Wildcard!
Looking for an adventure? IFFR’s got you covered with Wildcard – an irresistible selection of unique and occasionally challenging films that do anything but play it safe.
A list of films
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The Good Loan Sharks
Afdlin Shauki | 122′ | Malaysia | European premiere
Two brothers start a risky business venture after being cut off by their successful father. -
Le deuxième acte
Quentin Dupieux | 85′ | France | Dutch Premiere
Art imitates life imitating art in this playful deconstruction of cinema’s attempt to capture reality. -
Un gran casino
Daniel Hoesl | 77′ | Austria | World premiere
An angry musing on Europe’s largest casino and the global capitalism it’s come to represent. -
I Am with a Monk
Khom Akadet | 118′ | Thailand | None
An outstanding example of 1980s Thai action with doses of acerbity and set piece grandeur. -
Korean Dream: The Nama-jinheung Mixtape
Lee Taewoong | 84′ | South Korea | International premiere
An invitation to discover a hardly discussed chapter of Korean film history. -
The Legends of Eternal Snow
Aleksei Romanov | 80′ | Sakha Republic | Dutch Premiere
A deeply authentic fairy tale about love and ghosts of the past set against the mystical scenery of the Sakha Republic. -
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg | 119′ | France | Dutch Premiere
A widower invents a new device to watch the corpse of his deceased wife decay. -
Storm Alerts
Bergur Bernburg | 82′ | Iceland | World premiere
A man defies a rigid psychiatric culture in this docu-drama on poetic wisdom. -
Taklee Genesis
Chookiat Sakveerakul | 146′ | Thailand | European premiere
Stella embarks on a time-hopping odyssey across seven millennia to rescue her long-lost father. -
Transcending Dimensions
Toyoda Toshiaki | 96′ | Japan | World premiere
Japanese asceticism meets sci-fi in this spacetime-bending work of monks, mystery and an assassin. -
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Soi Cheang | 125′ | Hong Kong | Dutch Premiere
A vibrant ghetto bands together to resist hostile takeover in a sensational martial arts spectacle.
