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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Limelight

Programme IFFR 2026

Bringing the year’s most talked-about cinema and major premieres to Rotterdam, Limelight is a feast for all. From genre gems to award-winners and audience-pleasers, the section offers a vibrant selection that welcomes first-timers and rewards seasoned festivalgoers alike.

Still: The Secret Agent, dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho

Overview of films

  • Siapa Dia

    Garin Nugroho | 103' | Indonesia | European premiere

    Music, dance, freedom, love, cinema! A joyous remembrance of Indonesian film and political history.

  • Silent Friend

    Ildikó Enyedi | 147' | Germany | Dutch Premiere

    Three stories, three moments in time and one gingko tree. Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux.

  • Sore: A Wife from the Future

    Yandy Laurens | 119' | Indonesia | European premiere

    Lovers from different eras struggle against a tragic destiny in a time-travelling romantic saga.

  • Sound of Falling

    Mascha Schilinski | 149' | Germany | Dutch Premiere

    A dreamlike, shattering vision of four generations of German women suffering since World War I.

  • Special Unit – The First Murder

    Christoffer Boe | 122' | Denmark | Dutch Premiere

    A visually seductive and suspenseful Danish crime drama, based on a cult TV series.

  • The Testament of Ann Lee

    Mona Fastvold | 130' | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere

    Co-written with Brady Corbet (The Brutalist, IFFR 2025), Mona Fastvold’s utopian biopic recounts the founding of the radical Shakers movement.

  • The Kidnapping of a President

    Samuli Valkama | 82' | Finland | World premiere

  • Tokyo Taxi

    Yoji Yamada | 103' | Japan | European premiere

    A road movie taking audiences through the melancholic metropolis and nostalgic nooks of Tokyo.

  • Treat Her Like a Lady

    Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito | 110' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Can eviction be revamped as a family holiday? A colourful tale of one woman’s resilience.

  • Tunnels: Sun in the Dark

    Bùi Thạc Chuyên | 126' | Vietnam | European premiere

    A scrappy guerrilla unit resists enemy onslaught from within a byzantine tunnel network.

  • Tussen broers (Between Brothers)

    Tom Fassaert | 106' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A moving and tragicomic family portrait by Tom Fassaert about the special bond between his father and his uncle.

  • Two Prosecutors

    Sergei Loznitsa | 118' | France | Dutch Premiere

    A stark but absorbing drama of a young prosecutor’s struggle for justice in Stalinist Russia.