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Tonight we celebrate the start of the 55th edition of IFFR with the Opening Night. There’s also already plenty happening throughout the day! Click on the button below to discover what you can see and do on this first Thursday of the festival.
[Film still: Fuori, dir. Mario Martone]
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“Art and cinema must face us with the unknown”: João Nicolau on the IFFR 2026 opening film
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Lone Samurai
Josh C. Waller | 95′ | USA | European premiere
One samurai takes on many, many cannibals in this gory, genre-bending martial arts spectacular. -
Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol
Sylvain Chomet | 90′ | France | Dutch Premiere
An animated portrait-reverie about Marseille’s iconic writer-director Marcel Pagnol. -
Return to Silent Hill
Christophe Gans | 105′ | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
James battles an army of demonic creatures in a visceral work of expressionist horror.
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Autocartoons: Cinema Concert
Gertjan Zuilhof’s silent torrent of amateur autocartoons – his first and final feature – is detonated into a 60-minute punk-jazz happening. -
Alterity
Jacco Gardner | 60′ | Netherlands | World premiere
Jacco Gardner playfully and optimistically dives into the creativity shared by man and machine. -
Art Directions in Katoenhuis
Visit four installations in Katoenhuis, hub for Immersive Experiences, with one ticket. -
Big Talk: Marwan Hamed & Yousry Nasrallah
Join IFFR Focus programme filmmaker Marwan Hamed in conversation with acclaimed Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah.
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Sensory-friendly screenings
We want everyone to enjoy cinema at IFFR. For visitors who are sensitive to stimuli, we offer a selection of sensory-friendly screenings with adjusted sound and lighting levels.
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Talks
Get to the heart of cinema with this year’s IFFR Talks programme: a series of Talks in which the creative minds behind independent filmmaking from across the globe explore the art of filmmaking.
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Genre labels
Take a shortcut through our programme with our handy IFFR genre-labels.
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News and blogs
Stay up to date with our latest news and exclusive content!
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International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk
IFFR is a founding member of the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) which responds to cases of persecution or threats to the personal safety or liberty of filmmakers at risk as a result of their work.
