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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

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  • 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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  • 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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    • 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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  • 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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    • 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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  • IFFR 2026 Merchandise

    Our IFFR 2026 Merchandise collection is out in the wild – get your hands on the latest items, including some very special limited-edition finds. From apparel to accessories, you can now be in full tiger style. Where can you buy the IFFR merchandise? You can buy the IFFR merchandise at our merch stores in ‘de […]

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  • Tetsuya Maruyama: Expansion/Contraction

    With Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama, IFFR 2026 spotlights the work of the Rio de Janeiro-based Japanese multidisciplinary artist. IFFR programmer Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss takes an in-depth look at Maruyama’s background and approach to cinema.

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    • Stories

  • Women’s Work: Let’s Make a Film

    With the IFFR 2026 Focus programme The Future Is NOW, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Organisation for Women (NOW)’s founding – a major moment in the history of the Civil Rights movement as well as Second Wave Feminism. The programme’s curators Jennifer Lynde Barker and Olaf Möller put the selected films into context.

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    • Stories

  • Art Directions: A Constellation of Moving Images

    Thirty years ago, IFFR took a leap by introducing a programme defined not by format, but by curiosity. With the launch of Exploding Cinema in 1996, the festival posed a question that continues to resonate today: what can cinema be when it moves beyond the limits of the film theatre?

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