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.
Overview of films
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Operation Undead
Kongkiat Komesiri | 109' | Thailand | Dutch Premiere
Sentient zombies hold a mirror to ruling-class warmongers in a hair-raising, antiwar historical thriller. -
Past Is Present
Shaheen Dill-Riaz | 100' | Bangladesh | World premiere
A sweeping domestic documentary shot over fourteen years, examining the personal fallout of global migration. -
Primitive Diversity
Alexander Kluge | 80' | Germany | World premiere
A sharp and ironic journey through the history and future of image technology and AI. -
Removal of the Eye
Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Artemis Shaw | 92' | USA | International premiere
A couple deals with a mother-in-law driven to perform an exorcism on their baby. -
Rhythm of a Flower
Amit Dutta | 83' | India | International premiere
An enchanting animation inspired by the myth of Indian artist Kumar Gandharav. -
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Quay Brothers | 76' | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
A mysterious voyage into a phantasmagoric Carpathian hospice suspended in time. -
September Says
Ariane Labed | 100' | Ireland | Dutch Premiere
An intoxicatingly odd coming of age tale of two socially outcast sisters. -
Shapes of Normal Human Beings
Salim Mrad | 105' | Lebanon | World premiere
Three friends take an 8-day road journey to make sense of Lebanon at this moment in time. -
Shaping the Future
Putu Kusuma Wijaya | 70' | Indonesia | World premiere
An intricately layered docufiction reflection on Indonesian history, popular myth and public memory. -
The Slow Man and His Raft
Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 179' | India | World premiere
An out of practice circus troupe receives an abandoned, motion-impaired man, whose slowness becomes spectacle.
