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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Limelight

Programme IFFR 2023

Avant-premieres and cinematic highlights of this year’s festival circuit: eagerly anticipated audience favourites and international award-winners.

Still: Medusa Deluxe

Overview of films

  • Erasmus Tiger College: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    Prof. Sanneke de Haan gives an introduction lecture on the film Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

  • Aftersun

    Charlotte Wells | 98' | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere

    Pools, boats, lounges, arcade games, a summer resort. A young girl bonds with her father.

  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    Pierre Földes | 108' | Canada | Dutch Premiere

    Marital frustration, a mid-life crisis and a Nietzsche-quoting frog in an animated adaptation of Haruki Murakami.

  • The Blue Caftan

    Maryam Touzani | 118' | Belgium | Dutch Premiere

    An alluringly shot tale of repressed desire and unspoken longing set in Salé, Morocco.

  • Il Boemo

    Petr Václav | 137' | Czech Republic | Dutch Premiere

    Sumptuous biopic chronicling Czech opera composer Josef Mysliveček’s travails and triumphs in Italy.

  • The Boys

    Chung Ji-young | 124' | South Korea | International premiere

    An engaging policier based on a real-life story of a cold case, corruption and a cover-up.

  • Burning Days

    Emin Alper | 128' | Turkey | Dutch Premiere

    Turkish film noir delving into politics of sex, gender, community, and management of natural resources.

  • Cairo Conspiracy

    Tarik Saleh | 126' | Denmark | Dutch Premiere

    A tense, fast-paced, intrigue-filled political thriller pitting the secret service against the newly-elected grand imam.

  • Eo

    Jerzy Skolimowski | 86' | Italy | Dutch Premiere

    A donkey’s journey turns into a severe but kindly vision of humankind at its most wondrously ordinary.

  • The Eternal Daughter

    Joanna Hogg | 96' | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere

    Tilda Swinton movingly incarnates both mother and daughter in this atmospheric film by Joanna Hogg.

  • Funny Pages

    Owen Kline | 86' | USA | Dutch Premiere

    A coming-of-age comedy about the misadventures of a wannabe cartoonist in search of an artistic guide.

  • Godland

    Hlynur Pálmason | 143' | Denmark | Dutch Premiere

    A priest’s journey of (self-)discovery in a strange land becomes one of the year’s richest cinema experiences.