sci-Fi Doc About a World Without Humans That Is “a Call to Action”Ivo M. Ferreira‘s thriller “Projecto Global,” which has its world premiere in the Big Screen Competition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, has debuted its trailer (below). The…
Read more Trailer for Ivo M. Ferreira’s Thriller ‘Projecto Global’ Debuts Ahead of Rotterdam Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)Tiago Melo (Azougue Nazaré) returns to the clash between folklife and modern threats in rural Brazil, and to the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), with his second feature, Yellow…
Read more ‘Yellow Cake’ Fuses Pulpy, Political Sci-Fi With Brazil Folklife, Radioactivity, and the Pending Apocalypse (Exclusive IFFR Clips)International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled its selection of 21 feature projects for the 43rd edition of CineMart, its co-production market, running Feb. 1 to 4, as well…
Read more L.A. Comedy ‘The Dispute,’ Acquired by Riley Keough and Donald Glover’s Production Companies, Among Rotterdam Film Festival ProjectsMarcelo Gomes’ new film “Portrait of a Certain Orient” will be represented for world sales by Brazil’s O2 Play. The deal was sealed ahead of the film’s premiere…
Read more Brazilian World Sales Company O2 Play Nabs Marcelo Gomes’ ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient’ Ahead of Rotterdam Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)Top Indonesian star Laura Basuki headlines auteur Razka Robby Ertanto’s “Yohanna,” which has its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film follows young nun…
Read more Laura Basuki, Robby Ertanto on Rotterdam Title ‘Yohanna’ Where Child Labor and Faith Collide, Teaser Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
