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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

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  • Could you be our next IFFR Ambassador?

    Get a unique look behind the scenes of one of the world’s largest audience- and industry-driven film festivals as an IFFR ambassador.

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    • Ambassadors
    • Open call

  • Now streaming on IFFR Unleashed: Scope on Screen

    From documentary to animation, these shorts take you from Dutch windmills and the heart of the Amazon to the night sky and the cosmos beyond.

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    • RTM
    • Unleashed

  • Hubert Bals Fund in Brazil: A Margem do Rio wins in Rio as supported films head to Mostra

    Hubert Bals Fund-backed A Margem do Rio by Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho was the big winner at the 28th Festival do Rio, taking five awards including best fiction feature.

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    • Displacement Film Fund
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • Tips

  • Become an IFFR Youth Jury member

    The IFFR Youth Jury Award is selected by a panel of young people for an outstanding festival film of their choice.

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    • News
    • Open call

  • IFFR films submitted to the Oscars

    Variations on a Theme won the Tiger Award at IFFR 2026, was backed through HBF+Europe: Post-production Support and is now South Africa’s submission to the Oscars.

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    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • News

  • Rotterdam Lab open call 2027

    We’re launching an open call for participation at the next edition of Rotterdam Lab at IFFR 2027. A maximum of five spots will be made available to selected producers. 

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    • IFFR Pro

  • IFFR-supported films at the 70th BFI London Film Festival

    The first five Displacement Film Fund (DFF) shorts, which had their world premieres at IFFR last edition, feature in this year’s LFF for Free programme.

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • Stories
    • Tips

  • Hubert Bals Fund announces HBF+Europe: Post-production Support selection 2026

    This selection features projects by filmmakers from Argentina, India and Brazil, distinct in form, ambition and scale: a creative documentary set in a dystopian future, a love story in India’s Kinnar community and a tragicomic detective story in a sweltering Rio de Janeiro.

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    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • News

  • Meet our RTM Curators for 2027

    Leana Boven, Ciska Meister and Rocky Roos. will guest curate the RTM programme at IFFR 2027.

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    • News
    • RTM

  • IFFR films at the Netherlands Film Festival 2026

    This year’s Netherlands Film Festival, running Friday 25 September to Friday 2 October 2026 in Utrecht, is packed with IFFR 2026 films.

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    • IFFR Pro
    • News
    • Stories
    • Tips