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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

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.

Een lijst met films

  • The Crowd

    Sahand Kabiri | 70′ | Iran | World premiere

    Met with restrictions a group of Gen-Z/Millennial friends in Tehran make a goodbye plan for their friend.

  • The Flying Meatball Maker

    Rezan Yeşilbaş | 106′ | Turkey | World premiere

    Kadir is obsessed with flying, but forces conspire to clip his wings.

  • On This Land

    Renata Dzhalo | 98′ | Russia | International premiere

    18th-century Russian village life, shaped by superstitions, religious violence and the class struggle against feudalism.

  • Rains over Babel

    Gala del Sol | 111′ | Colombia | International premiere

    A reimagining of Dante’s Inferno as a choral queer drama, drenched in psychedelia and mysticism.

  • Sabbatical

    Karabo Lediga | 110′ | South Africa | World premiere

    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.

Een lijst met films

  • Finding Ramlee

    Megat Sharizal | 114′ | Malaysia | World premiere

    To repay his debts, a small-time actor is forced to impersonate screen icon P. Ramlee.

  • From Behind the Teeth

    Mox Mäkelä, Mikael Fortelius | 103′ | Finland | World premiere

    Artist Mox Mäkelä and scientist Mikael Fortelius play free-associative chess using teeth. Surreal, absurdist fun.

  • John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

    Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens | 89′ | USA | World premiere

    A kaleidoscopic all-archival exploration of the work of intrepid mid-century utopian neuroscientist, John C. Lilly.

  • The New Jews

    Amir Ovadia Steklov | 80′ | Germany | World premiere

    Interview-based collage probing Israeli exiles in Berlin. A stylish, provocative intertwining of politics and sex.

  • The Slow Man and His Raft

    Pradipta Bhattacharyya | 179′ | India | World premiere

    An out of practice circus troupe receives an abandoned, motion-impaired man, whose slowness becomes spectacle.

  • The Things You Kill

    Alireza Khatami | 110′ | France | European premiere

    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.

Een lijst met films

  • Blazing Fists

    Miike Takashi | 120′ | Japan | International premiere

    From a juvenile reformatory, two friends desperately try to change their place in Japanese society.

  • La Chambre de Mariana

    Emmanuel Finkiel | 130′ | France | World premiere

    A unique tale of survival and revelation, set in Ukraine during the Second World War.

  • Kajolrekha

    Giasuddin Selim | 151′ | Bangladesh | European premiere

    Exiled by a magical bird, Kajolrekha reclaims her destiny in this musical fairytale.

  • Silence of the Sea

    Wakamatsu Setsuro | 112′ | Japan | International premiere

    A forged painting occasions a rhapsodic meditation on ageing, beauty, authenticity and love.

  • This City Is a Battlefield

    Mouly Surya | 118′ | Indonesia | World premiere

    A sumptuous Jakarta-set historical thriller fusing sensual romantic drama with gripping political intrigue.

  • U.S. Palmese

    Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti | 120′ | Italy | International premiere

    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: