Along the Way
Twin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong.
80'
Netherlands
IFFR 2022
Immersive three part film from director Jonás Trueba, who captures the spirit of a group of teens in Spain in an empathic, compelling, and moving way. In 2016, Trueba asked the teens to participate in a five-year project, in which they recreated situations from their lives. They talk about their insecurities, wanting to be accepted, loneliness, and what they are supposed to do with their lives. They demonstrate against school privatisation, debate politics and, like many adults, worry about the planet’s future.
Somewhere between documentary, fiction and pure testimony, the youngsters show themselves as they truly are, and as we seldom see them: honest, emotional, humorous, witty, full of beliefs and ideas. These young people, who speak to us about love, friendship, politics, and education refer not only to their own situation, but to the things that always matter to us – at any age.
IFFR 2022
Programme IFFR 2022
Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, Harbour offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.
Read more about this programmeTwin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong.
80'
Netherlands
IFFR 2022
Maem falls in love with an army officer during the military dictatorship in 1960s Thailand. By the 2015 Tiger Award winner.
118'
Thailand
IFFR 2022
A bank employee and troubled soldier fight a debilitating drug in Japan. Innovative sci-fi, thanks to '90s computer animations.
75'
Japan
IFFR 2022