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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

RTM

Programme 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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Overview of films

  • RTM: Opening Talk

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

  • Deeply, Madly

    Helen Anna Flanagan | 27' | Netherlands | World premiere (festival)

    Be carried by the waves, until they break. A woman muses on her fear of falling.

  • DEPOT – Reflecting Boijmans

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 86' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Documentary about the construction of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, in which present, past and future converge.

  • descending notes

    Lou Lou Sainsbury | 18' | Netherlands | World premiere (festival)

    Cosmic love story beyond space and time, about resonance and dissonance in the relationship between three people.

  • The Disaster Cannot Be Contained كان يمكن أن لا أكون

    Diana Al-Halabi | 26' | Lebanon | International premiere

    Beirut seems far away from Rotterdam – but the explosion’s shock wave can’t be stopped.

  • Empowerment

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

  • Fantoomwijk

    Ravi Sandberg | 14' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A lively working-class neighbourhood is forced to make way for luxury homes. Fantoomwijk shows the destructive consequences for its former reside

  • Fin. Finito. Infinito.

    Laurence Henriquez | 8' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere

    In this blend of documentary and science fiction, a society prepares for the end.

  • Fringe

    Jasmine Ellis | 10' | Germany | Dutch Premiere

    Amie and Victor wander off into the woods, where people and nature move together.

  • The Glistener

    Laurence Henriquez | 8' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A young man has a date at a restaurant. Once seated, he can’t distinguish fantasy from reality.

  • Grandeloge Filantropia

    Bouba Dola | 44' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Who is Tjon Rockon? Grandeloge Filantropia explores the myth behind a talented theatre maker and mysterious hero.

  • Greetings From Wormhole 61

    Rogier Mulder | 14' | Netherlands | World premiere

    An ambitious businesswoman travels the galaxy with a truck driver, conversing about ordinary, hard-working people.