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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

RTM

Programme IFFR 2026

IFFR puts the spotlight firmly on films and makers from our city on the River Maas. The selection was made by this year’s RTM curators: Hasret Emine, Suzanne Koopstra and Tim van Hooft (Timaeus). Discover a programme chock-full of short and longer films, documentaries, talks, music, art and performances. RTM revolves around talented artists and stories from 010 with an impact far beyond, revealing the riches of Rotterdam in all its glory.

Overview of films

  • Bodies of Water

    In the backdrop of our daily lives in Rotterdam there’s the river Maas, threading our experiences together.

  • Agency, fantasy, alternate reality

    Fantastical stories can reimagine a reality we live through in spite of our circumstances.

  • Lucky Camaraderie

    Communities shape a city’s movements, leaving a historic mark to be remembered for generations to come.

  • Abduction

    Yana Lineva | 19' | Bulgaria | World premiere

    Abduction is an essayistic story about your twin from another planet.

  • De Albatros

    Ilya Vierhout | 18' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Ilya Vierhout’s tribute to his deceased grandfather.

  • Broken

    Hyewon Jung | 7' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A broken doll gains new insights into life in this carefully crafted stop-motion animation, created with a variety of materials.

  • bubble bubble

    Vincent Boy Kars, Rutger Nijkamp | 57' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Three pairs of artists are left in the same room for a couple of hours…

  • Burnt Toast

    Helen Anna Flanagan | 25' | Netherlands | World premiere (festival)

    A contemporary ghost story that blurs the line between illusion and performance.

  • Echoes of Perception

    Artistic rituals and finding new ways of looking towards the past, present and future is key when talking about creating.

  • Dear Orchid

    Hana Selena Sokolović | 18' | Bosnia and Herzegovina | World premiere

    A lyrical evocation, through children’s writing, of a 1992 journey away from war-torn Sarajevo.

  • Dutch Dreams

    Flo Meijer | 14' | Netherlands | World premiere (festival)

    Against the backdrop of a typically Dutch polder, filmmaker Flo Meijer explores the boundaries of fashion film.

  • The Garden

    Isabel Legate | 20' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A dreamy, surrealist contemplation of the influence of the capitalist fashion world on our self-image.