{"id":214086,"date":"2025-12-11T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=214086"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:23:37","slug":"blog-art-directions-at-iffr-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/blog-art-directions-at-iffr-2026","title":{"rendered":"Art Directions at IFFR 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celebrating thirty years since IFFR\u2019s Exploding Cinema ignited a dialogue between digital technology and cinematic language, Art Directions continues to shape the cultural landscape, nurturing bold experiments that stretch far beyond the screen. Discover the lineup for 2026 now.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Art Directions is IFFR\u2019s transformative programme that presents cinema beyond the traditional screening room \u2013 through immersive media, performances, installations and exhibitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally named Exploding Cinema, Art Directions<\/strong> is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026. For the second year running, Katoenhuis will be the main venue and partner for Art Directions<\/strong>, hosting installations, immersive media and for the first time \u2013 the industry extension of the programme, Lightroom<\/a>, which will unite projects in development and works-in-progress together with a symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as a programme of installations and immersive media at Katoenhuis, work is found at cultural spaces across Rotterdam, including Luuk Van Raamsdonk’s My Sweet Elora <\/strong>at Plein in Fenix Museum of Migration, Jacco Gardner’s immersive installation performance Alterity<\/strong> at Brutus and a co-developed experience by Elsemarijn Bruys at V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Langerak, Curator and Coordinator of IFFR\u2019s Art Directions & Lightroom programme, commented: \u201cThis year\u2019s constellation of artists and filmmakers explores different dimensions and uses of film: as catharsis, as memory\u2019s vessel, as a map of the subconscious, as a call to awareness. Celebrating thirty years since IFFR\u2019s Exploding Cinema ignited a dialogue between digital technology and cinematic language, Art Directions continues to shape the cultural landscape, nurturing bold experiments that stretch far beyond the screen. With Lightroom, IFFR renews that spirit of inquiry, forging a space where film, art and emerging technologies converge, allowing new forms of storytelling to emerge and take shape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katoenhuis will host four Art Directions<\/strong> installations<\/a> showcasing IFFR\u2019s commitment to visual and sensory exploration. The works include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n