IFFR 2011 gets strategically repositioned (screwed) out of its closing film
Now here is some completely baffling news, and if there is anyone out there who can explain the "WHY" to me I'd be very grateful. The much lauded historical drama "The King's Speech" was supposed to have closed the International... More »
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IFFR 2011 Full Schedule Online! Come and see folks...
Title says all: you can now check the complete screening schedule for this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam, about to start next Wednesday. And here is the direct link: The direct link. Lots of nice surprises and a welcome return... More »
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Complete Tiger Awards Competition Announced For Rotterdam 2011
The complete lineup of films selected to compete for the International Film Festival Rotterdam's Tiger Awards has just been announced and it looks to be an interesting slate of films from around the globe. Here's the complete announcement:Rotterdam announces full... More »
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First Stills From Noboru Iguchi's KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR
What madness lies in store for viewers of Noboru Iguchi's spin on the classic Karate-Robo Zaborgar? Well, fans of the director of Robo Geisha and The Machine Girl are already well familiar with his obsessive love for outlandish robots and... More »
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Noboru Iguchi's KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR To Premiere In Rotterdam
Cult film fans take note: Machine Girl director Noboru Iguchi's Karate-Robo Zaborgar will have its world premiere at the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam.A revival of the classic television series of the same name, Karate Robo Zaborgar is Iguchi's first... More »
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The IFFR turns 40 and goes XL!
Yesterday, festival director Rutger Wolfson presented what's been confirmed for the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) starting at the end of January. The 2011 edition promises to be a special one as it's an anniversary: the IFFR turns 40.... More »
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Forget the Oscars, these are the TIGERS!
This evening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the three Tiger Award winners were announced. The winners were:  "Agua Fría de Mar"(dir: Paz Fábrega, Costa Rica)"Alamar" (dir: Pedro González-Rubio, Mexico)  "Mundane History"(dir: Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand)  The Tiger can only be... More »
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IFFR 2010 reveals full line-up!
  As the title says, today the IFFR-website (yes, if you opened the article this sentence is clickable...) has put up the entire schedule for the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam which starts next week.   Loads of interesting titles... More »
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The Apocalypse Strikes Argentina In EL SOL
Soon to premiere in Rotterdam is Ayar Blasco's El Sol, a work of animation so deliberately deliberately coarse that it immediately brings Korean effort Aachi and Ssipak to mind. Which is pretty much what you'd expect from a young writer-director-producer... More »
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Do you want your name in the credits of a film? Or two? Or three? Here's how...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam is known for trying to support both arthouse cinema and new talent. Heck, even their biggest prize (the Tiger Award) can only be won by first-time or second-time directors! In that spirit, the festival also tries... More »
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The IFFR shows the whole world for free that LOVE CONQUERS ALL !
Yes. It's an award-winning film which can now be watched, for free, over the Internet.    Each January brings us a new International Film Festival Rotterdam, and 2010 will not be an exception. The festival is best known for its... More »
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So... where IS Africa? Read all about it!
From January the 27th till February the 7th, my hometown of Rotterdam will be hosting its International Film Festival (the 39th in fact). And although the full line-up won't be published until January the news about the contents are dribbling in... More »
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Park Chan-Ok's "PAJU" will open the IFFR 2010
From January 27th till February the 7th, the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam will be held. And even though the final line-up won't be released until the second week of January, details are slowly but surely emerging.   Such as... More »
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IFFR 2009: Awards! Awards!
Good grief, I've never hit the International Film Festival Rotterdam as hard as I did this year. Peter and I have seen so many movies and talked to so many people that, as you may have noticed, we have had... More »
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IFFR 2009 has the first audience screening of Joko Anwar's THE FORBIDDEN DOOR outside of Indonesia
The website of the International Film Festival Rotterdam might not publish its complete programme till Thursday the 16th, but it is already leaking titles by the bucketload. And there are many nice ones amongst those, genre and non-genre, like: "Bronson",... More »
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IFFR 2009: Isabella Rossellini likes 'em Large
Size Matters in the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam. One of its programming segments totally focuses on the difference that screen size can bring to the movie-watching experience. To exemplify this difference three extremely large screens are being prepared on... More »
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IFFR 2009: Rotterdam gets a Ghost House.
As promised here is some more info on the "Hungry Ghost" segment of coming year's International Film Festival Rotterdam. And although there are some nice titles playing in this segment, the coolest event might actually not be a film. As... More »
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LET THE RIGHT ONE IN up for preorder in the US, on both DVD and BluRay!
Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment we've all been waiting for... will arrive on the 10th of March in the US of A. Tomas Alfredson's "Let The Right One In" has been very much lauded on these pages, like here...... More »
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IFFR 2009: Rotterdam gets a new format, part of which is scary...
Joy! In less than two months from now the International Film Festival Rotterdam will be in full swing again, albeit with a thoroughly changed programme format, when compared to previous years. IFFR 2008 marked the first time Rutger Wolfson was... More »
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IFFR 2008 Wrap Up
Ardvark here, this is the Twitch website and, even though I still have to post some reviews and interviews, another International Film Festival Rotterdam has passed. So something would be seriously amiss if we wouldn't have a recap from our... More »
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