Five Apples Don't Make a Pair
A Japanese tea ceremony becomes an intense sensorial inward journey.
19'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
A short documentary about a young artist and his friends in Rotterdam who connect through music and creativity as they wander through a life that they experience as a pleasant hell. Filmmaker Suzanne Koopstra pairs contemplative camera work with innovative production design, enabling her to shed light on her characters' inner worlds.
– Christiaan Boesenach
IFFR 2024
- 17'
- Netherlands
- 2023
- Director
- Suzanne Koopstra
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 17'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Dutch
- Producer
- Lisa Hagenbeek
- Sales
- Lisa Hagenbeek
- Screenplay
- Suzanne Koopstra
- Cinematography
- Pim Pimentel
- Editor
- Kayleigh Stax
- Production Design
- Phoebe de Geus
- Sound Design
- Mazin Akif
- Music
- Stijn Valentijn Grul
- Cast
- Wouter Molenaar, Sven Bezem-Pluijmers, Micha Hempenius, Midas van Vliet, Yannick Witvoet
Also in this combined programme
Wander to Wonder
A sinister stop-motion in which three TV stars fend for themselves after their creator's death.
14'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Where Do Ideas Come From?
In split screen, the origin of ideas is investigated and a new one is born.
5'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
- Director
- Suzanne Koopstra
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 17'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Dutch
- Producer
- Lisa Hagenbeek
- Sales
- Lisa Hagenbeek
- Screenplay
- Suzanne Koopstra
- Cinematography
- Pim Pimentel
- Editor
- Kayleigh Stax
- Production Design
- Phoebe de Geus
- Sound Design
- Mazin Akif
- Music
- Stijn Valentijn Grul
- Cast
- Wouter Molenaar, Sven Bezem-Pluijmers, Micha Hempenius, Midas van Vliet, Yannick Witvoet
Programme IFFR 2024
RTM
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.
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45'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Ans en het universum
Ans Hoornweg looks back on a lifetime of extraterrestrial contact.
47'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
The Battle of Empty Stomachs
A poetic tribute to the resistance of Palestinian hunger strikers and asylum seekers.
23'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024