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IFFR-supported films at the 70th BFI London Film Festival
The first five Displacement Film Fund (DFF) shorts, which had their world premieres at IFFR last edition, feature in this year’s LFF for Free programme.
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IFFR films at the Netherlands Film Festival 2026
This year’s Netherlands Film Festival, running Friday 25 September to Friday 2 October 2026 in Utrecht, is packed with IFFR 2026 films.
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“Tell a story that’s the hardest to tell”: Ang Geck Geck Priscilla on winning the IFFR 2026 Youth Jury Award with Ah Girl
Ahead of its North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, Ang sat down with us to reflect on how she brought us into the world of a child, and what the award meant to her and the film.
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Education
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In memory of Dicky Parlevliet (1947–2026)
On 5 August 2026, Dicky Parlevliet – four-decade-long IFFR colleague, mentor and driving force – passed away peacefully at her beloved Monteillet, surrounded by her loved ones and animals. Mieke van der Linden pays tribute to her great film companion.
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Lightroom Report 2026
Download the full Reality Check 2026 report to explore the findings and recommendations in depth.
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African Indies – A Continent of New Directions
Report from an IFFR 2026 industry panel reflecting on the compelling new models arising from this wave of indie cinema.
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Tetsuya Maruyama: Expansion/Contraction
With Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama, IFFR 2026 spotlights the work of the Rio de Janeiro-based Japanese multidisciplinary artist. IFFR programmer Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss takes an in-depth look at Maruyama’s background and approach to cinema.
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Women’s Work: Let’s Make a Film
With the IFFR 2026 Focus programme The Future Is NOW, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Organisation for Women (NOW)’s founding – a major moment in the history of the Civil Rights movement as well as Second Wave Feminism. The programme’s curators Jennifer Lynde Barker and Olaf Möller put the selected films into context.
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Art Directions: A Constellation of Moving Images
Thirty years ago, IFFR took a leap by introducing a programme defined not by format, but by curiosity. With the launch of Exploding Cinema in 1996, the festival posed a question that continues to resonate today: what can cinema be when it moves beyond the limits of the film theatre?
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Marwan Hamed: Master of Egyptian Genre Cinema
From mystery thrillers, corruption dramas and crime epics, to historical sagas and the biopic genre, Marwan Hamed has proven to be a master at combining grand emotions, astonishing mise-en-scène and breathtaking performances in his cinema.
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