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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