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Rotterdam Fest Kicks Off With a Plea for Artistic Freedom in Trump Era
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The Hollywood Reporter
Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director at IFFR, and Rotterdam managing director Clare Stewart were on hand for Thursday’s opening night festivities.
In her welcome remarks, Kaludjercic made a passionate plea to protect human rights, lives and the freedom of the arts.
“This is precisely why we need the arts, and, in our case, cinema.
However, unlike other conflicts and crises, they remain … absent from sustained global attention.”Iran and ICE also featured in Kaludjercic’s speech.
On Friday, Cate Blanchett will add her star power to the Rotterdam fest activities.