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Tiger Short Competition winners 2025
Three titles receive equal Tiger Short Awards, each worth €5,000, KNF Award winner and nomination for European Short Film Award
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International Film Festival Rotterdam unveils 2025 Tiger Short Competition winners
Three titles receive equal Tiger Short Awards, each worth €5,000, KNF Award winner and nomination for European Short Film Award also announced.
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Tips from IFFR ambassador Kristel Anna Frich
During International Film Festival Rotterdam the Art Directions City Walk brings together a range of groundbreaking works that push boundaries between art, technology, and the human experience. Want some Art Directions tips on what to visit during your IFFR ? See here:
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Tips from IFFR ambassador Marco Dreijer
As an ambassador for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), I am focusing this year on queer narratives. Film is a powerful medium to showcase diverse perspectives and celebrate identities. This year, I am particularly excited about the films and filmmakers who not only represent queer cinema but also challenge and redefine it.
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Hubert Bals Fund deadlines for 2025 announced
We’re pleased to announce the upcoming funding deadlines for the year.
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Filmmaker Ashley Röttjers wins RTM Pitch 2025 with project Regen in augustus
During the opening of the RTM Day at IFFR 2025, which showcases films by Rotterdam-based filmmakers or about our port city, the sixth winner of the RTM Pitch was announced, along with the new development prize and coaching programme recipients.
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The Political (Un)Consciousness
Thirty years after the premiere of his debut feature Josephine, the Singer and the Mice People Ukrainian artist Sergii Masloboishchykov returns to IFFR for a retrospective of his work. Film critic Sonya Vseliubska places his films within their historical and contemporary contexts, analysing their artistic and political significance.
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Matthew Lax: Languages of power and love
With Focus: Matthew Lax, IFFR 2025 presents a decade-spanning look at the work of the American artist, writer and filmmaker. IFFR programmer Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss takes an in-depth look at the approach and themes of Lax’s selected films and installation.
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Michiel ten Horn on the opening film Fabula: “we sometimes felt like the whole film was cursed”
With Fabula, Michiel ten Horn takes us to the south of the Netherlands, his birthplace, to introduce us to Jos, a washed-up criminal from a family haunted by misfortune for generations.
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Presenting the IFFR Pro awards and juries 2025
The awards recognise outstanding projects presented at IFFR Pro’s co-production market CineMart and work-in-progress platform Darkroom.
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