Press and industry screenings at IFFR 2025
Accredited press and industry can book exclusive screenings of the following titles in selection.
Find out how to book press and industry tickets
Tiger Competition
Press and industry screenings are arranged for all the titles in the Tiger Competition.
Big Screen Competition
Press and industry screenings are arranged for all the titles in the Big Screen Competition.
Bright Future
Press and industry screenings are arranged for the following titles in the Bright Future programme.
A list of films
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The Crowd
Met with restrictions a group of Gen-Z/Millennial friends in Tehran make a goodbye plan for their friend.
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On This Land
18th-century Russian village life, shaped by superstitions, religious violence and the class struggle against feudalism.
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Rains over Babel
A reimagining of Dante’s Inferno as a choral queer drama, drenched in psychedelia and mysticism.
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Sabbatical
A daughter’s sudden return home threatens to unravel her frail relationship with her overbearing mother.
Harbour
Press and industry screenings are arranged for the following titles in the Harbour programme.
A list of films
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Finding Ramlee
To repay his debts, a small-time actor is forced to impersonate screen icon P. Ramlee.
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From Behind the Teeth
Artist Mox Mäkelä and scientist Mikael Fortelius play free-associative chess using teeth. Surreal, absurdist fun.
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
A kaleidoscopic all-archival exploration of the work of intrepid mid-century utopian neuroscientist, John C. Lilly.
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The New Jews
Interview-based collage probing Israeli exiles in Berlin. A stylish, provocative intertwining of politics and sex.
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The Slow Man and His Raft
An out of practice circus troupe receives an abandoned, motion-impaired man, whose slowness becomes spectacle.
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The Things You Kill
A simmering, long-fuse crime drama reflecting on the far-reaching legacies of familial violence.
Limelight
Press and industry screenings are arranged for the following titles in the Limelight programme.
A list of films
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Blazing Fists
From a juvenile reformatory, two friends desperately try to change their place in Japanese society.
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La Chambre de Mariana
A unique tale of survival and revelation, set in Ukraine during the Second World War.
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Silence of the Sea
A forged painting occasions a rhapsodic meditation on ageing, beauty, authenticity and love.
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This City Is a Battlefield
A sumptuous Jakarta-set historical thriller fusing sensual romantic drama with gripping political intrigue.
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U.S. Palmese
The Manetti Bros. return to Rotterdam with another snarky comedy to delight football lovers and beyond.
Focus: Hold Video in Your Hands
Press and industry can access an exclusive screening of Alex Ross Perry’s Videoheaven.
Art Directions: immersive media in Katoenhuis
There are a limited number of slots available for immersive media works in Katoenhuis. Therefore, press and industry have been given specific windows in which to view the work. Take note of the following:
- Industry badge-holders can book immersive media on Monday 3 February between 12.00–19.00. Booking is required.
- Press has exclusive access to the immersive media on Friday 31 January between 12.00–14.00. No booking is required.