IFFR 2026 in cinemas
From the festival to the cinema screen, find out which IFFR titles you can catch in theatres now.
February
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L’étranger
François Ozon | 120′ | France | Dutch Premiere
Albert Camus’ classic existentialist novel brought dramatically alive by François Ozon as a film noir. -
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook | 139′ | South Korea | Dutch Premiere
To regain his dream life, Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) gets deadly creative in Park Chan-wook’s absurd, macabre comedy. -
The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho | 161′ | Brazil | Dutch Premiere
A university professor (Wagner Moura) flees persecution with the help of a resistance network during Brazil’s dictatorship. -
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold | 137′ | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
Co-written with Brady Corbet (The Brutalist, IFFR 2025), Mona Fastvold’s utopian biopic recounts the founding of the radical Shakers movement. -
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Olivier Assayas | 145′ | France | Dutch Premiere
Paul Dano and Jude Law spearhead the birth of an autocracy in Olivier Assayas’s political opus.
March
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Dead Man’s Wire
Gus Van Sant | 104′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
Gus Van Sant’s exhilarating true-tale of a man who stood up against an unjust mortgage system. -
The Road to Fenix
Mark Bakker | 92′ | Netherlands | World premiere
Comprehensive and intriguing documentary about the establishment of the Fenix museum in Rotterdam. -
Sound of Falling
Mascha Schilinski | 155′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
A dreamlike, shattering vision of four generations of German women suffering since World War I.
April
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Father Mother Sister Brother
Jim Jarmusch | 110′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
Jim Jarmusch’s intimate elegy on familial relations unfolds across three star-studded vignettes, earning him the Golden Lion at Venice. -
The History of Sound
Oliver Hermanus | 128′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
A bittersweet chronicle of the relationship between two music students in the early 20th century, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. -
A Messy Tribute to Motherly Love
Dan Geesin | 85′ | Netherlands | World premiere
After his life is surreally and spontaneously exploded, a man’s mother and friend guide him through healing. -
Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi | 147′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
Three stories, three moments in time and one gingko tree. Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux. -
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa | 118′ | France | Dutch Premiere
A stark but absorbing drama of a young prosecutor’s struggle for justice in Stalinist Russia. -
The Wolf, the Fox & the Leopard
David Verbeek | 124′ | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
A girl raised by wolves gets to know humankind in David Verbeek’s unconventional and unpredictable fairytale.
May
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A Useful Ghost
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | 130′ | Thailand | Dutch Premiere
A possessed vacuum cleaner becomes a national hero in an explosively political comic fantasy. -
Los domingos
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | 115′ | Spain | Dutch Premiere
A teenager’s decision to become a cloistered nun causes bewilderment and havoc in the family. -
Treat Her Like a Lady
Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito | 110′ | Netherlands | World premiere
Can eviction be revamped as a family holiday? A colourful tale of one woman’s resilience.
June
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Calle Málaga
Maryam Touzani | 116′ | Spain | Dutch Premiere
Against her daughter’s wishes, a Spanish woman fights to keep her beloved house in Tangier.
July
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La petite dernière
Hafsia Herzi | 108′ | France | Dutch Premiere
A tender coming-of-age portrait of a lesbian French-Algerian woman navigating desire, faith and selfhood.
August
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Home
Marijana Janković | 105′ | Denmark | World premiere
A master narrative of emigration through the eyes of a young girl uprooted from Yugoslavia to Denmark.