Missed these Dutch films at IFFR 2025? Catch them at NFF!

Dutch cinema made a big impression at IFFR 2025. In case you missed them, this year’s Netherlands Film Festival (26 September – 3 October 2025) in Utrecht presents plenty of IFFR 2025 shorts, features and immersive media works.

IFFR 2025 was a hugely strong showing for Dutch filmmaking talent across the festival programmes: from the world premiere of our opening film, the fantastical Fabula by Michiel ten Horn – to international festival hits like Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s Venice prize-winning alpine thriller Alpha. 

In our Rotterdam strand RTM, we were delighted to world premiere our joyful RTM Pitch winner Bubbling Baby by Sharine Rijsenburg, and Art Directions presented two world premieres of Dutch immersive projects. You can catch these, and many more, at this year’s Netherlands Film Festival.

This year’s RTM Pitch-winner, Ashley Röttjers, will be present on the NFF Focustalk: Genrebending, where director Michael Middelkoop will talk with Steffen Haars, Fadua El Akchaoui, Safi Graauw, Röttjers and VPRO Flowerboy about courage, innovation and the future of storytelling.

Three Dutch features formerly presented at IFFR Pro’s co-production market CineMart are also found in this year’s NFF programme. Find out more and visit the programme below.

IFFR 2025 features

• Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk (Limelight) – winner Gouden Kalf for Best Music (Ella van der Woude)
• Drie dagen vis by Peter Hoogendoorn (RTM) – winner Gouden Kalf for Best Costume Design (Manon Blom) & Best Supporting Actor Feature Film (Neidi dos Santos Livramento)
• Fabula by Michiel ten Horn (Opening Film, world premiere) – winner Gouden Kalf for Best Production Design (Bram Doyer)
• Hemelsleutel by Digna Sinke (Harbour world premiere)
• De Idylle by Aaron Rookus (Big Screen Competition, CineMart 2020, Darkroom 2024) – winner Gouden Kalf for Best Hair & Make-up Design (Renee Wijnhoven)

IFFR 2025 shorts

• Bubbling Baby by Sharine Rijsenburg (RTM Pitch 2024 winner, Harbour world premiere)
• Hobi by Aramis Garcia Gonzalez (Short & Mid-length, world premiere)
• Koki, Ciao by Quenton Miller (Short & Mid-length, world premiere)
• Papa, ik ben by Sam Nieuwenhuis (RTM, world premiere)

IFFR 2025 Art Directions: immersive media

• Lacuna by Maartje Wegdam & Nienke Huitenga Broeren
• Revival Roadshow by Anne Fehres & Luke Conroy

CineMart

• Mr. K by Tallulah H. Schwab (CineMart 2019)
• The Garden of Earthly Delights by Morgan Knibbe (CineMart 2020) Best Editing (Xander Nijsten), Best Cinematography (Frank van den Eeden) and Best Director Feature Film (Morgan Knibbe)
• De Idylle by Aaron Rookus (Big Screen Competition, CineMart 2020, Darkroom 2024) – winner Gouden Kalf for Best Hair & Make-up Design (Renee Wijnhoven)