Focus: the Future Is NOW
Programme IFFR 2026
Overzicht van films
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Casting Tapes
Ulrike Putzer, Matthias van Baaren | 23' | Austria | International premiere
Actresses audition for the part of an actress. A mix of documentary and fiction about womanhood and acting as social practice. -
Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”
Kathleen Shannon, Irene Angelico, Anne Henderson | 13' | Canada | -
A hard look at the realities of motherhood and married life, co-directed by seminal Canadian filmmaker Kathleen Shannon. -
Interview
Caroline Leaf, Veronika Soul | 14' | Canada |
A justly venerated masterpiece. A double portrait of two friends and filmmakers combining documentary and various kinds of animation techniques. -
Three Ways of Returning
Mania Akbari, Xiaolu Guo, Andrea Luka Zimmerman | 81' | China | International premiere
A rich three-part essay film portraying attempts at reconnecting with often traumatic pasts, spanning China, Germany and Iran. -
Waves Turn
Josephine Ahnelt | 73' | Austria | World premiere
A gentle and curious documentary of sublime beauty about postpartum life, its joys and challenges.