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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

  • Hemelsleutel

    Digna Sinke | 96' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A deeply personal film where the filmmaker’s memories merge with the experiences of her protagonist.

  • Holy Electricity

    Tato Kotetishvili | 95' | Georgia | Dutch Premiere

    A suitcase filled with rusty iron crosses becomes a potential goldmine in this urban fable.

  • I Dreamed a Dream

    Wei Shujun | 85' | China | World premiere

    Dreams of fame, romance, rap music and cinema collide in this striking and unclassifiable docu-fiction.

  • John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

    Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens | 89' | USA | World premiere

    A kaleidoscopic all-archival exploration of the work of intrepid mid-century utopian neuroscientist, John C. Lilly.

  • Kouté vwa

    Maxime Jean-Baptiste | 77' | Belgium | Dutch Premiere

    An intimate coming-of-age portrait of mourning, celebration and reconnecting to one’s roots.

  • Une Langue Universelle

    Matthew Rankin | 89' | Canada | Dutch Premiere

    Three whimsical stories intersect in this absurdist tale of postnational Winnipeg inspired by Iranian cinema.

  • Last Breath

    Costa-Gavras | 100' | France | Dutch Premiere

    A philosophical and thought-provoking depiction of the fate we all share.

  • The Last Journey

    Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson | 90' | Sweden | Dutch Premiere

    A real-life road movie that captures the filmmaker’s love for his ailing father.

  • Last Song For You

    Jill Leung | 105' | Hong Kong | International premiere

    A swaying of minds and hijacking of hearts: an honest and artful Hong Kong melodrama.

  • The Legends of Eternal Snow

    Aleksei Romanov | 80' | Sakha Republic | Dutch Premiere

    A deeply authentic fairy tale about love and ghosts of the past set against the mystical scenery of the Sakha Republic.

  • Luna Rosa: La 7ª ascensión de Atabey

    Omar Rodríguez-López | 107' | Puerto Rico | World premiere

    A compelling and dark dystopian universe full of secrets, tensions, bloody rituals and mind-control.

  • Midnight in Bali

    Razka Robby Ertanto | 98' | Indonesia | World premiere

    After a chance meeting, a trans performer and an aspiring filmmaker address their pain together.