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A young mother races against time to find her baby in a riveting nuclear thriller.
37'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
David-Jan Bronsgeest’s Binary presents a captivating, culturally unique work of body horror. Nisha, a trans woman from Pakistan working as a dancer in the Netherlands, is conflicted about proceeding with gender-affirming surgery. Every time she embraces her identity, she is subjected to strange attacks and visions. Chaos ensues when her inner demons decide to take on the demons outside.
Propelled by a dignified and sensitive performance by Inaya Zarakhel, the film examines Nisha’s experience as a double outsider: as a South-Asian trans woman with a strained relationship with her family and as a blue-collar migrant at the mercy of exploitative employers. With striking use of space, colour and décor, Binary tells a richly textured tale about the struggle for acceptance, from the world and from oneself.
– Srikanth Srinivasan
Binary screens as part of the 'Koolhoven presenteert' programme.
IFFR 2024
A young mother races against time to find her baby in a riveting nuclear thriller.
37'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
A devout woman finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
61'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Programme IFFR 2024
Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, Harbour offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.
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66'
Spain
IFFR 2024
A candid grassroots record of the non-violent protests against India’s controversial farm laws.
151'
India
IFFR 2024
Kung Fu masters, slingshot gangs and French mercenaries battle it out in a vigorous actioner.
108'
China
IFFR 2024