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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Spectrum

Overview of films

  • ‘Til Madness Do Us Part

    Wang Bing | 228' | France | None

    China’s most famous documentary maker spent months in a municipal asylum, where patients are sometimes incarcerated for decades. This four-hour docume
  • 11 Flowers

    Wang Xiaoshuai | 110' | China | None

    Wang Xiaoshuai was one of the first independent Chinese filmmakers to come to Rotterdam. His 11 Flowers is an enchanting paradox. Wang’s most autobiog
  • 11.25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate

    Wakamatsu Koji | 119' | Japan | None

    Taut, monumental film about the great Japanese writer and right-wing political agitator Mishima. Also a monument to the memory of the great Japanese f
  • 12 Lotus

    Royston Tan | 121' | Singapore | European premiere

    The lovers of the glittering Singapore musical 881 can rejoice again. The film tells the more than tragic story of a popular female vocalist who…
  • 127 Hours

    Danny Boyle | 94' | USA | None

    Thrillseeker Aron Ralston (James Franco) had more of an adventure than he intended when he ended up alone trapped under a block of rock, somewhere…
  • 13 Assassins

    Miike Takashi | 121' | Japan | None

    Spectacular film in the best samurai tradition. Cult director Miike made an overwhelming version for the Japanese cinemas, and the audience started wh
  • 24 City

    Jia Zhangke | 107' | China | None

    Master chronicler of change in China, Jia Zhang-ke, continues to innovate his style. Documentary flows into fiction. In nine ‘interviews’ we see the s
  • 28

    Prasanna Jayakody | 98' | Sri Lanka | World premiere

    Poetic travelogue in breathtaking countryside of Sri Lanka counterpointed with the journey of two simple men and a mysterious coffin heading towards a
  • 33 Scenes from Life

    Malgoska Szumowska | 95' | Germany | None

    An unexpectedly charismatic film about the loss of dearest people in a person’s life – tragic, comic, absurd and empathetic at the same time. An…
  • 35 Rhums

    Claire Denis | 100' | France | None

    Father and daughter realise that they have to leave their house. Claire Denis shows a loving relationship in transition.
  • 38 témoins

    Lucas Belvaux | 104' | Belgium | World premiere

    A brutal murder in Le Havre: 38 people must have noticed, but say they heard or saw nothing. A claustrophobic, moving, beautifully shot film with…
  • 9808 An Anthology of 10th Year Indonesian Reform

    Anggun Priambodo, Ucu Agustin, Ifa Isfansyah, Otty Widasari, Ariani Darmawan, Hafiz, Lucky Kuswandi, Edwin, RICO Surya Pratama, Steve Pillar Setiabudi | 115' | Indonesia | European premiere

    Behind a beautiful initiative one occasionally finds important people who remain invisible. In this case that is Prima Rusdi, an experienced scriptwri