Arthur Bueno

Ine Lamers

On a deserted film set, a young woman investigates the boundaries of identification with characters on the silver screen, from Monica Vitti to Gena Rowlands.

IFFR 2005

Not She, 

Screen Tests

Not She

Light-hearted portrait of the radical gay liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s, assembled from amateur films by the activist Rob de Vries.

IFFR 2008

Flikker, 

Made in Rotterdam

Flikker

Nanouk Leopold

Froukje Tan

Film about the brief relationship between a Swedish girl and an American boy.

IFFR 1995

Fishy, 

main programme short

Fishy

The festival celebrates Princess Beatrix's birthday with a film concert about four generations of queens. Stadsarchief Rotterdam and Beeld en Geluid present a collage of historic film material of Beatrix and her predecessors Emma, Wilhelmina en Juliana with live music from Half Way Station.

IFFR 2014

Rotterdam Classics: Leve de Koningin!, 

IFFR+

Rotterdam Classics: Leve de Koningin!

Hans Lein

When an ex-convict tries to keep his stepson out of trouble, he himself is drawn to his old habits. Short film by youth theatre group De Ontbranding.

IFFR 2012

Jay's Taste, 

Jay's Taste

Lydia Schouten

Gina Kranendonk

Charming and versatile frame story about two ladies who interview people in Rotterdam for a year, visit people or go into town for the day.

IFFR 2001

Rotterdam, een ongemakkelijk sprookje, 

main programme features

Rotterdam, een ongemakkelijk sprookje

Marieke van der Lippe

The most unashamed cineaste at Rotterdam about losing and rediscovering love.

IFFR 1998

How to Heal a Broken Heart, 

How to Heal a Broken Heart

Documentary portrait of mother and son in the beach.

Zoonlief, 

Rotterdam Perspective

Zoonlief

Tijmen van Vlier

Dave Vriens

Old bike takes its revenge on its careless users.

Zadelpijn, 

Zadelpijn

Patrick van Karsen

Refined and suggestive sketch of immigrant boys having an adventure.

Kiem, 

Kiem

Worm collective

A meta-ficticious-docu-exploitation movie featuring Joep van Lieshout, a singing moustache and a cast of innocents getting their hands dirty. Primal filmmaking.

IFFR 2011

CTRL ALT ESC from Rotterdam, 

Spectrum Shorts

CTRL ALT ESC from Rotterdam

Ode to the casual nature and directness of youth in an original film form.

IFFR 2000

Questions and Answers, 

Questions and Answers

Rosh Abdelfatah

Refined Rotterdam urban collage, made with the eyes and above all the ears of a Syrian inhabitant.

IFFR 2007

Musaic, 

Short: As Long As It Takes

Musaic

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025