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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

  • Whitetail

    Nanouk Leopold | 103' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere

    Beautifully built-up dramatic thriller by Nanouk Leopold about a forester who is forced to face suppressed traumas.

  • The Wizard of the Kremlin

    Olivier Assayas | 145' | France | Dutch Premiere

    Paul Dano and Jude Law spearhead the birth of an autocracy in Olivier Assayas’s political opus.

  • The Wolf, the Fox & the Leopard

    David Verbeek | 125' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere

    A girl raised by wolves gets to know humankind in David Verbeek’s unconventional and unpredictable fairytale.