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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Harbour

Programme IFFR 2026

Echoing Rotterdam’s port city identity, Harbour offers a safe haven to the full range of contemporary cinema that the festival champions.

Still: Art Is Dark and Full of Horrors, dir. Artemio Narro

Overview of films

  • Earth Song

    Erol Mintaş | 118' | Finland | World premiere

    A resonant drama about a Kurdish emigrant’s journey into her tortured past.

  • Elements of(f) Balance

    Othmar Schmiderer | 98' | Austria | International premiere

    A visually exquisite, intellectually thought-provoking global journey into ways of countering the destruction of our ecosystem.

  • The End

    Albert Oehlen, Niklas Weise | 90' | USA | World premiere

  • The Exposure

    Thomas Imbach | 90' | Switzerland | Dutch Premiere

    To save the family, a mother pressures her daughter to succumb to a man’s desires.

  • Far from Maine

    Roy Cohen | 99' | France | World premiere

    Haunted by the police killing of a Palestinian childhood friend, an Israeli filmmaker embarks on a cinematic dialogue across time.

  • First Days

    Kim Allamand, Michael Karrer | 70' | Switzerland | World premiere

  • First Light

    James J. Robinson | 118' | Australia | European premiere

    A character study of a pious nun in the Luzon mountains, examining faith, community and institutional ethics.

  • Fish, Fists and Ambergris

    Dương Minh Chiến | 104' | Vietnam | International premiere

  • Gatillero

    Cris Tapia Marchiori | 80' | Argentina | Dutch Premiere

    A desperate hitman tries to survive the night in a nerve-wracking single-shot thriller.

  • Gaua

    Paul Urkijo Alijo | 96' | Spain | International premiere

    A dark Basque fairy tale blending macabre fantasy, folk horror and sexual liberation.

  • Heart of Light – eleven songs for Fiji

    Cynthia Beatt | 166' | Germany | World premiere

  • The Hole, 309 Days to the Bloodiest Tragedy

    Hanung Bramantyo | 113' | Indonesia | World premiere

    Investigating a series of gruesome murders in 1960s Indonesia, an army officer ventures into the heart of darkness.