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Programme IFFR 2025

Avant-premieres and cinematic highlights of this year’s festival circuit: eagerly anticipated audience favourites and international award-winners.

Still: All We Can Imagine as Light, dir. Payal Kapadia

Ick

Science teacher Hank must save his hometown from an alien goo in this irresistible horror-comedy.
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La Chambre de Mariana

A unique tale of survival and revelation, set in Ukraine during the Second World War.
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Vermiglio

A meditative, immersive portrait of life in rural Italy towards the end of WWII.
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Ik zal zien

After losing her eyesight, a teenage girl must relearn her world at a rehabilitation facility.
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Clash

An oddball American Football team from China ascends to sporting glory in this heartwarming dramedy.
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Fabula

A washed-up criminal attempts to find the origins of his eternal misfortune in this crime-comedy.
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Spermageddon

A fearless, filthy and deceptively sweet animated musical about the miracle of life.
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Opening Night: Fabula + Party

This year, general audiences are warmly invited to join the Opening Night Party in ‘de Doelen’, following the opening film.
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Specials
Opening Night: Fabula

The 54th edition of IFFR begins with the crime comedy Fabula, the festival’s opening film.
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Specials
The Return

The timelessness of Homer’s The Odyssey shines through in this emotionally resonant, pared-back adaptation.
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Maria

Angelina Jolie brings the tormented last days of soprano Maria Callas to the silver screen.
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I’m Still Here

The true and moving story of one Brazilian family’s struggle against a military regime.
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