I am terrible at keeping news up to date. This is a retrospective post…
Trees of Rotterdam, the short film I made with Alice Ladenburg, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January. It was paired with Carel van Hees’ beautiful documentary Berichten uit de Hunkerbunker, a moving portrait of a city through the eyes of an elderly woman living in the RVS apartments on the Beukelsdijk in Rotterdam. I absolutely loved Carel’s film, and it was a pleasure sharing the stage for the many Q&A sessions.
Overall, there were six sold-out screenings of the programme. The film will also be shown at a few more venues later in the year, to be confirmed.
Here are some photos. As ever, I’m not great at documenting things as they happen.
![Artists Alice Ladenurg and Ollie Palmer pointing in disbelief at their own poster at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2024](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/alice-ollie-poster.jpg?resize=620%2C827&ssl=1)
![Art x IFFR](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/artxiffr.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)
![The cast and crew of Trees of Rotterdam: Jens van der Zee, Alice Ladenburg, Ollie Palmer, Kees Moeliker, Adriaan Wormgoor](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cast.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)
![First scene of Trees of Rotterdam as seen in Cinerama cinema](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cinearma-1.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)
![The audience at Lantarenvenster](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lantarenvenster-1.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)
![Alice Ladenburg anwering a question at a cinema Q&A session](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/qa-alice.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)
![Carel van Hees anwering a question at a cinema Q&A session](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/qa-carel.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)
![Still from Trees of Rotterdam on the screen in Lantarenvenster cinema, Rottedam](https://i0.wp.com/olliepalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/still.jpg?resize=620%2C465&ssl=1)