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IFFR closes its 55th edition celebrating an uptick in new, younger audiences and industry attendees
IFFR has wrapped its 55th edition, achieving over 286,000 in annual attendance and welcoming a 20% increase in audiences aged between 20 and 30, with half the festival audience now under 40.
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Shahrbanoo Sadat’s No Good Men opens Berlinale 2026 among strong HBF and CineMart lineup
The world premiere of Shahrbanoo Sadat’s No Good Men is one of several films and projects across the programme supported by the Hubert Bals Fund and CineMart.
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Reality Check: Building the Future of Immersive Storytelling
How can immersive storytelling be supported in ways that allow artistic ambition, institutional responsibility and long-term viability to develop together?
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Variations on a Theme and Master take IFFR 2026’s top awards
The winners of Tiger and Big Screen Awards for IFFR 2026 have been announced.
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“Above all, Bazaar is a love story”: Rémi Bezançon on the IFFR 2026 closing film
The comedy thriller Bazaar (Murder in the Building) will bring IFFR 2026 to a close with a celebration of cinema as mystery and as a playful shared experience.
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IFFR Pro Awards presented to projects across CineMart, Darkroom, Lightroom and Safe Harbour
Celebrating outstanding projects from the CineMart, Darkroom, Lightroom and Safe Harbour selections, recognising bold artistic vision, innovation and international collaboration at different stages of development.
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Sylvia Hoeks on her directing debut Magpie: “This story came from hitting rock bottom”
Leading Dutch actor Sylvia Hoeks talks to IFFR Pro about her directorial debut, Magpie, which sees its Dutch premiere at IFFR 2026 as a prelude for Alex Cox’s Dead Souls.
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Tiger Short Competition winners 2026
Earlier tonight (Monday 2 February), the winners of the Tiger Short Competition and KNF Award were announced during a ceremony held at WORM’s Central Station. The jury also selected the nominee for the European Short Film Award.
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Tips from IFFR ambassador Sethi Djegane Gueye
As a Dutch-Senegalese photographer and filmmaker, it is important to me that stories from and about Sub-Saharan Africa are seen and heard. Cinema is a powerful medium to present perspectives that often remain underexposed, and IFFR is the perfect place to discover such voices.
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Tips from IFFR ambassador Zeynep Serdaroğlu
2m² Volkan Üce | Belgium, Germany, Turkey | 2026 | 83′Got the chance to pre-screen this at the IFFR office last week and haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Following a funeral director for the Belgian-Turkish community, the film circles one simple but loaded question: where should someone be buried if their life is in […]
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