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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

RTM

Programma IFFR 2023

IFFR puts the spotlight firmly on films and makers from our city on the River Maas. The selection was made by this year's RTM curators: Cheryl Ashruf, Noemi Biro and Nizar el Manouzi. Discover a programme chock-full of short and longer films, documentaries, talks, music and performances. RTM revolves around talented artists and stories from 010 with an impact far beyond, revealing the riches of Rotterdam in all its glory.

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Overzicht van films

  • Talk: Intimacy

    Actress Joy Delima, filmmaker Jonnah Bron and an intimacy coach discuss sensuality and security in filmmaking.

  • Talk: Get in the Game

    The relationship between the filmmaker and the producer is discussed and explored.

  • RTM: Opening Talk

    A discussion on film culture in Rotterdam and a discussion with filmmaker Froukje Tan.

  • Investigative Past & Future

    Two documentaries about the preservation of culture, from Indonesian cuisine to hill people in Ukraine.

  • Prologue: Coffee & Croissants

    Are you a filmmaker interested in expanding your network? Meet distributors, producers, financiers and industry professionals.

  • Falling Apart into Place

    Five short films in which the world as we know it changes overnight – as a result of exile, alienation, invasion or government intervention.

  • Future of Our Soil

    Four short films celebrate fertile soil as the source of life and of myths that shape past, present and future.

  • Looking For Connection

    Five short films that investigate gender roles, relationships and probing in the search for connection.

  • Kondre Man

    While leaving the homeland leads one individual to introspection, the other takes to the stage. Followed by a performance by Grande Loge.

  • Empowerment

    Where to find strength after leaving your life behind? Three short films about recovery.