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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

RTM

Overview of films

  • Bubbling Baby

    Sharine Rijsenburg | 19' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A celebration of a heritage often overlooked, Bubbling dance culture is reframed and reclaimed.
  • Burnt Toast

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

    A man obsessed with Tommy Cooper neglects his house. All the while, his toast is burning.
  • Dream State

    A journey in five short films to the land between dream and reality, where the mundane just may be science fiction – and vice versa.
  • Caltha

    Isabel Legate | 10' | Netherlands | World premiere

    The myth of the Caltha flower becomes a visceral short film about floods of desires.
  • RTM Talk: Unsung Heroes

    Who are the names in the credits of a film?
  • Centre for Creativity

    Nick Thomas, Marta Hryniuk | 22' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A tribute to the unseen spaces of wartime Ukraine: survival, solidarity and creativity practices intermingle.
  • CHIME – An Extended View

    Jeanine Verloop | 22' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Super slow motion shots of vibrating three-dimensional glass strings reveal a world that extends beyond time and our visual perception.
  • The Clearing

    Marco Douma, Roel Meelkop | 8' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Time and space dissolve in this enigmatic short film with a haunting ambient score.
  • Talk: Get in the Game

    The relationship between the filmmaker and the producer is discussed and explored.
  • RTM: Opening Talk

    A discussion on film culture in Rotterdam and a discussion with filmmaker Froukje Tan.
  • Dear Orchid

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

  • Deeply, Madly

    Helen Anna Flanagan | 27' | Netherlands | World premiere (festival)

    Be carried by the waves, until they break. A woman muses on her fear of falling.