IFFR 2000

Kimberly Peirce

Realistic, poetic view of a true story from 1993; in Nebraska people found the body of a girl who had for years pretended to be a boy. Chosen by Ab Zagt, AD

critics' choice

Boys Don't Cry

Glenn Goei

This charming film was a major hit back home and is set in Singapore in 1977. Supermarket worker Hock is inspired by a variant on Saturday Night Fever, and wants to take part in a dance contest. Homage to the Skrien editor Claes Galis who died suddenly last year.

Forever Fever

Fernando Trueba

The Spanish Civil War in 1938 is still not entirely over and a Madrid film crew is grateful to be able to use the Berlin Ufa Studios to shoot the Andalusian musical 'The Girl of Your Dreams'. Tragi-comic adventure with a large dollop of romance. Chosen by Pieter van Lierop, GPD

La niña de tus ojos

Lisbeth Lyngh_ft

Puzzy Power is the porn branch of the Danish Dogma 95 manifesto. The films are made by women who dislike the fact that most porn is directed at men. Part two from the series was produced on the empty set left by Lars von Trier after he shot his latest film. Chosen by Peter van Bueren, de Volkskrant

Pink Prison

Leos Carax

The controversial new film by the French auteur Leos Carax (Les amants du Pont-neuf) includes moments of great cinema but received a mixed reception. Chosen by Hans Beerekamp, NRC Handelsblad

Pola X

Ildikó Enyedi

Hungarian magician comes to Paris to solve a murder and also takes up the challenge of an old rival to be buried alive for three days. Stubborn miracle worker is a little tired of tricks and conjuring. Chosen by Dana Linssen, de Filmkrant

Simon Mágus

Jerzy Stuhr

A week in the life of Adam Borowski, a successful prosecutor with the Polish court. We get to know him better, not necessarily as a success, but as the prosecutor who looks more like the plaintiff than he would think possible. Chosen by Belinda van de Graaf, Trouw

A Week in the Life of a Man

David Mamet

A young naval cadet, the son of a middle-class bank manager (a brilliant role by Nigel Hawthorne) is alleged to have stolen a postal order. Winslow believes his son, who denies it all. Critical chronicler of American morality makes an eminently British film. Chosen by Eric Koch, De Telegraaf.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025