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Feminist Focus programme and Cinema Regained selections revealed for IFFR 2026
Final Focus programme set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Organisation for Women and Cinema Regained line-up to include world premieres of Péter Lichter’s The Thing in the Coffin and Ryan A. White & A.P. Pickle’s Mickey & Richard
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“Children’s films can hold up a mirror to adults”: filmmaker Idriss Nabil on his participation in the education programme at IFFR 2025
Film education is an essential part of IFFR’s annual programme, in which children and young people discover the world of film. Last edition, filmmaker Idriss Nabil was a guest with his tender youth film Moustache. We spoke to the filmmaker about how the conversations his film inspired with young people at IFFR reminded him exactly […]
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Education
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“There is still so much to fight for, to rethink, to imagine”: Mauricio Freyre on Estados Generales and the support of HBF
Mauricio Freyre, writer and director of Estados Generales, a project supported by the HBF+Europe Post-production speaks with us about the process behind this production
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Hubert Bals Fund
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IFFR Pro
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New premieres and shorts Focus programmes unveiled for IFFR 2026
IFFR has revealed an additional selection of premieres across its Harbour and Bright Future strands, and the first Limelight selections, alongside its two shorts Focus programmes on Collectif Faire-Part and Tetsuya Maruyama, for the upcoming 55th edition of the festival.
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Focus on Japanese direct-to-video phenomenon V-Cinema at IFFR 2026
Programme dedicated to the Japanese direct-to-video cultural phenomenon set for upcoming edition.
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“Be bold; you matter; you’re there”: Madeleine Molyneaux on attending IFFR as an emerging professional
Madeleine Molyneaux, long-standing Pro Hub mentor, sat down with us to explain what makes IFFR a special place to come to advance your career.
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IFFR Pro
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Interview
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Stitched into the fabric: the IFFR 2026 campaign is here
For this year’s campaign, the tiger is back stitched inseparably into the fabric of our home city.
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Accreditations for IFFR 2026 now on sale
IFFR is a meeting point for ideas, perspectives and creative minds from across the world of cinema, celebrating film in all its forms with a full industry programme of panels, conversations and daily networking receptions.
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IFFR Pro
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First wave of world premieres announced for IFFR 2026
First Nine World Premieres Set Across ‘Bright Future’ and ‘Harbour’ Strands
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Apply now for the Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme 2026
We are pleased to announce the return of our Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme: applications are now open for journalists and media makers from a wide range of backgrounds to attend IFFR in 2026.
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Open call
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