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.
Overview of films
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Earth Song
Erol Mintaş | 118' | Finland | World premiere
A resonant drama about a Finnish-Kurdish woman and 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 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
A visually breathtaking narrative poem about two souls waiting for their entrance into eternity. -
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
The theft of a Vietnamese fishing village’s precious ambergris relic triggers spectacular martial arts-showdowns. -
Heart of Light – eleven songs for Fiji
Cynthia Beatt | 166' | Germany | World premiere
A speculative autobiography realised as a movingly monumental work of pure cinema. -
The Hole, 309 Days to the Bloodiest Tragedy
Hanung Bramantyo | 99' | Indonesia | World premiere
Investigating a series of gruesome murders in 1960s Indonesia, an army officer ventures into the heart of darkness.
