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Overzicht van films
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We the Ragamuffin
Julian Henriques | 25' | United Kingdom | -
In this infectious musical film, shot on location in Peckham, South London, we become acquainted with the ‘ragamuffin’ sub-culture. The music has its roots in… -
The Weald
Kawase Naomi | 73' | Japan | International premiere
Melancholy documentary portrait of six groups of elderly people who live in the Japanese Yoshino Mountains. Kawase (successful last year in Rotterdam -
Der Weg nach Eden
Robert Pejo | 82' | Austria | International premiere
Apartently a portrait of a pathologist, but probably a necrophile horror film. For those with a strong stomach. -
De weg
Frank Scheffer | 95' | Netherlands | World premiere
Solid, filmic documentary follows the composition process of the piece ‘Tao’ on which Dutch composer Louis Andriessen worked between December 1995 and -
Weihnachtswölfe
Edgar Reitz | 110' | Germany | -
Christmas Wolves is about Clarissa, alongside Hermann one of the most important roles. She has ended her pregnancy with an illegal abortion and as a… -
West Beyrouth
Ziad Doueiri | 110' | France | -
Début largely based on memories of youth tells in a stylish and adventurous way the story of a youth eventually crossed by the civil war… -
Western
Manuel Poirier | 136' | France | -
The unlikely friendship between Paco and Nino is also a portrait of the lower middle classes living in villages and in the countryside. Warm, sympathe -
What Happened to Pete?
Steve Buscemi | 14' | USA | -
Steve Buscemi’s star is rising fast. In Rotterdam this is clear form his striking roles in Reservoir Dogs (being screened as a Critics’ Choice) and… -
The wheel
Morshedul Islam | 65' | Bangladesh | -
Odyssey of a man who has to take a corpse to the next village. -
When pigs fly
Sara Driver | 94' | Germany | -
Marianne Faithfull and Seymour Cassell in a melancholy ghost story about spirits who interfere with the living world. -
The White Balloon
Jafar Panahi | 85' | Iran | -
Last December, Jafar Panahi and his fellow filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof were sentenced by a Revolutionary Court to six years imprisonment. They were al -
White Homeland Commando
Elizabeth LeCompte | 63' | USA | -
An unusually-designed political variation on the police film, with biting dialogues and virtuoso acting. Using the so-called stop-motion technique, all the movements are slowed and…