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Cinema Regained

Overview of films

  • Santo contra los jinetes del terror

    René Cardona | 83' | Mexico | None

    A monument of masked wrestler cinema in its original, erotic version.

  • SATURN RETURN

    Daniela Zahlner | 30' | Austria | None

    Daniela Zahlner reimagines the erotic films of Austria’s first film production company.

  • Scar

    Haim Bouzaglo | 99' | Israel | None

    A man and a woman meet in the dark, to soon lose each other again.

  • School Assignment

    Alexander Hackenschmied, Elmar Klos | 4' | Czechoslovakia | No premiere

    A young boy has trouble writing an essay for school. Solution: a shoe commercial!

  • Sea Palace

    Masaoka Kenzō | 9' | Japan | None

    Early live-action work rich in special effects by animation giant Masaoka Kenzō, revived and restored. Nine minutes to re-write film history.

  • Secrets of Mexuality

    Martha Colburn | 5' | Netherlands | European premiere

    A dense and highly detailed film exploring sexuality in the specific realms of Mexican wrestling and kitsch paintings through rapid fire transformations.

  • Sehnsucht

    Jeroen Eisinga | 9' | Netherlands | -

    Dead zebra in stop motion becomes an undead apparition thanks to unexpected movements.

  • Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic

    Babette Mangolte | 93' | USA | None

    Meticulous reconstruction of seven notorious performances from the 1970s by Marina Abramovic in 2005 in the Guggenheim Museum, New York. By, e.g., Nau

  • Shadows: The First Version

    John Cassavetes | 78' | USA | -

    The holy grail of Independent Cinema. John Cassavetes’ classic feature début from 1959 is screened here in the rarely seen original version that has o

  • Sight and Desire (Eyes)

    Rajendra Gour | 22' | Singapore | None

    An exploration of sight – and its limits. A gorgeous mix of essay and delirium.

  • Simply Cinema 2

    Christiaan van Schermbeek | 45' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A series of challenging interviews with prominent filmmakers from this edition of the festival, focusing on Portugal. With: Teresa Villaverde, Pedro C

  • Simply Cinema

    Christiaan van Schermbeek | 50' | Netherlands | -

    Moois Media left in late December for a few European capitals to investigate the spirit of the Rotterdam Festival with 10 illustrious film directors.