http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.comInternational Film Festival Rotterdam RSS FeedInternational Film Festival Rotterdam RSS FeedThu, 23 Feb 2012 10:34:32 GMThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/J16YCRRY-Ug/You have reached the website of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. For information about film entry or accreditations, please visit our Professionals website.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/J16YCRRY-Ug" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:43 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/J16YCRRY-Ug/You have reached the website of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. For information about film entry or accreditations, please visit our Professionals website.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/J16YCRRY-Ug" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:43 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/J16YCRRY-Ug/You have reached the website of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. For information about film entry or accreditations, please visit our Professionals website.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/J16YCRRY-Ug" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:43 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/J16YCRRY-Ug/You have reached the website of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. For information about film entry or accreditations, please visit our Professionals website.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/J16YCRRY-Ug" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:43 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/bfV7DGaqndE/Michel Gondry's Home Movie Factory is open until 4 March. It's still possible to register for a workshop!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/bfV7DGaqndE" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:49:31 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/iffr-2012/home-movie-factory/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/MB8WA0sVVwE/The UPC Audience Award of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012 goes to Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar (Canada, 2011). Goodbye by Mohammad Rasoulof wins the Dioraphte Award.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/MB8WA0sVVwE" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:32:28 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/monsieur-lazhar-wins-upc-audience-award/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/B2Fk_dlnEms/During the IFFR 2012 Awards Ceremony on Friday, February 3, 2012 in festival venue de Doelen, the winning films of the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam were announced.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/B2Fk_dlnEms" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:15:32 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/jury-s-award-films-from-the-iffr-2012-programme/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/qcPk1YvmG-k/Actress Aggeliki Papoulia has once again worked with the rising star of Greek film Yorgos Lanthimos. Just like their previous collaboration Dogtooth (2008) - his absurdist feature film debut - Alps is full of bizarre moments and dialogues.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/qcPk1YvmG-k" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:54 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/blank-canvas-on-the-big-screen/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/1brkqEj087A/At the close of 2010, Iranian directors Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi were sentenced to six years in prison as well as a twenty-year directing and media ban. One year down the line and Rasoulof is not behind bars, but sat on a couch in de Doelen.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/1brkqEj087A" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:53:42 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/iran-is-like-an-alcoholic-father/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/gn5yUhWXGUc/The 29th CineMart, co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam concluded Wednesday February 1 in Rotterdam with the announcement of the two awards for best CineMart Projects 2012.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/gn5yUhWXGUc" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:43:56 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/arte-france-cin-ma-and-eurimages-awards-for-best-cinemart-projects-handed-out/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/HDJdsJ2EBcY/It was about time someone made a realistic relationship drama and a good gay film thought British director Andrew Haigh. And so he made the widely praised Weekend, about a relationship that starts as a one-night stand, but unexpectedly becomes more serious.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/HDJdsJ2EBcY" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36:58 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/gay-cinema-without-the-cowboys/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/m91P9GNDu0Q/On Monday evening Makino Takashi’s Generator, Mati Diop’s Big in Vietnam and Jeroen Eijsinga’s Springtime were awarded the three equal Tiger Awards for Short Films 2012. The jury gave a Special Jury Mention to Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen for her short film I'm Lisa.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/m91P9GNDu0Q" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:50:03 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/short-films-awarded-at-international-film-festival-rotterdam-2012/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/wl1YZ8ZXKR8/Four-year old Nana lives in a small house in the woods a stone’s throw from her grandfather’s pig farm. At first sight, an idyllic childhood. Then, one day, her mother disappears.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/wl1YZ8ZXKR8" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:32:06 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/an-instinctive-animal/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/fVAdITxkpGI/After controversial films such as Audition and Ichi the Killer, prolific Japanese director Miike Takashi is back in Rotterdam with the world premiere of Ace Attorney, a humorous game adaptation. Cinemagoers prefer laughter to being scared.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/fVAdITxkpGI" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:05:05 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/miike-takashi-in-da-house/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/AWxQgPIZdiY/Isn’t it a bit embarrassing really? We are part of the European Union, but hardly know some of the countries the former encompasses. In Finland’s case, the IFFR is set to change all that with a Signals homage to Peter von Bagh.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/AWxQgPIZdiY" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:54:27 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/getting-to-know-the-neighbours-finland/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/jclj7Un7_4E/The programme section Signals: Power Cut Middle East focusses on the less known images of the revolutions in the Middle East by turning them inside out. What are we really looking at?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/jclj7Un7_4E" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:19 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/iffr-2012/programme/signals/signals-power-cut-middle-east/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/6N8d6ou5sIw/Serge Bromberg, a collector and passionate advocate of silent film, will guarantee a unique spectacle saturday night : very old 3D.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/6N8d6ou5sIw" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:58 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/bromberg-s-journey-through-the-world-of-3d/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/z1vuABEWTlc/Sensational motorway chases, camping in the dark woods or ending up in prison: anything is possible at Michel Gondry’s Home Movie Factory. Last night, the French director opened his interactive installation which enables amateurs to shoot a short film in record time.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/z1vuABEWTlc" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:53:54 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/high-speed-filmmaking/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/zwtGak6rroo/Maja Miloš’ feature film debut Clip is a raw portrait of the generation gap in Serbia where young teens indulge in destructive group behaviour involving lots of drugs, sex and pop music. So what’s new? The social media.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/zwtGak6rroo" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:58:56 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/iffr-2012/programme/tiger-awards-competition/tiger-awards-competition-interviews/maja-milo-on-clip/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iffr/en/~3/fOFPD7k0bcY/The IFFR’s opening coincided with the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution which was initiated on 25 January 2012 on Tahrir Square in Cairo. Director Omar Robert Hamilton made a video message especially for the IFFR.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iffr/en/~4/fOFPD7k0bcY" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:18:33 GMThttp://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/news-2012/power-cut-from-cairo/