“We go where others do not go,” said a passionate Vanja Kaludjercic, of the mission to celebrate rising film-making countries.
At an emotional opening night event in a packed Doelen Grand Hall, Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, expressed “her sense of relief and her gratitude” at being able finally to welcome guests “after a three-year wait”. She became festival director in 2020 but her first two editions at the helm, including the 50th anniversary, happened online.
These, she acknowledged, were “three years that actually changed the world as we knew [it]; three years that took a toll on all of us.
At an emotional opening night event in a packed Doelen Grand Hall, Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, expressed “her sense of relief and her gratitude” at being able finally to welcome guests “after a three-year wait”. She became festival director in 2020 but her first two editions at the helm, including the 50th anniversary, happened online.
These, she acknowledged, were “three years that actually changed the world as we knew [it]; three years that took a toll on all of us.
- 1/26/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito opened the festival.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) opened last night (Wednesday January 22) with a speech from outgoing artistic director Bero Beyer championing sustainability and the enduring power of film.
A smiling Beyer was visibly emotional throughout his speech, at one point digressing from his prepared script and receiving multiple interruptions of applause from the audience.
Rather than looking back at his tenure, he spoke of the “distinctive feature of humanity” that is “this urge to communicate” through cinema.
“Through film we pose profound questions in an attempt to find...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) opened last night (Wednesday January 22) with a speech from outgoing artistic director Bero Beyer championing sustainability and the enduring power of film.
A smiling Beyer was visibly emotional throughout his speech, at one point digressing from his prepared script and receiving multiple interruptions of applause from the audience.
Rather than looking back at his tenure, he spoke of the “distinctive feature of humanity” that is “this urge to communicate” through cinema.
“Through film we pose profound questions in an attempt to find...
- 1/23/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
This year’s festival is Bero Beyer’s fifth and final as director.
Bero Beyer, outgoing director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), got his final edition of the festival underway on Wednesday, January 22 with a speech championing sustainability and the enduring power of film.
A smiling Beyer was visibly emotional throughout his speech, at one stage digressing from his prepared script and receiving multiple interruptions of applause from the audience.
Rather than looking back at his tenure, he spoke of the “distinctive feature of humanity” that is “this urge to communicate” through cinema.
“Through film we pose profound questions...
Bero Beyer, outgoing director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), got his final edition of the festival underway on Wednesday, January 22 with a speech championing sustainability and the enduring power of film.
A smiling Beyer was visibly emotional throughout his speech, at one stage digressing from his prepared script and receiving multiple interruptions of applause from the audience.
Rather than looking back at his tenure, he spoke of the “distinctive feature of humanity” that is “this urge to communicate” through cinema.
“Through film we pose profound questions...
- 1/23/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Iffr under way with world premiere of Sacha Polak’s Dirty God.
The 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam got underway last night with the sold-out world premiere of Sacha Polak’s Dirty God at the city’s Schouwburg Grote Zaal.
In his opening speech, festival director Bero Beyer highlighted many of the challenges facing modern society, and discussed how the cinematic medium plays into that discourse.
“It’s 2019 and the era of facts - or whatever truth used to be - is definitely behind us,” Beyer began. “Yet when looked at with Vulcan-like rationality many developments in the world...
The 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam got underway last night with the sold-out world premiere of Sacha Polak’s Dirty God at the city’s Schouwburg Grote Zaal.
In his opening speech, festival director Bero Beyer highlighted many of the challenges facing modern society, and discussed how the cinematic medium plays into that discourse.
“It’s 2019 and the era of facts - or whatever truth used to be - is definitely behind us,” Beyer began. “Yet when looked at with Vulcan-like rationality many developments in the world...
- 1/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Iffr under way with world premiere of Sacha Polak’s Dirty God.
The 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam got underway last night with the sold-out world premiere of Sacha Polak’s Dirty God at the city’s Schouwburg Grote Zaal.
In his opening speech, festival director Bero Beyer highlighted many of the challenges facing modern society, and discussed how the cinematic medium plays into that discourse.
“It’s 2019 and the era of facts - or whatever truth used to be - is definitely behind us,” Beyer began. “Yet when looked at with Vulcan-like rationality many developments in the world...
The 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam got underway last night with the sold-out world premiere of Sacha Polak’s Dirty God at the city’s Schouwburg Grote Zaal.
In his opening speech, festival director Bero Beyer highlighted many of the challenges facing modern society, and discussed how the cinematic medium plays into that discourse.
“It’s 2019 and the era of facts - or whatever truth used to be - is definitely behind us,” Beyer began. “Yet when looked at with Vulcan-like rationality many developments in the world...
- 1/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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