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The 2026 Rotterdam International Film Festival has consolidated its role as a key platform for Asian genre cinema, showcasing productions that use action and martial arts to explore political and resistance subtexts. Moving away from Western stereotypes, the festival emphasizes local realities and cultural narratives, with a strong focus on Southeast Asia. Countries such as Indonesia and India feature prominently, with standout films including Blazing Fist, representing the evolution of extreme action, and The City of Warriors, which uses the Kowloon Walled City as a metaphor for cultural resistance.

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00:00the 2026 rotterdam international film festival establishes itself as an essential platform for
00:07asian genre film using action and martial arts to explore political and resistance subtext the
00:14festival highlights productions that combine popular genres such as horror and action with
00:20local realities it distances itself from western stereotypes about eastern cinema special emphasis
00:26is placed on southeast asia with notable presence of countries such as indonesia and india highlights
00:33included placing first which represents the evolution of extreme action and the city of
00:40warriors which uses the action in the world city of kowloon as a metaphor for cultural resistance
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