Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2009 Summary and My Top 10 Movies

The last 10 days I have seen around 40 movies at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2009. It was a good year (a little better than last year) with many interesting new movies. Especially the new Turkish cinema was fascinating to me with movies like Autumn, Journey to the Sun, Pandora's Box and Innocence. I liked the style, the pace, the metaphors and symbolism and the sharp conversations.

My personal favorite by far was Troubled Water, highly recommended. Cinema is about elevation in my view and this movie blew all my senses from the start, especially the outstanding and deeply moving musical scenes. Combined with a powerful and original story about love, transparency, honesty, redemption, forgiveness, sorrow and reconnection.

1. Troubled Water
   
2. Teza
3. 35 Rhums
4. Fixer
5. Pandora's Box
6. Tokyo Sonata
7. Historias Extraordinarias
8. Frozen River
9. Rachel Getting Married
10. Slumdog Millionaire

Hope to see you all next year. It was a blast!

Comments

[Rogier Bikker]

Hoi Yuri,

Pandora's Box was inderdaad erg goed, de rest van je top 10 heb ik helaas gemist. Maar wat betreft Turkse cinema vond ik The Storm ook erg vermakelijk! Sowieso grote hoeveelheid Turkse films dit jaar volgens mij...

Groeten,
Rogier

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Hey all. i also got to be at the IFFR 2009.i agree with you in every word. we reall share the same point of view.

[Sabeen]

Superb numbering. All of them beautiful movies. I have recently watch Slumdog Millionaire and Frozen River is very different story i like this Film.

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