Overview of articles
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Maydoum
A poised and elegantly executed ensemble piece of understated, emotionally-nuanced brilliance. Second short film by independent filmmaker Omar RobertPublished on: -
Beijing 2003
By far the longest film ever shown in Rotterdam – 150 hours! A car with a camera drives down every street inside Peking’s ring road.…Published on: -
L’hypothèse du Mokélé-Mbembé
South-eastern Cameroon. A French zoologist investigates stories from pygmies about a prehistoric monster. For years, he has crossed the jungle back anPublished on: -
The Law and the Fist
This Polish take on the Red Western occurs after World War II, in the territories previously inhabited by Germans. Until now it is remembered for…Published on: -
Old Dog
Third feature by the front runner of Tibetan cinema, whose first short film was screened in Rotterdam. Without raising the tempo, he gets better and…Published on: -
Cousin
A portrait of the Syrian dissident Riad al-Turk, who managed to maintain his ideals through long periods of extreme harshness as a political prisoner.Published on: -
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No One Wanted to Die
A Red Western from Lithuania voted as the best film of 1966 by readers of the Soviet Screen film magazine. Intended to celebrate the 20th…Published on: -
Day and Night
A hypnotising exploration of polarities: stillness and motion, 2D and 3D, positive and negative, colour and black-and-white, day and night.Published on: -
La maleta
Ruiz started his film career with an almost literal mise-en-abyme story: a man carries another man in his suitcase. When tired, they switch roles. ScrPublished on:
