Film Reviews

8218 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 17/01/2026. 702 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Amateurs by Gabriela Pichler

06/02/2018

Gabriela Pichler's second film is a feisty heart-warmer that celebrates diversity and community without shying away from class and racial inequalities  

Amatörer

Amatörer

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem by Muayad Alayan

05/02/2018

Muayad Alayan’s sophomore film is a taut marital drama that won the Hubert Bals Fund Audience Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam  

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem

Iphigenia in Aulis by Tonino De Bernardi

05/02/2018

Tonino De Bernardi returns to International Film Festival Rotterdam with his new film, a reflection on the fate of migrants and the sacrifices they make  

Ifigenia in Aulide

Ifigenia in Aulide

Djon Africa by Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra

05/02/2018

Portuguese duo Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra have presented their feature debut in Rotterdam’s competition  

Djon Africa

Djon Africa

Permanent Green Light by Dennis Cooper, Zac Farley

02/02/2018

Zac Farley and Dennis Coopers’ directorial debut focuses on young French teenagers, obsessed with the idea of blowing themselves up in public  

Permanent Green Light

Permanent Green Light

Nina by Olga Chajdas

02/02/2018

The new film by Olga Chajdas, screened at Rotterdam, is a film that focuses on the emancipation of women in modern Polish society  

Nina

Nina

Boomerang by Nicole Borgeat

02/02/2018

The film by Swiss director Nicole Borgeat, who trained at INSAS in Brussels, was screened in competition this year for the Solothurn Audience Award  

Boomerang

Boomerang

The Violin Player by Paavo Westerberg

02/02/2018

Award-winning playwright Paavo Westerberg makes his directorial debut with a slick, if slightly uneven, feature shown in the Nordic Competition at the Göteborg Film Festival  

Viulisti

Viulisti

Jimmie by Jesper Ganslandt

01/02/2018

In Jesper Ganslandt’s film, which opened the 47th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Voices section, Northern Europeans are forced to flee  

Jimmie

Jimmie

Namme by Zaza Khalvashi

01/02/2018

Zaza Khalvashi’s ode to an ancient way of life explores the beauty of the Georgian countryside  

Namme

Namme

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