IFFR 2025 in cinemas
From the festival to the cinema screen, find out which IFFR titles can be seen in theatres now.

All films in cinemas
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L’amour ouf
Gilles Lellouche | 166′ | Belgium | Dutch Premiere
An explosive teenage love story, spanning two decades and featuring among others Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil. -
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia | 115′ | France | Dutch Premiere
In this Cannes Grand Prix winner, three nurses navigate loss and longing in rapidly growing Mumbai. -
The Brutalist
Brady Corbet | 215′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
Brady Corbet’s breathtakingly ambitious critique of unfettered capitalism and the power of art to transform. -
Caught by the Tides
Jia Zhangke | 111′ | China | Dutch Premiere
Jia Zhangke returns with an intimate epic charting love and sacrifice in contemporary China. -
A Complete Unknown
James Mangold | 141′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
Biopic that brings Bob Dylan’s turbulent and early years of his career to life. -
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière | 178′ | France | Dutch Premiere
Dumas’ immortal revenge tale comes alive in this vigorous, rousing adaptation, both classical and modern. -
Drie dagen vis
Peter Hoogendoorn | 85′ | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
Peter Hoogendoorn’s empathetic tragicomedy about a father-son relationship of few words. -
Ghost Trail
Jonathan Millet | 106′ | France | Dutch Premiere
A Syrian man pursues the person he believes is the war criminal who tortured him. -
Grand Tour
Miguel Gomes | 129′ | Portugal | Dutch Premiere
Set against the backdrop of a crumbling British Empire, Grand Tour weaves an epic romance. -
Hard Truths
Mike Leigh | 97′ | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a career best performance in this family drama from veteran Mike Leigh. -
Hemelsleutel
Digna Sinke | 96′ | Netherlands | World premiere
A deeply personal film where the filmmaker’s memories merge with the experiences of her protagonist. -
Holy Electricity
Tato Kotetishvili | 95′ | Georgia | Dutch Premiere
A suitcase filled with rusty iron crosses becomes a potential goldmine in this urban fable. -
De Idylle
Aaron Rookus | 99′ | Netherlands | World premiere
A life-affirming drama about the members of one family seeking meaning in their lives. -
Ik zal zien
Mercedes Stalenhoef | 96′ | Netherlands | World premiere
After losing her eyesight, a teenage girl must relearn her world at a rehabilitation facility. -
I’m Still Here
Walter Salles | 137′ | Brazil | Dutch Premiere
The true and moving story of one Brazilian family’s struggle against a military regime. -
Julie zwijgt
Leonardo van Dijl | 100′ | Belgium | Dutch Premiere
Weighed down by a heavy secret, a teenage tennis prodigy tries to keep her footing. -
Une Langue Universelle
Matthew Rankin | 89′ | Canada | Dutch Premiere
Three whimsical stories intersect in this absurdist tale of postnational Winnipeg inspired by Iranian cinema. -
Memoir of a Snail
Adam Elliot | 95′ | Australia | Dutch Premiere
Academy Award winner Adam Elliot’s stop motion feature is a heavy but beautiful meditation on grief and loss. -
Miséricorde
Alain Guiraudie | 102′ | France | Dutch Premiere
An earthy, deliciously ambiguous tale of sex, death and mushrooms, set in a picturesque French village. -
On Falling
Laura Carreira | 105′ | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
A migrant warehouse worker confronts alienation and precarity with quiet grace in this award-winning debut. -
Perla
Alexandra Makarová | 108′ | Austria | World premiere
A moving rumination on the power that the past holds over us. -
The Return
Uberto Pasolini | 115′ | Italy | Dutch Premiere
The timelessness of Homer’s The Odyssey shines through in this emotionally resonant, pared-back adaptation, featuring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. -
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof | 168′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
Now-exiled Iranian writer-director Rasoulof interweaves political activism with family drama. Winner of Cannes Prix Spécial. -
September 5
Tim Fehlbaum | 94′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
The ethics of journalistic practice are explored via events that defined the 1972 Munich Olympics. -
Soft Leaves
Miwako Van Weyenberg | 94′ | Belgium | World premiere
A tender, coming-of-age story of a young girl facing up to the realities of life. -
The Surfer
Lorcan Finnegan | 99′ | Australia | Dutch Premiere
Nicolas Cage is terrorised by a violent surf cult in this wildly enjoyable film. -
Tardes de soledad
Albert Serra | 125′ | Spain | Dutch Premiere
Albert Serra offers us Andrés Roca Rey, star matador of this violent performance: Tauromaquia – bullfighting. -
This City Is a Battlefield
Mouly Surya | 118′ | Indonesia | World premiere
A sumptuous Jakarta-set historical thriller fusing sensual romantic drama with gripping political intrigue. -
An Unfinished Film
Lou Ye | 106′ | Singapore | Dutch Premiere
An unfinished film turns into a gripping record of filmmaking under confinement. -
Videotheek Marco
Gyz La Rivière | 96′ | Netherlands | World premiere
A monument to the soon forever-lost video rental stores of Rotterdam. -
Wishing on a Star
Péter Kerekes | 99′ | Italy | Dutch Premiere
A charming, Italian-style entertainment about the astrological, worldwide search for elusive happiness and surprising fate.