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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

  • Movement Song

    Mayis Rukel | 96' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Experimental fictional documentary about queer relationships, the healing power of literature and archiving as a labour of love.

  • Nog even goeie vrienden

    Jorn Koning | 13' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Two men, Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch, sit in a sauna and review their emotional problems.

  • Not Built to Last

    Deniz Arikan | 20' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere

    Two architects, two cities, two ways of being, and a fleeting encounter that bridges them.

  • Ontsnappingskist

    André Schreuders | 7' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Travel to a different world. Not far-away galaxies or fantasy lands, but the small world beneath us.

  • Oxygen

    Vanessa | 23' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A day in the life of a stylist searching for an important piece of clothing.

  • Panorama Chemours – River reflections

    Michiel van Bakel | 9' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A slow pan over the Chemours industrial plant and the Merwede river, beautiful and disturbing.

  • Pretpark Hennie

    Max Ploeg | 51' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Amusing documentary about the eccentric businessman and multimillionaire Hennie, who attempts to realise his dream project.

  • Regen in Augustus

    Ashley Röttjers | 15' | Netherlands | World premiere

    In this sensitive short film, a lonely young woman struggles with feelings of isolation.

  • Resurrect Me as a Parasite

    Lou Lou Sainsbury, Gabi Dao | 10' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere

    Vampirism becomes a metaphor for changing landscapes, bodies and identities in this bloody and bold experimental short.

  • She Cries (The Holy Water)

    Panida Petchara | 10' | Thailand | World premiere

    A cloudy day in the Netherlands occasions a Thai artist’s wistful reverie about her childhood.

  • SO(N)R

    Christine AYO | 18' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A funerary wind instrument breathes life into voiceless images from the past.

  • Sovereign Son

    Cindy Jansen | 79' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere

    Intimate documentary following a man searching for traces of his father – and his own identity.