April 2010 (continued)
King Midas Sound @ Motel Mozaïque 2010
Balmorhea @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
March 2010
Phoenix @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
a dog named jimmy
Owen Pallett @ De Duif, Amsterdam
Yeasayer @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
The Tallest Man On Earth @ Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
peek-a-boo
Chinese New Year Parade in The Hague
February 2010
The Swell Season @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
The xx & These New Puritans @ Paradiso
Happy Valentine's Day
Scheveningen in b/w
IFFR 2010 various photos
IFFR film 15: Twisted Roots / Väärät Juuret (Finland): 4/5
Another one of my favourites of this year. Colourful family story, in pretty Finnish winter scenes that (as explained by director Saara Saarela during the Q&A) had to be shot quickly during the 2.5 hours of daylight available each day. Nice soundtrack too.
IFFR film 13: Ante / Karera (Adolfo B. Alix Jr., Philippines): 2/5
IFFR film 11: All That I Love / Wszystko co kocham (Jacek Borcuch, Poland): 4/5
After this very enjoyable film that I chose mostly as a schedule filler, an extra surprise was to see that the director and part of the cast had arrived in Rotterdam just in time to do a fun Q&A afterwards. Always quite special to suddenly see the real actors walk out in front after having just watched them on the big screen.
IFFR film 10: Where Is Africa: Concert 1 - Opening Night
One animated short from 1966, followed by two silent films (one from 2010, one from 1927) accompanied by excellent live music!
IFFR film 9: Trash Humpers (US): 3/5
Crazy ugly funny repetitive VHS weirdness from Harmony Korine. The funny stories and voicemail messages shared beforehand were a nice treat. Lots of walk-outs during the film itself though. I laughed a lot, but can imagine it was a real rough film to get through for those audience members that went in without any idea of what to expect :)
IFFR film 6: Susa / სუსა (Rusudan Pirveli, Georgia): 3.5/5
Strikingly gritty landscapes. Also, I learned the Georgian alphabet is really pretty.
January 2010
IFFR film 5: Autumn Adagio (JP): 4/5
This one caught my eye because of having seen director Inoue Tsuki's fun quirky short film Woman Who Is Beating The Earth at last year's festival. Great soundtrack and piano performances by musician/actress Shibakusa Rei.
IFFR film 4: A Grammar For Listening (Parts 1-3): 3.5/5
Not so much a film, just a series of dreamy wonderful sound/sightscapes, the kind that make me want to go out and shoot some macro/bokeh photos. Followed by insightful Q&A with director Luke Fowler.
IFFR film 2: Air Doll / 空気人形 (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan): 4/5
Though the half hour pre-Air Doll interview turned out to be a bit boring, it was still pretty cool to see master director Kore-eda (Still Walking, Nobody Knows, After Life) in person. And the film itself was beautiful, as expected. Including a small role for prolific actor Susumu Terajima who I have gotten used to seeing appear in at least one japanese film each festival.
New Year's Eve in Rotterdam, 2009
December 2009
four swans in flight
snow
Liondialer & Wink @ PS34
Hildur Guðnadóttir & Fever Ray @ Paradiso
Dutch Bloggies 2009
Noordertunnel, Utrecht CS
November 2009
St. Vincent & Grizzly Bear @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
Bat For Lashes @ Melkweg, Amsterdam (October 2009)
