The International Film Festival of Rotterdam began in style on January 21, 2015. The festival opened with the screening of ‘War Book’ directed by Tom Harper.

The opening ceremony was packed with some eminent personalities in World Cinema, and some of the noted ones include, renowned Koran Filmmaker Jang Jin, well known Canadian artist and filmmaker Michael McClure and Romanian artist Irina Botea.

During his welcome speech, the festival director Rutger Wolfson welcomed the guests in the most elegant manner.

“In these times of social unrest and digital revolution, it seems almost everyone is eager to produce, receive and spread propaganda messages. Simple messages that reduce the complex reality of our times. Messages that aim to clarify, define and determine the world around us. In Everyday Propaganda, we will take a closer look at how these new forms of propaganda work”, said Wolfson during the welcome speech.

The festival also holds a sidebar which is named ‘What the F’. This sidebar aims to find the definition of Feminism in today’s world. “It seems that feminism is no longer a strict dogma but rather a popular, individual and quite interesting mix of ideas and ideologies”, said Wolfson.

The film festival will run through February 1, 2015.