ROTS FILMWERK

“Our films balance between experimental and narrative”

Rots Filmwerk was established by siblings Esther and Hugo Rots, to produce bold and outspoken films made by artists. This partnership resulted in award winning films, two of which were nominated for a Palme d’Or at Cannes, others premiered at the Berlinale and Toronto, participated at Venice and Cinefondation’s l’Atelier, and won many awards including a Fipresci, the Ingmar Bergman award and Best Dutch Film. Dan Geesin joined forces in 2012 as a creative producer. Rots Filmwerk is currently preparing the release of ‘A messy tribute to motherly love’, by Dan Geesin which will premiere in the Tiger Competition in Rotterdam and will be in the cinema’s from April 30. We are finalizing the financing stage of ‘Near, Far, Up(side) Down’ by Esther Rots, entirely shot in South Korea and developing multiple other projects.

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Proud participator of:

the Venice Biennale College Cinema VR
the Venice Biennale Gap Financing Market
the Venice Film Week
New Nordic Film – Eurimages Lab
Torino Series Lab

and
l’Atelier 2020 – Cinefondation – Cannes

See all awards and selections

REVIEWS

VARIETY – Rots’ intelligent, ferociously empathetic but deeply unsentimental portrait. A psychologically rich profile ( … ) A fascinating experience of cinematic dysphasia.

HIGH ON FILM – Retrospekt is a pulsating time ticking bomb, brewing with mystery and anxiety waiting to take you off guard. It’s baffling and equally thrilling.

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – ‘Can go through skin’ (…) an often striking film, on both the visual and aural levels.

SIGHT AND SOUND – Dutch director Esther Rots’ film is a real discovery: a fragmentary, expressionist take on one woman’s experience, with a striking performance from Rifka Lodeizen.”

films

SPUTUM

RETROSPEKT

CAN GO THROUGH SKIN – kan door huid heen

ELEPHANT FEET – olifantenvoeten

I SPROUT – ik ontspruit

PLAY WITH ME – speel met me

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THE BONFIRE MONOLOGUES

contact

visiting address:

Frans de Wollantstraat 30

1018 SC Amsterdam
The Netherlands

postal address:

Volkerakstraat 3-2

1078 XM Amsterdam

The Netherlands

email:

info@rotsfilmwerk.nl

how to get there:

public transport:

-from Central Station: tram 26 IJburg, stop ‘Rietlandpark’

-from Leidseplein: tram 10 Azartplein, stop ‘1e Leeghwaterstraat’

car:
Ring A10, exit S114, follow signs ‘Centrum’. At the end of the Piet Heijn Tunnel go left, followed by an immediate right under the railway. Et viola, you’ve found the Frans de Wollantstraat. You can park your car at the end of this street, just follow the curve, cross the tramrails, on to the Parool parking lot.