Students from the Willem de Kooning Academy work together with Operator radio for the second time in an elective to curate their own dedicated cultural subject and program this in a radio format.

w/ Art evolves w/ Sergiu Iancau, Chris Blom, Rubin van den Boogaard

Students from the Willem de Kooning Academy work together with Operator radio for the second time in an elective to curate their own dedicated cultural subject and program this in a radio format.

Love, the internet w/ Lenny Beukman, Daan Emmen, Sima Mohamed

Students from the Willem de Kooning Academy work together with Operator radio for the second time in an elective to curate their own dedicated cultural subject and program this in a radio format.

The baby is meme w/ Gert Granickaite, Julija Naujikaite, Kayleigh Van den Berg

Students from the Willem de Kooning Academy work together with Operator radio for the second time in an elective to curate their own dedicated cultural subject and program this in a radio format.

w/ Stop Listening - Kinge Brands, Lisa Colombo, Hannah Kersten, Elvira Shumakova, Davy de Smit

We are welcoming the legendary Don Letts to the studio to talk about the documentary that’s been made about his life: “Rebel Dread” by William E. Badgley. Hosted by Thomas Fonville. The documentary is part of the IFFR Scopitone program.

For more info about the documentary click here.

IFFR Talks w/ Gyz La Rivière - 24th January 2019

Thomas Fonville in conversation with Giz La Rivière about the movie “New Neapolis”.

"Following his futuristic Rotterdam 2040, in New Neapolis Gyz La Rivière presents his home city and its counterparts as the vanguard of a new, sexy Europe. His cinematic manifesto, built up of rhythmically edited archive footage, delves into the present and past of the four cities, exposing countless cross-connections. His aim is to create a positive impression – an antidote to hollow populism – with a focus on the individual residents who make these cities what they are."

IFFR Talks w/ Juul Hesselberth - 24th January 2020

Samira Ben Messaoud in conversation with Juul Hesselberth about the documentary “Just Go Fucking Surfing”

IFFR Talks w/ Edson de Conseicao - 24th January 2020

Johan Amenyeku and Thomas Fonville in conversation with Edson de Conseicao about the movie “Porfotto”.

"Three Rotterdam friends Em, Moreno and Kyon make a good deal of money with a robbery. They feel completely over the moon, but all their actions after the robbery cause new problems. It puts a strain on their friendship when the boys realize that the money does not change their home situation. Part of RTM, the Rotterdam selection."

IFFR Talks w/ Daniel Ernst - 24th January 2020

Samira Ben Messaoud in conversation with Daniel Ernst about “Die Fernweh Oper”

"Anyone who has caught the eye of an actor during a stage performance knows the brief yet intense intimate moment in which the distance between the performer and the spectator seems to disappear. That's also how this VR bridge distances: between star and human, actor and audience, real and virtual, memory and here and now.

This VR experience centers on the enormous Asteria, an opera star made of star material. She sings especially for you, and it wouldn’t be an opera without a tragic love story. You also visit Asteria's dressing room and you can wander around the universe looking for her. Die Fernweh Oper, with a libretto written by Belgian poet Maud Vanhauwaert and sung by Swiss opera talent Annina Gieré, is the fourth in the series 'Shoebox Dioramas': interactive illustrations made by Dutch artist Daniel Ernst. Each of the dioramas takes you to hand-painted environments full of weird and wonderful characters and surprising stories."

IFFR Talks w/ Rauwkost Collective - 24th January 2020

Thomas Fonville in conversation with Rauwkost Collective, a film collective from Rotterdam.

"'Images not words' is the ethos of Rotterdam-based multidisciplinary film collective Rauwkost Collective. No chit-chat, just making beautiful things together with other talented people in Rotterdam. By working non-hierarchically, as a collective, everyone's creativity can be used to the full. In search of innovation, dramatic tension and raw edges, Rauwkost Collective transforms daring ideas into expressive films, documentaries, and media productions.”