Wednesday January 25, the world premiere of Lucas Belvaux’s 38 Témoins (38 Witnesses, France), starring Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton and Nicole Garcia, opens the 41st edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam; the festival closes on February 4 with the screening of Daniel Nettheim’s The Hunter (Australia) – a former CineMart project - starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill. Opening Night Film for invited guest: 38 Témoins In 38 Témoins, Louis...

 by Marla LewinThe Hedgehog (Le Hérisson), the story of a family and their private world told from the view point of the younest daughter, written and directed by Mona Achache, stole the hearts of the audiences and won the COL•COA Audience Award from the 28 features that were competing.  The week-long festival set an attendance record of 14,957 at the Directors Guild of America. The Critics Special Prize went to Rapt, written and directed by Lucas Belvaux.Other favorite films with audi...

Errant Greased pigs, Scanbitz Shorts, Agitprop Singers, Brendan Boyer, International Shorts, Poetry, Some Muck, Green Socked Defrocked Priests With A Penchant For Marathon Runners And Formula One Cars, Some More Muck, Psychedelic Wellies,  Gypsy Musicians,  Campfire Bars,  Poets On Horseback, Radio Butty Ringing Out Across The Rolling Manicured Monaghan Hills And An Audience Rapt By The Choice On Offer? It can only be The Flat Lake, the festival we now insist on every August....