Major voices from the art world share and discuss their work and advance new projects by emerging artists.

IFFR 2018

Pathompon Mont Tesprateep

Thai noise musician Thom AJ Madson confines himself in a room for an experiment to give a plumeria tree a sound. He alternates between creating sound experiments and the meditative rhythms of his daily spiritual routine.

Deep Focus

Frameworks

Confusion Is Next

Grada Kilomba

Grada Kilomba places the African oral tradition of storytelling in a contemporary context, recovering the memories and realities of a postcolonial world. Kilomba was awarded a completion grant by IFFR to reconfigure this piece into a single-channel film.

Illusions

An exploration of everyday racism reveals how much this places the black subject in a colonial setting where s/he once again is reduced to the  subordinate, exotic 'Other'.

Plantation Memories: Part I

An exploration of everyday racism reveals how much this places the black subject in a colonial setting where s/he once again is reduced to the subordinate, exotic 'Other'.

Plantation Memories: Part II

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Zaal Staal in Postillion Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam is transformed into a film environment  and temporary hotel. Whether you visit by day or stay overnight, you  are actively encouraged to sleep. A unique, one-off project by the  multi-talented Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

SLEEPCINEMAHOTEL

A group of teenagers conducts a cremation ceremony for a man who is entering the afterlife while still being sought by the military for deserting.<em></em>

Song X

With the written word as the only visual element, Grada Kilomba gives a voice to an individual who has been historically silenced by colonial narratives.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025