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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Preludes

Programme IFFR 2026

The Preludes are short films that are screened before feature-length films.

Overview of films

  • How to Dance

    Aileen Ye | 10' | Netherlands | World premiere

    How can our body express resistance and truth, when society watches and frames it continuously?
  • I Used to Call That Man Home

    Mel Nocetti | 12' | Mexico | World premiere

    The capture of ghostly memories carried away by an intangible hurricane.
  • Lethe

    Huang Liang-Hsin | 7' | France | World premiere

    A warm portrait of a bond between father and daughter; memories surface during the father’s last journey.
  • Magpie

    Sylvia Hoeks | 11' | USA | Dutch Premiere

    A woman struggles to accept her friend’s pregnancy in this exploration of grief and female friendship.
  • Rui Carlos

    Margarida Paias | 14' | Portugal | International premiere

    When his football gets punctured, Rui Carlos is left alone to deal with the responsibility.
  • Sara & Fatima

    Romy Boutin St-Pierre, Nada Cheddadi, Karima Zouhair | 13' | Canada | World premiere

    A deserted bus stop becomes the meeting point for two very different women.
  • Trolsk

    Edith Morris | 5' | Norway | Dutch Premiere

    A small film about giant mythical creatures wandering through a sleepy seaside town in Norway.