The municipality of Rotterdam recently published a new ‘Nightplan’, which reaffirms the importance of after-dark events in the cultural landscape, and across the IFFR 2025 programme, nightlife culture is celebrated on the big screen.
A more literally immersive and trippy acid techno party experience is presented in Patrick Muroni’s VR piece Rave (IFFR 2025), while the musical journey Show Me the Light (IFFR 2025) reflects on the paradox of human control in the form of a Silent Disco experience.
Local nightlife legend Ted Langenbach joins the filmmakers in conversation about their experiences capturing and sharing nightlife cultures, and the challenges of translating a specific experience to the screen.
