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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

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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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    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive
    • News
    • Stories

  • 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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    • IFFR Pro
    • Stories

  • 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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    • Blog
    • Stories

  • 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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    • Blog
    • Stories

  • 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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    • Immersive
    • Stories

  • 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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    • Background
    • Stories

  • Remembering Gertjan Zuilhof

    For a quarter of a century, Zuilhof was at the heart of IFFR’s programming team. He helped shape the festival’s overall artistic vision while leaving his personal imprint through the countries and regions he was most deeply engaged with.

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    • Stories

  • A little neon intervention: Holy Electricity by Tato Kotetishvili

    Georgian filmmaker Tato Kotetishvili and Dutch co-producer Ineke Smits discuss the CineMart- and Darkroom-presented Holy Electricity, selected for IFFR 2025.

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    • CineMart
    • Interview
    • Stories

  • Indaba In Focus with Maéva Ranaivojaona: “plunge into something you don’t know” 

    French-Malagasy producer brings challenging Afropean cinema into the spotlight.

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    • Blog
    • IFFR Pro
    • Stories

  • “These people are seen and the stories are heard”: Tiger Short Award 2024 winners reflect on their IFFR experience

    We spoke with the Tiger Short Award winners 2024 about their journey at the festival, the impact of their prizes, and the sense of community they found at IFFR that continues to shape their filmmaking paths.

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    • Interview
    • Stories