At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, we caught up with Magnus von Horn, writer-director of Sweat, who spoke about making one of the first great films about an influencer.
Film Festivals
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet: Ana Katz on the best film of Sundance
Ana Katz’s The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet was our favourite film of Sundance and won awards at IFFR. We spoke with Katz about collaborating with her brother over a three year shoot.
Highlights from the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021
Lindsay Pugh runs down the best of Final Girls Berlin 2021, from Your Monster to Time of Moulting to The Returned.
IFFR Review: Aristocrats compares two women’s freedom in class-conscious Tokyo
Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, which world premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), follows two Tokyo women of different social classes who are both romantically connected to the same man.
What is the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition?
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival featured some genuinely exciting and original films, as well as many films that check the selection’s regular boxes.
The best films of IFFR 2021
We gathered four of our writers to each choose one IFFR 2021 film that stuck with them, and explain why it was a highlight.