Harpoon
When a boat breaks down at sea, a triangular relationship becomes a nerve-wracking struggle to survive, sparing no one’s secrets – or blood.
82'
Canada
IFFR 2019
It is late 1800 and Lizzy is living with her husband Isaac on the American New Western Frontier: isolated from civilisation and hemmed in by panoramic landscape. His work often takes Isaac away for days, while Lizzy stays home alone. When she tells him about a demonic presence on the prairie, he rejects this as rubbish. When a newly married couple move into a nearby
The Wind is a refreshing twist on the Western genre. It’s about the women who stay home instead of the men who head out. This is combined with folklore horror, in which suggestion is more important than reality. A non-linear narrative structure, oppressive images of the endless landscape and dissonant music make The Wind a mood-filled film that unsettles, without revealing too much.
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Rotterdam goes hardcore genre with an eclectic mix of films that brashly bend, blend or respect conventions each in their own distinctive way.
Read more about this programmeWhen a boat breaks down at sea, a triangular relationship becomes a nerve-wracking struggle to survive, sparing no one’s secrets – or blood.
82'
Canada
IFFR 2019
The grey colour palette, razor-sharp camerawork and pulsating synthesiser soundtrack set the tone of this bloody, nihilistic samurai film.
80'
Japan
IFFR 2019
Nothing is what it seems when a group of students show up as interns in a drab, isolated hotel.
108'
Poland
IFFR 2019