Can Innovation Save the Rotterdam Film Festival? — hollywoodreporter.com

The International Film Festival Rotterdam, or IFFR, which kicks off its 44th edition on Wednesday, is at a crossroads. The Dutch festival built its reputation as a go-to event for discovering the next big thing in art-house cinema, but Rotterdam's brand of avantgarde movies is out of fashion these days. Few winners of Rotterdam's Tiger Awards find distribution outside the festival circuit. Sundance and Berlin, the festivals that bookend Rotterdam, have a stronger track record in finding breakout indie hits.

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