RTM
Programme IFFR 2025
IFFR puts the spotlight firmly on films and makers from our city on the River Maas. The selection was made by this year’s RTM curators: Janilda Bartolomeu, Zalán Szakács and Marlyn van Erp. Discover a programme chock-full of short and longer films, documentaries, talks, music, art and performances. RTM revolves around talented artists and stories from 010 with an impact far beyond, revealing the riches of Rotterdam in all its glory.
Overview of films
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You Can’t Automate Me
Lashers risk their lives securing shipping containers. Each of their bodies tells its own story.
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So Loud the Sky Can Hear Us
A group of Feyenoord supporters unfold a hidden world of faith, love, compassion, and vulnerability.
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Fantoomwijk
A lively working-class neighbourhood is forced to make way for luxury homes.Fantoomwijk shows the destructive consequences for its former resi
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RTM Pitch jubileum
Celebrate the fifth edition of the RTM Pitch at IFFR 2025 with a special programme showcasing this year’s winner and all previous winners.
The Battle of Empty Stomachs
A poetic tribute to the resistance of Palestinian hunger strikers and asylum seekers.
Drie dagen vis
Peter Hoogendoorn’s empathetic tragicomedy about a father-son relationship of few words.
Rotterdam Rave Culture “30 Years of Heritage”
This homage to the rave scene traces how dance music and Rotterdam are always intertwined.
Setting The Tone
How does music accompany us while we journey through our personal and collective transitions?
Feis Forever
New Year’s Eve, 2019. Rotterdam is rocked by the death of rapper Feis, who represented his neighbourhood through music.
