IFFR 2005

Theo van Gogh

Exciting thriller about the murder of politician Pim Fortuyn, a plot behind it and hypocrisy in Dutch politics. Tight directing, excellent acting and clever cutting make this swansong by Theo van Gogh a high point in his oeuvre.

dutch perspective

06/05

Short portraits of asylum seekers with no hope of residence permits after a Dutch parliamentary decision to reject a large group.

26.000 Gezichten I

26.000 Gezichten II

26.000 Gezichten III

Mijke de Jong

Socially committed tele-film about bullying. Merel (12) suddenly becomes the victim of bullying at school from one day to the next.

Bluebird

Agile film about Moroccan petty criminals who are subjected to a harsh regime of reeducaiton at the Glenn Mills School in Wezep. The biggest crook is however Johnny de Mol and the biggest sweetheart Katja Schuurman, of course.

Cool!

Joop van Wijk

War stories from children from Afghanistan, Colombia, Sierra Leone and New York, combined with the animated fairy-tale 'A little elephant plucks up courage'. Moving documentary about thee consequences of war.

Echoes of War

Marjoleine Boonstra

Fascinated by human behaviour and nightlife in the port of Amsterdam, Marjoleine Boonstra makes a portrait of people who live and work there.

Haven - Omzwervingen in de nacht

Frank Scheffer

Experimental documentary about Elliott Carter. It shows his musical development and puts his compositions in their temporal context. The city of New York is used as a metaphor.

A Labyrinth of Time

Eddy Terstall

Tragi-comedy by the chronicler of modern life (in Amsterdam), Eddy Terstall, about the unlikely yet deep-seated friendship between hash dealer Simon and dentist Camiel. Hearthrending and very funny.

Simon

Leonard Retel Helmrich

Part two of the cinema-vérité trilogy by Retel Helmrich about modern Indonesia. A Christian widow with two Moslem sons tries to survive in the social and political chaos of Jakarta under the reign of an increasingly fundamentalist Islam.

Stand van de maan

Ineke Houtman

Frank Ketelaar

Psychological thriller about the far-reaching consequences of rape for the personal development of what were once "ordinary" female students.

Stille nacht

Paula van der Oest

Drama about family, trust and secrets, situated on the beautiful Scottish island of Mull. Based on the book by Renate Dorrestein.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025