All All. Sign In. Dok Leipzig unveils full line-up. Six world premieres in the International feature competition. Kumva is one of six world premieres in the section and sees children and parents who experienced the Rwandan genocide of speak about the atrocity which has traumatised generations.
Scroll down for the full list of features in competition The film is in Kinyarwanda and French language; it is a debut feature for French director Mallegol. The competition also includes the world premiere of Stillstand, See full article at ScreenDaily.
Rotterdam heads address festival restructure. Six permanent roles at the festival were made redundant last month. The leadership team of the International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR has addressed the controversy surrounding the restructuring of the festival announced last month. Speaking in Cannes, Vanja Kaludjercic , festival director at IFFR, and Marjan van der Haar , managing director, said the changes that saw six permanent roles at the festival made redundant were driven primarily by financial considerations.
They pointed out similar streamlining has taken place at several other festivals. All the members of the programming team are now on freelance contracts. Rotterdam reveals restructure and revamp of programming team. As IFFR adjusts after two years in which the festival took place online during the Covid pandemic, it has been confirmed that six permanent roles were made redundant but several familiar faces remain.
Inke Van Loocke has been named head of IFFR Pro, which oversees industry activities at the festival, having worked at its co-production market CineMart for close to a decade β the The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed its new team line up and structure as the festival revamps.
