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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

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  • Fil Ieropoulos on his latest film Uchronia

    Fil Ieropoulos’s (Avant-Drag! IFFR 2024) hybrid feature Uchronia invokes the wild and restless spirit of Symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud as it offers up a latter-day critique of identity, revolution and the role of the artistic avant-garde.

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    • Interview

  • “The inquiring nature of my films fits Rotterdam well”: filmmaker David Verbeek on his special relationship with IFFR

    We talked to Verbeek about his relationship with the festival, which has been a recurring theme throughout his career. 

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    • Interview

  • Tips from Cineville

    Here at Cineville we’re always on the lookout for new voices, the bold and the beautiful. So what better way to start the first Cineville Day on Tuesday with the Bare Witness programme in KINO, consisting of three short & mid-length films bearing witness as an act of resistance. Other great options for KINO are the Dutch premiere of […]

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    • Tips

  • Tips from IFFR ambassador Allula Karin

    I’m originally from Indonesia, a country of a thousand islands. As an IFFR ambassador this year, I’m proud to share that the festival will be screening several titles by Indonesian creatives. And with my background in performing arts, I have a soft spot for musical films.

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    • Blog

  • Tips from IFFR ambassador Octavie Ide

    In my recommendations below, you’ll notice I gravitate toward queer stories, especially lesbian ones, but always intuitively and never exclusively. One thing they all share is simple: they caught my attention, and I want to share the experience of encountering them.

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    • News

  • Cate Blanchett and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund announce second round of the Displacement Film Fund at IFFR 2026

    Speaking from an IFFR press conference at Fenix in Rotterdam today, Cate Blanchett together with the IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund, announced a second round of the Displacement Film Fund (DFF) short film grant scheme.

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    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • News
    • Press release

  • RTM Pitch 2027 winner announced

    We are pleased to announce the seventh winner of the RTM Pitch at the opening of the RTM Day, featuring local stories and makers from Rotterdam. Cyan Bae wins the 2027 RTM Pitch with the experimental film project How to Lie, Femme, and Pass.

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    • Press release
    • RTM

  • Tips From We are Public

    By Inez de Coo, Film curator at We are Public. For We Are Public I’m always on the lookout for remarkable films that challenge how we thinkabout art, culture, the people we meet and the people we could become. Of course, IFFR provides an embarrassment of riches, but I’m particularly proud of our selection this […]

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    • Blog
    • Tips

  • The Wellspring of Japan’s V-Cinema

    In this year’s Focus programme on V-Cinema, IFFR explores Japan’s direct-to-video phenomenon that emerged in the late 1980s and left a lasting mark in contemporary film culture. Programme curator Tom Mes traces the background of the production model and puts the selected film into context.

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    • Blog

  • Reflections on Colonial Pasts and Possible Futures

    The IFFR 2026 Focus programme on Collectif Faire-Part celebrates the work of the ensemble of Belgian and Congolese artists. IFFR programmers Lyse Nsengiyumva and Koen de Rooij take an in-depth look at their work and practice.

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