IFFR 2025 Talks

Cate Blanchett and Guy Maddin discuss creative collaboration, film festivals, short films, and much more.

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Miike Takashi delves into his philosophy on the art and craft of filmmaking.

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Dive into the varied oeuvres and unlikely career paths of filmmakers Joseph Kahn and Steffen Haars.

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Award-winning trailblazers Albertina Carri and Cheryl Dunye reflect on their vast experiences in radical queer filmmaking.

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Filmmaker Costa-Gavras and curator Sungji Oh discuss how archival film practices shape our cultural memories.

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Two of the most uncompromising artists working in independent cinema today, reflect on their inspirations and creative journeys.

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Recipient of the sixth Robby Müller Award, Lol Crawley BSC discusses his extensive oeuvre.

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Known for re-defining portrayals of complex characters, Victoria Pedretti and Hanna van Vliet are in-conversation at IFFR.

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A full day of captivating conversations on a range of topics, explore IFFR Tiger Talks Day.

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• Specials

Filmmakers facing incursions on their freedoms share insights on maintaining their creativity in times of censorship and repression.

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From raves to silent discos, how do IFFR filmmakers celebrate nightlife culture on the big screen.

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Multidisciplinary artists Omar Rodríguez-López and Antonio Jose Guzman explore the art of transcending genres and formats.

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What are the underlying rules for filmmakers working at the intersections of gaming and filmmaking cultures.

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How can stories of true crime be responsibly and sensitively brought to the screen and airwaves.

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Filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland and art historian Sophie Berrebi discuss archives, collections and the reliability of visual documents.

• Art Directions: installations
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Saeed Nouri (Tehran, An Unfinished History, 2025) s

• Cinema Regained
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Katja Raganelli shares how her (extensive oeuvre of) portraits of female filmmakers came to be.

• Focus: Katja Raganelli
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IFFR filmmakers and programmers reminisce and consider how VHS forever changed our engagement with film.

• Focus: Hold Video in Your Hands
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IFFR 2025 Artists in Focus Timoteus Anggawan Kusno and Matthew Lax discuss their respective artistic practices.

• Focus: Matthew Lax
• Focus: Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
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Researchers and a filmmaker trace the Afro-Asian Film Festival’s history and explore articulations of the ‘Bandung Spirit’.

• Focus: Through Cinema We Shall Rise!
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Sergii Masloboishchykov shares his unique perspective on the equally complex cultural and political landscape of his country.

• Focus: Sergii Masloboishchykov
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Bloodlines will be followed by a live talk with internationally celebrated filmmaker and artist Amie Siegel.

An insight into process behind Drie dagen vis (2024) with w

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• RTM

Filmmaking as a research practice – an intimate conversation between Ine Lamers and Sam Koopman.

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• RTM

What if we used our lenses speculatively and imagined the city of Rotterdam otherwise?

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• RTM