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IFFR 2025 in cinemas
From the festival to the cinema screen, find out which IFFR titles can be seen in theatres now.
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Tips
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IFFR 2026 dates confirmed
IFFR 2026 will take place from Thursday 29 January to Sunday 8 February 2026.
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News
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Remembering Gertjan Zuilhof
For a quarter of a century, Zuilhof was at the heart of IFFR’s programming team. He helped shape the festival’s overall artistic vision while leaving his personal imprint through the countries and regions he was most deeply engaged with.
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Stories
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CineMart 2025: expanding the frame
From politically charged narratives to genre-defying experiments in VR, CineMart 2025 reaffirmed its role as a catalyst – a space where projects find the partnerships they need to take the next leap forward.
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CineMart
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IFFR closes its 54th edition
IFFR has wrapped its 54th edition, boosting its annual visitation by 12% to over 296,000.
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Berlinale 2025: premieres and co-production market selections
Our attention turns to the Berlinale which this year showcases several key projects supported by the Hubert Bals Fund and CineMart.
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CineMart
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Hubert Bals Fund
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Tiger and Big Screen award winners 2025
The winners of the top IFFR 2025 prizes are here! Alongside the Tiger Award and Big Screen Award, the Tiger Special Jury, FIPRESCI, NETPAC, and Youth Jury awards were announced during the ceremony tonight in ‘de Doelen’.
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Tiger Juror Soheila Golestani (The Seed of the Sacred Fig) Faces Travel Ban
Iranian actress Soheila Golestani was due to join Yuki Aditya, Peter Strickland, Winnie Lau, Andrea Luka Zimmerman on the Tiger Competition Jury for the 2025 edition of the festival, where her latest project, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, directed by exiled filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, has made its Dutch premiere. Golestani had planned to travel to Rotterdam for the festival but was banned from leaving Iran, preventing her from participating in the Jury.
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IFFR Pro Award winners 2025
Nine awards were handed out to projects presented at the 42nd edition of IFFR’s co-production market CineMart and work-in-progress platform Darkroom.
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CineMart
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Hubert Bals Fund
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IFFR Pro
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Immersive
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Not Even Past
Each year, the Cinema Regained programme spotlights restored classics, documentaries on film culture and explorations of cinema’s heritage. IFFR programmer Olaf Möller guides us through the ideas behind this year’s selection and its connections to films in other programmes.
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