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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Home Bitter Home
Ghina Abboud, Naïm El Hajj, Salim Mrad, Aline Ouais, Jihad Saadé, Marie-Rose Osta | 150' | Lebanon | World premiere
Six directors craft intimate portraits of artists striving to create and survive in today’s Lebanon. -
Interior apartamento día
Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | 91' | Dominican Republic | European premiere
A couple faces creative and romantic challenges after moving to an idyllic beach house. -
Isan Odyssey
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 80' | Thailand | International premiere
A journey in song and dance through the suppressed chapters of Thailand’s political history. -
The Killing of Meghnad
Ashish Avikunthak | 93' | India | World premiere
Gods, demons and men prepare for battle in a minimalist reimagination of a mythological epic. -
Labyrinth Under Cyclone
Achitaphon Piansukprasert | 108' | Thailand | International premiere
Post-apocalyptic lovers find fleeting solace in this tragic, experimental tone poem. -
Lone Samurai
Josh C. Waller | 95' | USA | European premiere
One samurai takes on many, many cannibals in this gory, genre-bending martial arts spectacular. -
Maddie’s Secret
John Early | 98' | USA | European premiere
Leave all cynicism aside for this blend of sincere melodrama and outrageous humour from pre-eminent alt-comedy star John Early. -
Master Bantoo
Arsh Jain | 120' | India | World premiere
A small-time wedding musician experiences an artistic awakening in an intimate, hypnotic psychodrama. -
The Misconceived
James N. Kienitz Wilkins | 89' | USA | World premiere
An experimental 3D-rendered home renovation comedy – or an acidic treatise on working conditions for the modern creative.
