Joost Conijn

Joost Conijn

Film Festival Reports

ROTTERDAM 2018: THE MONSTER THAT ENGULFS ITSELF (A BALANCE)

By Aldo Padilla

“Strange” seems to be the only definition that could apply to this Rotterdam 2018, since despite the outstanding organization of the festival itself, its programming left a few bumps, in some cases too big to ignore. Possibly, the weight of the years and their effect, the amount of films and tendencies took their toll with the Dutch festival, although this didn’t diminished the quality of the great new films seen for the first time.

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ROTTERDAM 2018: GOOD EVENING TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CAMP,CARTUCHO Y PLAYING MEN

Por Aldo Padilla

Good evening to the people living in the camp se hace cargo de esa libertad mediante la fluidez de sus imágenes. El notorio trabajo de muchas horas de registro en los campos de refugiados en Grecia, permite que los migrantes denoten una gran confianza con el director (el holandés Joost Conijn) y su cámara, que parece prácticamente invisible, ya que logra captar momentos muy íntimos sin ningún tipo de filtro.

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