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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

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  • New Focus programmes on artist-filmmakers Matthew Lax and Timoteus Anggawan Kusno

    Celebrating the queerly theatrical work of US-based artist, writer and filmmaker Matthew Lax and the critical approach to the lingering shadows of colonialism and dictatorship presented by Indonesian and Amsterdam-based visual artist and researcher Timoteus Anggawan Kusno.

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  • Ticket sales for the VPRO days 2025 have started

    Want to enjoy the most beautiful films from early in the morning until late at night? The IFFR programmers, in collaboration with the editors of VPRO Cinema, have put together a varied selection for the annual VPRO days. You don’t want to miss this! There are two festival days to choose from. The VPRO Preview […]

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  • Robby Müller Award 2025: Lol Crawley, cinematographer of The Brutalist

    The recipient of our sixth annual Roby Müller Award is British cinematographer Lol Crawley, most recently known for Brady Corbet’s epic post-war drama The Brutalist (2024).

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  • Hubert Bals Fund selects twelve features for support

    After 1169 submitted projects and an incredibly challenging selection process, twelve feature films were selected to receive Hubert Bals Fund Development Support grants.

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  • IFFR 2025 Focus programmes revealed

    IFFR reveals the first details of four Focus programmes for IFFR 2025, celebrating the contributions of underappreciated filmmakers and revisiting historical and cultural legacies with current resonance.

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  • Become an IFFR Youth Jury member

    The IFFR Youth Jury Award is selected by a panel of young people for an outstanding festival film of their choice.

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  • Take the leap: IFFR 2025 festival campaign

    The Tiger is out on the streets of Rotterdam once again! This time, it presents cinema as a medium of change and transformation. The Tiger is adventurous in its exploration, and unafraid of the unknown – discovering something new about itself with every move it makes. 

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  • Kahee Jeong’s Silent Engine wins the V2_ x IFFR media arts residency

    Through visual and auditory experimentation, the winning project asks: who truly benefits from technological progress? International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media are happy to announce the outcome of their open call and congratulate Korean-born artist Kahee Jeong, the winner of the hybrid media arts residency. Her project, Silent Engine, […]

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  • 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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  • IFFR welcomes new Supervisory Board member

    In the run-up to our 54th edition, we are excited to welcome a new member to our Supervisory Board. Joining the team is David Lauwen, who will assist in monitoring and advising the IFFR Board of Directors and organisation as a whole. 

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