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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Harbour

Programme IFFR 2025

Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, Harbour offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.

Still: No dejes a los niños solos, dir. Emilio Portes

Overview of films

  • Eid

    Yousef Abo Madegem | 90' | Israel | International premiere

    A universal, layered story of oppression, self-reclamation and the search for freedom set within the indigenous Bedouin culture.

  • Endless

    Wojciech Puś | 109' | Poland | International premiere

    The nonbinary X searches for transformation in this boldly experimental, new vision of queer filmmaking.

  • Die Ermittlung

    RP Kahl | 240' | Germany | International premiere

    This adaption of Peter Weiss’ monumental play condenses the testimonies of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials.

  • Finding Ramlee

    Megat Sharizal | 114' | Malaysia | World premiere

    To repay his debts, a small-time actor is forced to impersonate screen icon P. Ramlee.

  • From Behind the Teeth

    Mox Mäkelä, Mikael Fortelius | 103' | Finland | World premiere

    Artist Mox Mäkelä and scientist Mikael Fortelius play free-associative chess using teeth. Surreal, absurdist fun.

  • Gaami

    Vidyadhar Kagita | 147' | India | Dutch Premiere

    Three fragile beings discover their common destiny in an operatic mix of fantasy and sci-fi.

  • Ghost Trail

    Jonathan Millet | 106' | France | Dutch Premiere

    A Syrian man pursues the person he believes is the war criminal who tortured him.

  • Un gran casino

    Daniel Hoesl | 77' | Austria | World premiere

    An angry musing on Europe’s largest casino and the global capitalism it’s come to represent.

  • Grand Tour

    Miguel Gomes | 129' | Portugal | Dutch Premiere

    Set against the backdrop of a crumbling British Empire, Grand Tour weaves an epic romance.

  • Half Moon

    Frank Scheffer | 92' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A moving portrait of clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh, a Syrian musician living in exile.

  • Happy Holidays

    Scandar Copti | 124' | Palestine | Dutch Premiere

    Four interconnected tales examine familial pressures against a backdrop of fractured Arab-Israeli relations in Haifa.

  • Hear Me: Our Summer

    Jo Seon-ho | 109' | South Korea | European premiere

    A heart-warming romance and tale of self-discovery beautifully told in Korean Sign Language.