IFFR 2004

Nicolas Winding Refn

The wife of security guard Harry (John Turturro) has been murdered. Senseless violence in the American Mid-West, it would appear, but Harry has to know why. Mysterious, atmospheric psycho-thriller, co-written by Hubert Selby Jr.

Groningen/Maastricht Oud

Fear X

Andrei Konchalovsky

What happens to the inhabitants when a mental institution becomes a plaything in the battle between Chechens and Russians. Glowing drama with lighter notes and with Bryan Adams.

House of Fools

Amir Shahab Razavian

Yet another major talent appears on the stage of the Iranian cinema, with an eye for images and an ear for music. Quirky and ironic, touching and endearingly self-conscious, the story of three old musicians and puppeteers who set off on a long journey across Iran, performing en route and re-discovering old friends.

Journey of the Grey Men

Iseya Yusuke

A very energetic, fresh and skilful début in DV from young Tokyo actor and model. Hanging out, clubbing and drugging, a young band of friends get way in over their heads when they inadvertently lose a stash of drugs they're meant to deal to their friends.

Kakuto

Eliane Caffé

A playful and humorous celebration of the imagination, invention and story-telling. Attempting to halt the building of a dam that will flood it, the inhabitants embark on a flurry of storytelling to recall and invent a significant history for their nondescript town.

Narradores de Javé

Yamina Bachir

Challenging and moving. About the horrors of war, the threat of terror and that largely filmed, seen and felt from the position of women. One of the first films from Algeria in years.

Rachida

Dino Mustafic

Tragic stories of father and son are interwoven with refinement. With an interval of fifty years in between, experience the start of a war in Sarajevo.

Remake

Aurelio Grimaldi

Neo-neo-realistic drama shot in voluptuous black &amp; white is about a prostitute in Palermo who proudly tries to escape her old way of life to sort things out with her growing son.

Rosa Funzeca

Rolf de Heer

A chase through the outback of Australia in 1922, told in the style of an epic western. Three policemen on horseback pursue a black man accused of murder. An aboriginal tracker is forced to help them.

The Tracker

Hong Sangsoo

Subdued modern love story filled with intrigues about the unemployed actor Kyung-Soo, who falls for Sun-Young, a woman who is already spoken for. Funny with mocking compassion. By the maker of The Day a Pig Fell into the Well.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025