Short & Mid-length
Programme IFFR 2021
Just as long as it takes. IFFR puts the mid-length film, experimental and artists’ short films and narrative-driven short stories in the spotlight.Still: Bare Bones
Overview of films
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Stories of Companionship and Loneliness
Four unique portraits of lonely fighters ignoring the crowd and keeping their minds on a higher cause that keeps them going. -
Freedom Lecture: Pallavi Paul
A reflection on freedom and resistance by Indian video, performance and installation artist Pallavi Paul (The Blind Rabbit). -
Stories of Independence and Community
A series of characters each go their own way, although the influence of their community or family is unavoidable. -
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Stories of Alienation and Belonging
“Humanity’s environment is fellow man”, it reads somewhere in Rotterdam. This characterises the interaction in these films. -
Stories of Persistence and Truce
Four visually and formally distinctive narratives in animation, fiction and documentary offer a kaleidoscopic view of what makes us human. -
Short Film Marathon
Highlights from the IFFR short film selection. Six hours, non-stop, for the true diehards. -
Stories of Confrontation and Avoidance
Everyday interactions, deep-rooted sins, a loved one’s death and a global pandemic. A lot to confront and even more to escape from.
