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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

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.

Still: Alien Food

Overview of films

  • Suddenly

    Melisa Önel | 115' | Turkey | European premiere

    A woman facing a health crisis abandons her lifestyle and discovers other, more tantalising options.

  • Tage

    Peter Schreiner | 230' | Austria | World premiere

    A chamber piece anchored in the presence of director Peter Schreiner. A unique essay in stream-of-conscious filmmaking.

  • La tour

    Guillaume Nicloux | 89' | France | Dutch Premiere

    Trapped residents of a high-rise descend into tribalistic mayhem in a bleak, uncompromising dystopian drama.

  • Trenque Lauquen

    Laura Citarella | 262' | Argentina | Dutch Premiere

    A woman investigating a real-life romance enigmatically vanishes in this mysterious, magic, ever-shifting tale.

  • Under the Hanging Tree

    Perivi John Katjavivi | 90' | Namibia | World premiere

    The dual past haunts and informs the present in this occultist noir set in rural Namibia.

  • Unidentified

    Jude Chun | 80' | South Korea | European premiere

    A whimsical debut feature that explores what it means to be human and/or alien.

  • Untold Herstory

    Zero Chou | 112' | Taiwan | European premiere

    Compelling story of the female political prisoners who sought justice during the oppressive White Terror era.

  • Vera

    Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | 115' | Austria | Dutch Premiere

    An affecting portrayal of the burden of celebrity, blurring the line between reality and fiction.

  • We Had the Day Bonsoir

    Narimane Mari | 63' | France | Dutch Premiere

    Intimate, lyrical ode to filmmaker Narimane Mari’s late partner, Michel Haas – and to life itself.

  • When the Waves Are Gone

    Lav Diaz | 187' | Denmark | Dutch Premiere

    A contrite policeman must reckon with his political past in a stylised, expansive film noir.

  • WICKED GAMES Rimini Sparta

    Ulrich Seidl | 205' | Austria | World premiere

    A combined version of Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini and Sparta that explores an ageing crooner and his pedophile younger brother.