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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

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  • IFFR 2025 posters on sale 

    Missed out on an IFFR 2025 poster? Good news: they’re back! We’ve restocked all five unique designs in A2 size, and they’re now available in our webshop.

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  • IFFR 2026 dates confirmed

    IFFR 2026 will take place from Thursday 29 January to Sunday 8 February 2026.

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  • IFFR closes its 54th edition

    IFFR has wrapped its 54th edition, boosting its annual visitation by 12% to over 296,000.

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  • Tiger and Big Screen award winners 2025

    The winners of the top IFFR 2025 prizes are here! Alongside the Tiger Award and Big Screen Award, the Tiger Special Jury, FIPRESCI, NETPAC, and Youth Jury awards were announced during the ceremony tonight in ‘de Doelen’.

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  • Tiger Juror Soheila Golestani (The Seed of the Sacred Fig) Faces Travel Ban

    Iranian actress Soheila Golestani was due to join Yuki Aditya, Peter Strickland, Winnie Lau, Andrea Luka Zimmerman on the Tiger Competition Jury for the 2025 edition of the festival, where her latest project, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, directed by exiled filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, has made its Dutch premiere. Golestani had planned to travel to Rotterdam for the festival but was banned from leaving Iran, preventing her from participating in the Jury.

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  • Tiger Short Competition winners 2025

    Three titles receive equal Tiger Short Awards, each worth €5,000, KNF Award winner and nomination for European Short Film Award
    also announced.

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  • Filmmaker Ashley Röttjers wins RTM Pitch 2025 with project Regen in augustus

    During the opening of the RTM Day at IFFR 2025, which showcases films by Rotterdam-based filmmakers or about our port city, the sixth winner of the RTM Pitch was announced, along with the new development prize and coaching programme recipients.

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  • Presenting the IFFR Pro awards and juries 2025

    The awards recognise outstanding projects presented at IFFR Pro’s co-production market CineMart and work-in-progress platform Darkroom.

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  • IFFR Pro welcomes Disabled filmmakers delegation from the BFI

    A collaboration between IFFR and the BFI Inclusion team, the initiative aims to create accessible opportunities for Disabled film professionals to expand their international networks and forge new creative and financial partnerships.

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  • Cate Blanchett and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund launch the Displacement Film Fund at IFFR 2025

    UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Blanchett announces new pilot scheme with support from Master Mind, Uniqlo, Droom en Daad, the Tamer Family Foundation and Amahoro Coalition as Founding Partners, the HBF as Management Partner and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, as Strategic Partner.

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