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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

White Nights

Overview of films

  • Masterclass: Middle Eastern Cooking

    120' | -

    Today, IFFR White Nights’ chef, Maher Al Sabbagh who from the age of 13 worked all over the world in the kitchens of professional restaurants,…
  • Mille soleils

    45' | France | -

    Portrait of Magaye Niang, who played the lead in the African classic Touki Bouki by Djibil Diop Mambéty in 1973. In A Thousand Suns, Niang…
  • Mini-expo: A Home Away From Home

    Part of IFFR White Nights from Wednesday 13 July to Sunday 17 July The A Home Away From Home contest, organised by the COA and…
  • Le mirage

    100' | Morocco | -

    Ahmed Bouanani is considered highly influential in the Moroccan cinema, but he never reached large audiences beyond the ‘Maghreb’ context. Following his death in 2011,…
  • Music: Adonia Trio

    60' | -

    Sensitive, subdued music to drift off on. Featuring clarinettist Ghaeth Amaghoot, ud player Nazeer Abdulhai and pianist Obbay Slaum.
  • Music: DJ Duckfood

    60' | -

    Part of IFFR White Nights at Sunday 17 July from 21:30Duckfood defies categorization. Always on the search for new sounds from around the globe, his…
  • Music: Ibrahim Keivo Ensemble

    60' | -

    Ibrahim Keivo comes from an Armenian family who escaped the genocide. At an early age, he learned to play the lutes of the region: buzuq,…
  • Music: Nizar Rohana duo

    60' | -

    Rohana’s experience as a soloist and as a group member now encompasses traditional, modern/experimental music. In 2001 he was awarded a Bachelor of Music and…
  • Nation Estate

    9' | Denmark | -

    A nine-minute science fiction film that offers a clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the ‘Middle East conflict’. The film explores a…
  • Not yet titled (What I Call)

    2' | Netherlands | -

    The Iranian-born Dutchman Nuur surprises us time and again with work that eludes any simple interpretation. Not yet titled (What I Call) is a compilation…
  • Now Eat My Script

    25' | Lebanon | -

    It all started with the story of an aunt smuggling a sacrificial lamb across the Syrian-Lebanese border in the boot of her car. However, the…