Maximalism in the extreme. Films, performances and an installation bring together different disciplines in a swirling mash-up of contemporary pop culture.

IFFR 2018

various directors | The Eyeslicer

In a specially fitted-out 1990s hangout in Het Nieuwe Instituut, you can immerse yourself in a collection of bizarre short films by a new generation of American filmmakers. Also featuring new work from Rotterdam artists’ collective Lastplak, and you can play on pinball machines with ’90s film themes from the Dutch Pinball Museum.

Perspectives

Maximum Overdrive

The Eyeslicer 90s Hangout

The Eyeslicer slams into your eyeballs leaving you lacerated, confused and somewhat troubled with a non-hierarchic, yet heavily curated collection of animation, video art, advertising, music videos and anything else that qualifies as a moving image. A variety TV show by the latest generation of American indie filmmakers.

The Eyeslicer

Jillian Mayer

Lucas Leyva

Karen Linda Johnson

Forget Oprah and Dr. Phil. This talk show puts Porky the Porcupine and Shivers the dog in the spotlight. Leave your human problems behind: it’s show time for animals!

Fanimaltastic!

Mike Maryniuk

This deaf-and-dumb young man who is called ‘the Goose’ by his scoffing acquaintances makes the most psychedelic of journeys by fax machine. Like a goose leaving for the sun in the winter, this anti-hero is looking for somewhere else to find his own voice. Absurdist drama that makes eager use of stop-motion carpet figures, silent-film references, computer animation, video and arcade games.

The Goose

Robin Comisar

Witty retro horror in which a woman seems caught in a loop in a dated video commercial. Family restaurant Red Lobster just won’t let go. How can she get out of here?

Great Choice

Reginald Hudlin

A 1990s classic with a lead role for rap duo Kid 'N Play. Kid wants to make an impression with his rhyming skills and organises a big house party with Play. But it all doesn’t go as planned. An infectious comedy with a killer soundtrack and fantastic style. And an afterparty in the style of the film.

House Party

Will Rahilly

Wat is a connection when your modem fails and the internet is your religion? Kathleeen and her laptop look for meaning in a dark, yet hilarious, digital world.

Kathleeen

Yuasa Masaaki

A hallucinating trip through nighty Kyoto, where the shy Senpai tries to declare his love to party animal Otome. A colourful masterpiece.

Forget the anime you know. This hallucinatory trip through Kyoto’s nightlife surprises frame by frame with sparkling, colourful, constantly changing animation styles. Will shy Senpai manage to declare his love to Otome, the unstoppable party animal?

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

Rachel Wolther

Alex H. Fischer

A road trip through a universe in which farts are deafening and dance and comedy make a great combo. The Snowy Bing Bongs hit overdrive every minute resulting in bonkers TV comedy.

Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone

Ester Martin Bergsmark

Sugary clash and merging of violence and love, old and new, Tarzan and Jane. Above all an incitement to transgress the boundaries between all these binaries.

Swedish Candy, Some Violence and a Bit of Cat

Annika Berg

A group of teen girls refuse to conform to the world’s demands. With brightly-coloured leggings, Pikachu and plenty of raised middle fingers they steer themselves towards adulthood in a film that with its neon-green subtitles is equally unapologetic about its non-conformism.

Team Hurricane

Su Hui-yu

Pop culture and high art merge into a physical, visual interpretation of the Walker Theatre in Taipei, which – in the 1990s – was home to the Taiwanese experimental art scene.

The Walker

Rene Eller

In a village on the Dutch-Belgian border a group of teens pull stupid pranks, have sex and seek excitement. However, during the summer that started so languorously, the initially playful messing about turns into prostitution, power dynamics and blackmail. An intense event forces sometimes painful introspection upon the group in this modern coming-of-age drama.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025