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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

The partners of IFFR

IFFR is deeply grateful to its funders, the many local, national and international partners and private donors for their long-term commitment and valuable support to the festival. Together they ensure that IFFR is, and can continue to be, the international film festival for visionary cinema, independent filmmakers and a diverse audience.

IFFR is supported by

Main Partners

Official Car Partner

Strategic Partner

Partners Displacement Film Fund

Partners

Cineville • CJP • Lutfia Rabbani Foundation • Rotterdampas • Screen International • The Film Verdict • The Hollywood Reporter • Variety • We are Public

Funds

Stichting Frans Centrum • Stichting Tiger Friends

Distributors

18K • Bantam Film  • Cherry Pickers • Cinéart Netherlands • Gusto Entertainment • Imagine Filmdistributie Nederland • O’Brother • Paradiso Filmed Entertainment NL • September Film • The Searchers • The Walt Disney Company Benelux • Universal Pictures Benelux • Vedette

IFFR Pro Partners

4DR Studios • ACE Producers • Aflamuna • Arab Cinema Center / MAD Solutions • Arte France • Baghadad Film Connection • Berlinale Co-Production Market • British Council • Catalan Films • Cinecittà S.p.A • Cinéfondation – La Résidence • CoproCity • Creative Europe MEDIA • Creative Scotland • Croatian Audiovisual Centre • Danish Film Institute • Documentary Association of Pakistan (DAP) • Durban FilmMart / Durban Film Office • ECAM – La Incubadora • Eurimages • European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) • Eye Film Institute • Film Development Council of the Philippines • Festival Scope • Ffilm Cymru Wales CBC • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg • FilmForward • Filmmore • Film -und Medienstiftung NRW • Film Fund Luxembourg • Film i Vast • Flanders Audiovisual Fund • Full Spectrum Features • Gemeente Rotterdam • German Films • Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab • Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) • Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center • IDM Film Commission Südtirol • IEFTF • International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg • ISO Canada Indigenous Screen Office • JAMPRO/JAFTA • KOFIC • Lithuanian Film Centre • Locarno Film Festival – Open Doors • Locarno Pro • MIDPOINT Institute • Ministry of Culture OCW • Nederlands Film Fonds • Netherlands Association of Cinema Editors – NCE • Netherlands Film Commission • New Producers Academy (NPA) • Norwegian Film Institute • NZFC – New Zealand Film Commission • Producers Network – Marché du Film • Proimágenes Colombia • Projeto Paradiso • QISSA • Realness Institute • Screen Ireland • Screen Scotland • SEE NL • Singapore Film Commission • Sundance Institute • Swedish Film Institute • Swiss Films • Talent Hub Zuid Holland • Telefim Canada • TEMPO – Federation of Film Editors Associations E.V. • The Gotham Film & Media Institute • Unifrance • Visual Industry Promotion Organisation (VIPO) • Wallonie Bruxelles Images • Yayasan Cipta Citra Indonesia

Venues

BRUTUS • Centraal Station Rotterdam • Cinerama • de Doelen • Fenix • Katoenhuis • KINO • LantarenVenster • Luxor Theater • Pathé Schouwburgplein • Nieuwe Instituut • Podium Islemunda • Theater Rotterdam • V2_Lab for the Unstable Media • WORM

Community Partners

Arab Film Festival • Beeld en Geluid • Bibliotheek Rotterdam • Buddy Film Foundation • Codarts • Cultuur Concreet • Dokhuis • Dutch Culture • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam • Filmacademie Amsterdam • Grafisch Lyceum • Groothandelsgebouw • HKU • Mint2 • Markthal • Netwerk Nieuw Rotterdam • Operator • Popkraft • Roffa Mon Amour • Rotterdam Partners • Rotterdam Make it Happen • Rotterdam Street Culture Week • Rotterdamse Uitdaging • Skateland • Superkracht • Susan Bijl • Stichting Mano • Stichting Nieuw Thuis Rotterdam • Theater Zuidplein • Ticketbank • UPscaleXR • W70 • Willem de Kooning Academy

Suppliers

3PO • 75B • Alvero • AV Registered • Beeldmentaliteit • Cigarbox • DEX • Landelijk Netwerk Filmeducatie • LENN • Lubee Pinverhuur • Meetup010 • Palmarium • Powerproductions • Rocka Art • Queue-it • Stichting Kunstzinnige Vorming Rotterdam • TicketWorks • Trengo • Ontwerpbureau Triomf • Verhuurbedrijf Zuid-Holland • Watch that Sound

Education programme is supported by

Elja Foundation • Fonds 21 • Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie • Janivo Stichting • NL Filmfonds • Volkskracht

Art Directions is supported by

Ammodo Art • Mondriaan Fonds • Rotterdam Festivals

Hubert Bals Fonds is supported by

Creative Europe Media • Embratur • NL Filmfonds • Projeto Paradiso • Susan Weeks • SpCine • RioFilme • Ventre Studios – João Queiroz

RTM and RTM Pitch are supported by

Gemeente Rotterdam • G.Ph.Verhagen-Stichting • QISSA • VEVAM Fonds

Talenthub Zuid-Holland is supported by

Gemeente Den Haag • Gemeente Rotterdam • het Cultuurfonds • Filmhuis Den Haag • LantarenVenster • NL Filmfonds • QISSA • New Producers Academy • Rotterdam Writers’ Rooms • Buddy Film Foundation

A special thank you to our volunteers, Tiger Members and donors.