2019

Agendas

Yay:

this country is lonely (as a part of Hashtag No Filter)
I've Never Been a Fisherman (as a part of Hashtag No Filter)
Hi I Need to Be Loved (as a part of Hashtag No Filter)
Little Lower Than the Angels (as a part of Hashtag No Filter)
Red Film (as a a part of Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2 - absolutely wonderful aesthetics and theoretical background about the perception of the color Red)
Aren't you happy? (It describes the odyssey of a woman in postmodern times and translates feministic theories in an ironic way with odd humor - either you love it or you hate it. IMHO a definite recommendation. One of the very few contemporary german movies that actually have a own visual language.)
The Mountain (I have to admit that I was totally unaware of Rick Alverson, but with this movie he got all my attention. The film is loosely based on lobotomy in the 1950s. Epic visuals and awesome acting by Denis Lavant. And it has Jeff Goldblum.)
Out of Tune (funny danish story about a multimillionaire who has to go to prison and struggles to maintain power in there)
Beats (Great movie about friendship and the clash of rave-culture and Scottish police in the early 90s. Personally I could relate a lot to the topic)
Climax (Very disturbing movie, but superb executed. From dolly-shots to the dancers everything was done on a high level. I'm happy that this film plays with the viewers imagination rather than showing explicit graphic violence. Finally Gaspar Noé was able to do a good movie after Enter The Void and Love)
Hail Satan? (Hilarious and insightful Documentary about the controversial religious movement of the Satanic Temple that turn out to have a non-theocratic core. It makes you think about the not-fully-existing "secularity" of the United States.)
The Spy Gone North (Very interesting South-Korean Thriller about the tension between South and North Korea in the late 1990s. Nice camera work and acting)
X&Y (Anna Odell explores the scriptless moviemaking with various Scandinavian actresses/actors. The line between reality and fiction really blurs in this movie. Crazy concept and very entertaining.)

OK:

Els dies que vindran (This film is about a couple that is about to embrace their unplanned parenthood. Nothing too fancy, but nice entertainment since it is very "down to earth")
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (funny movie about Millenials and their First World Problems. But could be a lot shorter. It starts to drag when they start the water fasting and vomit all the time)
Bloody Mary (The story about a female cartoonist that is struggling to live up to her first big success and therefore looses herself in binge drinking. It is nice to see the actress Susanne Wolff go crazy in her regular life in Amsterdam. It definitely lives of its fresh ideas, but later on lacks in stringency.)
Cities of last things (Chinese film with an interesting non-linear narration)
BNK48: Girls don't cry (Interesting documentary about the Thai pop-group BNK48 and its tough selection method. Could've been a bit shorter)
Dreissig (The director tries to convey the journey of a group in their 30s throughout one night. Nice cinematography, but sometimes the story could pick up more pace)

Nay:

The Wind (its non-linear narrative structure was interesting. Good acting from Caitlin Gerard, but the story of the film is poor, which is why this Western suddenly becomes a super silly Horror-Flick)
The Harvest (Nice photography about Georgia's production of bitcoins, but it is lacking narration. Could have a lot more potential with actual background information about the shots)
Koko-di Koko-da (Depressing movie. It has nice stop-motion animation sequences that are very nicely done.)
High-Life (Thin plot with lazy writing. Also the setdesign and costumes are very disappointing. The only good thing in this movie is that they cast Lars Eidinger, but he gets too little screentime.)
That Cloud Never Left

Marieke

Lotte

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Miasma

MIASMA is the film/video screening that will take place during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and is being held by current Masters students from Royal College of Art (London) and the Piet Zwart Institute (Rotterdam). After an open call to both schools’ master programmes, including Master of Lens Based Media, Experimental Publishing, Fine Arts, Interior Architecture: Research + Design, Education in Arts and Moving Image, the facilitating group made a small selection of their recent work.

All contributions will be showcased on Saturday, 26th January 2019.

Current status on the event:

Location:

NeverLand Cinema
Pieter de Raadtstraat 35
3033 VD Rotterdam

Their Facebookpage: https://www.facebook.com/neverlandcinema/
Website: https://stokercinema.wordpress.com/

Website: www.miasma.eu
Technical rider for everyone who wants to screen a film please fill out until Friday, 18.01.2019: https://goo.gl/forms/4k4mEP8uruvguol62

Symposium

Piet Zwart Symposium

https://iffr.com/en/2019/events/piet-zwart-symposium-towards-a-matenadaran-of-film

Outside alumni and staff events during the IFFR

Nan Wang [alumnus 2014] Short film program - Orgins -more info below

Sat 26 Jan @ 13:45 - 15:25 @ Cinerama 2 & Sun 27 Jan15:00 - 16:40 KINO 3

opening Art Directions 24.01 @ Arminus Church

Dear friends: My latest short film Pareidolia will be screened during this year's IFFR Bright Future short film section. In collaboration with musician Michel Banabila, we created a mysterious imaginary cinematic experience. Pareidolia will be screened as part of the short film program called Origins. the screening dates are: Sat 26 Jan13:45 - 15:25Cinerama 2 Sun 27 Jan15:00 - 16:40KINO 3 you can order tickets here: https://iffr.com/nl/2019/verzamelprogrammas/origins

see you during the screenings.

best, Nan

website: http://nanwang.org/ website: http://datadust.org mobile: 0619520888 email: wangnan2011w@gmail.com

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