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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

IFFR Pro

Overview of articles

  • Work with people you like: Aiko Masubuchi on Happyend

    Neo Sora’s acclaimed near-future high school drama was co-produced by two Rotterdam Lab alumni producers. We spoke to Masubuchi on her experience working on the film, and how the Lab helped prepare her.

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  • Busan, Gent and London next up for IFFR-backed titles after San Sebastián 

    Titles made with Hubert Bals Fund and IFFR Pro backing, or that screened at previous IFFR editions, continue to feature in festival programmes across the world.

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    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro

  • IFFR appoints Marten Rabarts as Head of IFFR Pro

    IFFR appoints Marten Rabarts as Head of IFFR Pro. The former Head of SeeNL and Director of New Zealand Film Festival joins ahead of the 2025 edition.

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    • News

  • Venice selections for supported titles and talent

    The 81st Venice International Film Festival takes place from 28 August to 7 September 2024. An array of titles and talent supported by IFFR Pro and the Hubert Bals Fund feature across the Competition, Orizzonti, Immersive selections, as well as in the Gap-Financing Market. 

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    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro

  • Team’s festival attendance

    The IFFR team visits many festivals, markets and film industry events throughout the year. Take a look at the details for the upcoming festivals below and find contact information to arrange a meeting.

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    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro

  • Locarno 2024: IFFR-backed titles in competition

    Four titles supported by IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund and presented at IFFR Pro’s CineMart and Darkroom will screen in competition at the Swiss festival.

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    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro

  • Amat Escalante: “Rotterdam feels like home”

    The Mexican filmmaker discusses his latest film Lost in the Night and his special relationship with IFFR.

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    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • Interview

  • Three IFFR-backed titles awarded in Cannes

    Celebrating the reaction to all the supported talent in Cannes after the Grand Prix went to All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia.

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    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro

  • HBF+Europe 2024 selections

    Ten projects are the latest to be awarded by the Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe support schemes. Each receives €60,000 – eight for co-production and two for post-production. The selection comes with a strong commitment to emerging talent, supporting a majority of first or second time feature filmmakers and covering a wide geographical spread, with filmmakers […]

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    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • News

  • CineMart 2024: exploring the margins

    Although each project at CineMart 2024 was absolutely unique, they all had the shared desire to forge new creative paths, to ask difficult questions and to explore untold narratives – looking into the margins and taking the road less travelled. IFFR Pro spoke to a few of the selected projects. “I think it’s our time […]

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    • IFFR Pro
    • Interview