Annual Report 2021-2022

Festival programme IFFR 2022

The IFFR 2022 Official Selection encompassed 221 films. IFFR 2022 presented 54 films to audiences on IFFR.com, the world premiere of Along the Way in cinemas and 5 Big Talks available worldwide from 26 January to 6 February. IFFR also presented a selection of films to press and industry guests on Festival Scope Pro, which included the Tiger Competition, Big Screen Competition and Ammodo Tiger Short Competition lineups.

Adaptations aside, this festival has made no compromise in its dedication to cinema that thrives in the most risk-taking outer reaches of storytelling. Personal vision in its purest form is conspicuously a hallmark of IFFR selections, whether for the Big Screen Competition, or for the festival’s influential Tiger Competition, which annually puts a spotlight on an international array of new and emerging filmmakers.” – Barbara Scharres for Roger Ebert

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IFFR 2022 Selection for audiences

The 51st edition programme was moved online in response to lockdown measures introduced in the Netherlands in December 2021. IFFR 2022’s programme presented 54 films to audiences on IFFR.com. The selection presented titles from Harbour, Bright Future, Limelight, Cinema Regained, Focus: Amanda Kramer, Scopitone and RTM

The selection presented 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres. 

The world premiere of Amanda Kramer’s feature film Please Baby Please, accompanied by Lewie and Noah Kloster’s short film Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver, opened the edition on 26 January. The world premiere of Along the Way in cinemas added an on-site dimension to IFFR during the festival’s closing weekend. The edition’s closing film was King Hu’s Dragon Inn, which simultaneously marked the launch of the 25 Encounters film programme on IFFR Unleashed.

Infographic IFFR 2022 festival programme

[Please note that IFFR 2022 selection numbers cannot be directly compared with IFFR 2021 as last year’s hybrid festival consisted of two separate chapters in February and June. IFFR 2022 took place online with separate audience and press & industry selections from 26 January to 6 February, with the exception of the Along the Way on-site world premiere.]

Along the Way premiere ©Marwan Magroun

Along the Way premiere ©Marwan Magroun

Along the Way premiere ©Marwan Magroun

Along the Way premiere ©Marwan Magroun

Press & Industry Selection 2022

IFFR 2022 also presented a selection of films to 2,112 press and industry guests on Festival Scope Pro. The Press & Industry Selection 2022 included the Tiger Competition, Big Screen Competition and Ammodo Tiger Short Competition lineups. The competition selections will screen in cinemas for audiences later in 2022. The over 200 films available to accredited guests globally additionally included titles from Harbour, Bright Future, Limelight, Cinema Regained, Focus: Qiu Jiongjiong, Focus: Amanda Kramer, Short & Mid-length, Scopitone and RTM

Infographic IFFR 2022 festival programme

[Please note that IFFR 2022 selection numbers cannot be directly compared with IFFR 2021 as last year’s hybrid festival consisted of two separate chapters in February and June. IFFR 2022 took place online with separate audience and press & industry selections from 26 January to 6 February, with the exception of the Along the Way on-site world premiere.]

Conversations on film

IFFR 2022 featured five Big Talks which brought in-depth conversations with filmmakers and actors to audiences worldwide on IFFR.com. Filmmaker in focus Amanda Kramer kicked off the programme, discussing her oeuvre and IFFR 2022 opening film Please Baby Please. Director Mathieu Amalric, also an acclaimed actor, divulged details about his rich career on either side of the camera. Director and writer Rachel Lang provided context to her latest film Mon Légionnaire.

Thai cinematographer and this edition’s Robby Müller Award winner Sayombhu Mukdeeprom elaborated on his cinematic language, experiences working with directors like Luca Guadagnino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Robby Müller as an inspiration. Accompanying IFFR 2022’s surprise film, the fifth Big Talk featured writer and director Joachim Trier and actress Renate Reinsve, discussing their hit film The Worst Person in the World.