I’m making my first trip to Rotterdam since 2014, covering the festival this time for Filmmaker. It’s a massive program, with nearly 600 features, mid-length films, shorts, installations, and events. I plan to catch up with a few acclaimed films I’ve missed this year and dig into some of the curated programs: A History of Shadows, House on Fire, and Regained.
Photo: Only Yesterday (John M. Stahl, 1933), which is screening in 35mm as part of A History of Shadows.
Saturday 1/27
- The Third Part of the Third Measure (The Olith Group)
- Reverse Engineering (shorts)
- Readers (James Benning)
- Milford Graves Full Mantis (Jake Meginsky & Neil Young)
Sunday 1/28
- Repetition Maximum (shorts)
- Commodity Culture (shorts)
- Resurrection (Ram)
- Sollers Point (Matt Porterfield)
Monday 1/29
- In the Darkness of Time (Jean-Luc Godard) & History Lessons (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet)
- Angkar (Neary Adeline Hay)
- Les Unwanted de Europa (Fabrizio Ferraro)
- Aliens (Luis López Carrasco) & La película infinita (Leandro Listorti)
- Only Yesterday [1933]* (John M. Stahl)
Tuesday 1/30
- Tremor–Es ist immer Krieg (Annik Leroy)
- A mosca cieca [1966] (Romano Scavolini)
- Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? (Travis Wilkerson)
- Kirmes [1960]* (Wolfgang Staudte)
- The Sun Shines Bright [1953] (John Ford)
Wednesday 1/31
- Ruthless Man (Vetri Maaran)
- Tiger Shorts 2 (shorts)
- The Disenchantment [1976]* (Jaime Chávarri)
- Frans Zwartjes: Fade to Black (shorts)
- The Image You Missed (Donal Foreman)
Thursday 2/1
- Tiger Shorts 4 (shorts)
- Madame Hyde (Serge Bozon)
- Santos #2, Work in Progress (Anton Corbal)
- Funeral Parade of Roses [1969] (Matsumoto Toshio)
Friday 2/2
- Milla (Valérie Massadian)
- I Am God (Bala)
- The Red Shadow (Dominik Graf)