World Cinema Amsterdam 2012

Throughout its 30-year history, independent art cinema Rialto has always endorsed world cinema productions; films made in Latin America, Asia and Africa are an essential ingredient of our daily programming. It was therefore a dream come true when Rialto’s first edition of World Cinema Amsterdam took place in 2010, during which the best recent films from all aforementioned continents were screened. In a way it was unique as it was the first time a film festival in the Netherlands covered films from these three continents in one edition.

The set-up of previous years will be continued with a focus on one particular filmmaking country: this year the spotlight will be on films from Brazil with Brazilian Stories, a programme compiled in cooperation with Lis Kogan from Rio de Janeiro. The successful World Cinema Open Air won’t be missing either. All these elements combined will form the third edition of our festival, which will present more than 50 films from Africa, Asia and Latin America over 11 days and in more than 70 screenings.