The Clearing
Time and space dissolve in this enigmatic short film with a haunting ambient score.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Ans Hoornweg died in 2022 at the age of 80. Hers was an extraordinary story. Extraordinary for others, that is, as contact with extraterrestrials was nothing special for Ans: she appeared on TV several times as a medium who could communicate with aliens.
In Ans en het universum, for one last time, she recalls her out-of-body experiences and her visits to other planets. Ans also discusses her media appearances and how people would call her crazy, but still, Ans did not have one shred of doubt: aliens are everywhere and we’re slowly transitioning to an era where current gender norms are no longer applicable.
Filmmakers Noëlle Ingeveldt and Juriaan van Berkel work together as Berkveldt to produce a sincere testimonial of a woman with a remarkable life story, filmed amongst the many dolls Ans made in the same likeness of her alien friends.
– Christiaan Boesenach
Noëlle Ingeveldt, Juriaan van Berkel
IFFR 2024
Time and space dissolve in this enigmatic short film with a haunting ambient score.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
This short, experimental animation questions the relationships between nature and people in the Anthropocene.
9'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Programme IFFR 2024
IFFR puts the spotlight firmly on films and makers from our city on the River Maas. The selection was made by this year’s RTM curators: Sam Koopman, Tarona and Robert-Jonathan Koeyers. Discover a programme chock-full of short and longer films, documentaries, talks, music, art and performances. RTM revolves around talented artists and stories from 010 with an impact far beyond, revealing the riches of Rotterdam in all its glory.
Read more about this programmeRemembering what was forgotten: the 1972 riots in the Rotterdam neighbourhood of Afrikaanderwijk.
45'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Ans Hoornweg looks back on a lifetime of extraterrestrial contact.
47'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
A poetic tribute to the resistance of Palestinian hunger strikers and asylum seekers.
23'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024