There’s More to Rotterdam Than ‘Edgy and Unconventional Cinema,’ Say Festival Heads Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart: ‘We Want to Be Accessible’

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International Film Festival Rotterdam is known for its highbrow programming, but that’s not all it offers viewers, argues festival director Vanja Kaludjercic . “The perception of IFFR as an event with edgy and unconventional cinema isn’t wrong. But it’s just one part of a much bigger truth,” she tells  Variety  ahead of 55 th  edition.  “You’re going to find the most avant-garde and the most popular films – two sides of everything. Tiger films [shown in the Tiger Competition] don’t immediately