Rotterdam Chiefs on Their First Joint Edition and Having Marco Bellocchio and Debbie Harry as Their Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya
variety.comRafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, taking place between Jan. 25 – Feb.
4, will be the first for Clare Stewart as managing director. Functioning under a dual leadership structure where the managing director and festival director oversee the commercial and creative elements of the organization respectively, IFFR appointed Stewart back in June 2023 to focus on the festival’s business side.
Speaking to Variety ahead of the festival and joined by festival director Vanja Kaludjercic, the former director of the Sydney Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival emphasized it feels like a “full circle moment” to be back in Rotterdam after first attending IFFR over 20 years ago as her first international film event outside of her home country of Australia. “It’s also interesting to be coming in as the managing director, having previously held roles that either combined the two or were more of a creative director role,” she added.
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