Blogs

Travel along with the International Film Festival Rotterdam's programmers and participants of the IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics. The programmers report on the research trips, their observations on remarkable films, meetings with filmmakers and producers in different parts of the world - nearby or far away.

WEBLOGS BY IFFR PROGRAMMERS

Weblog Gertjan Zuilhof
Over the past years, festival programmer Gertjan Zuilhof has written weblogs in which he shares his thoughts and experiences while curating his thematic programme sections for the International Film Festival Rotterdam. His latest blog is titled 'A Programmer's Chronicles'.



Weblog Ludmila Cvikova
Festival programmer Ludmila Cvikova keeps a close watch for the International Film Festival Rotterdam on the independent film production in Middle- and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the Arabic world. A vast territory in which she travels to meet filmmakers personally, attend film events and festivals. Read her weblogs here.

IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics Edition 2008

	R. Emmet Sweeney graduated from New York University in 2005 with a Masters degree in Cinema Studies - and a rapidly expanding student loan debt. He went on to write film criticism for the Village Voice, The Believer, IFC News, The Reeler, and his blog Termite Art (termiteart.blogspot.com). Currently he's employed at the film and DVD distributor Kino International, and writes whenever anyone is foolhardy enough to give him the opportunity. Read his blog.
	After her undergrad studies in Business Administration, Emine Yildirim completed her MA in Film and TV Studies. Since 2001 she has been working in the Turkish film sector. In 2005 she set up Giyotin Film Productions Istanbul with four of her friends (who were as out of their minds as she was) and started producing documentaries. The same year she began writing for Timeout Istanbul (English edition) and eventually for Today's Zaman newspaper. She continues to work as a film critic and a documentary producer. Read her blog.
	Luiz Carlos Oliveira Jr. : 'I work as a film critic for Contracampo (www.contracampo.com.br) since 2002. In the last two years, I’ve collaborated with other brazilian film magazines, like Paisà, and ministrated some workshops on film criticism and contemporary cinema. After graduating at the film school in Universidade Federal Fluminense, I’m starting a Master in Sciences of Communication (Universidade de São Paulo). I’ve also shot two short films (one in 35mm and the other in 16mm).' Read his blog.
	Ma Ran received her MA degree in Film Studies at University of Amsterdam. Now she is a second year PhD student at the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong. A cinephile herself, Ma Ran's academic passion is for Chinese independent cinema (and documentaries) and international film festivals. Meanwhile, Ran is a freelance film critic writing for some major newspapers and film magazines in China on premiered films or film events in Hong Kong. Read her blog.
	Jana Kadlecova did Media Studies and started Film Studies and Dutch Studies in Prague while working as a culture correspondent for SME. She then returned to Bratislava, where she worked as an editor and journalist while doing volunteer work (teaching dance) in the Philippines and a traineeship in Brussels (European Committee for Culture and Education). Since June 2006 she's been back in her hometown of Bratislava, where she currently works as a journalist, editor and critic for the Slovak daily SME. Read her blog.
	Nandini Nair: 'A love for books led me to study English literature. But a need to grapple with the "real" nudged me towards journalism. India is a country of many Indias. It throbs with stories. And finally, I want to be a storyteller.' Read her blog.