Harbour
Programma IFFR 2023
Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, Harbour offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.
Overzicht van films
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How to Find Happiness
Nagasaki Shunichi | 113' | Japan | International premiere
A solemn physician meets the doppelgänger of his loved one in this cordial, light-footed romance. -
I AM HERE!
Ludwig Wüst | 70' | Austria | World premiere
Improv-based, psychologically dense piece of chamber cinema crafted with little financial means, but a lot of excellence and dedication. -
I Love You, Beksman
Percival Intalan | 107' | Philippines | International premiere
Presumed gay, Dali falls for a woman in a buoyant reverse coming-out comedy. -
If We Burn
James Leong, Lynn Lee | 265' | Hong Kong | World premiere
Urgent, immersive journey into Hong Kong’s 2019 protests, and a meditation on what resistance means. -
In My Mother’s Skin
Kenneth Dagatan | 98' | Philippines | European premiere
A grisly and captivating coming-of-age fairy tale set in an isolated mansion in 1945 Philippines. -
Killing a Traitor
Masoud Kimiai | 120' | Iran | International premiere
Political corruption and betrayal abound in this poignant Iranian gangster tale from Masoud Kimiai. -
Kunstkamera
Jan Švankmajer | 114' | Czech Republic | International premiere
The private home museum of Eva and Jan Švankmajer viewable in a film: surrealism unbound. -
Let It Ghost
Wong Hoi | 100' | Hong Kong | International premiere
Reminder that Hong Kong loves spooky comedies and isn’t afraid to let it scare (and entertain). -
Letters Unwritten to Naiyer Masud
64' | India | World premiere
The search for the home of the author Naiyer Masud becomes an exploration of a city. -
A Light Never Goes Out
Anastasia Tsang | 103' | Hong Kong | European premiere
Neon sign-lit declaration of enduring love to a man with passion, and to Hong Kong.
