The documentary explores the intricate effects of a Chinese industrial park on a farming town in Ethiopia.
Agenda
1 January to 30 January
On Tour: Made in Ethiopia
With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring our favourite films to seventeen film theatres across the Netherlands. In January, it is the documentary Made in Ethiopia by Xinyan Yu & Max Duncan. About the film When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have...
1 January to 23 January
Cinema Release: Ernest Cole, Lost and Found
With his harrowing images, photographer Ernest Cole (1940-1990) was the first to show in the late 1960s what apartheid meant for black South Africans like himself. The world reacted with shock. Cole was praised for his talent, compiled in his book House of Bondage. But showing the harsh reality came at a price: Cole was...
30 January to 9 February
International Film Festival Rotterdam
From Thursday 30 January to Sunday 9 February, the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam will take place. With 264,090 visitors and more than 2,100 filmmakers, IFFR is one of the largest cultural events in the Netherlands and also one of the largest film festivals in the world for the public and film industry. The official selection...
