International Film Festival Rotterdam Archives - Page 5 of 5

Venice Production Bridge Interview

Bero Beyer – International Film Festival Rotterdam #Venezia72

The new artistic director of the Rotterdam Film Festival is ready to go, with passion and new ideas.

September 10, 2015

When East Meets West Interview

Graziella Bildesheim – MAIA Workshops #WEMW

What is MAIA Workshops, and how can it help documentary filmmakers?

January 22, 2015

Rotterdam Film Festival Interview

Iva Radivojevic – Evaporating Borders #IRFF

Iva Radivojevic, Director, Evaporating Borders. Festival Section: EU-29. Filmmaker Iva Radivojevic talks to FRED about her thought-provoking documentary EVAPORATING BORDERS, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Originally from Yugoslavia, Iva Radivojevic investigates the effects of large-scale immigration on the sense of national identity in Cyprus, one of the easiest ports of entry into Fortress Europe. Poetically photographed and rendered, the film passionately weaves the themes of …

January 29, 2014

Rotterdam Film Festival Interview

Tatjana Božic – Happily Ever After #IRFF

Tatjana Božic, Director, Happily Ever After. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Filmmaker Tatjana Božic talks to FRED about her very personal documentary feature HAPPILY EVER AFTER, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Filmmaker Tatjana Božic grew up in Croatia before the Balkan War. She roamed in different relationships through different countries before settling in Holland. For the film and to save her present relationship, the girl with the red …

January 29, 2014

Rotterdam Film Festival Interview

Natalia Meschaninova – The Hope Factory #IRFF

Natalia Meschaninova, Director and Co-Screenwriter, The Hope Factory. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Russian filmmaker Natalia Meschaninova talks about her feature THE HOPE FACTORY (Kombinat Nadezhda), which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Industrial city of Norilsk: factories, cold, chemical air. The only desire of young people living here is to leave, against all odds. A docu-style, emotionally-driven drama about a young girl desperately fighting for an escape …

January 28, 2014