Bero Beyer Festival Director
Everyday we are fed a seemingly unstoppable flow of images. Whether we like it or not, the stories they convey have an impact on how we view the world and ourselves. But it is up to us to decide whether to stay glued to the repetitive stream of easy-answer-imagery or to open our minds to alternative visions that inspire us; images and stories that ask questions and broaden our horizons: cinema!
Last year International ...
Clockwise: Armando Iannucci, Charlotte Rampling, Lucrecia Martel,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Paul Schrader, Sean Baker
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Piercing by Nicolas Pesce, with Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbott
47st International Film Festival Rotterdam
24 January- 4 February 2018
Rotterdam, 9 January 2018
Eight films selected for the festival’s most prestigious award
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces the eight titles selected for the Hivos Tiger Competition: seven world premieres and one international premiere. The prestigious Hivos Tiger Award includes a cash p...
With IFFR 2018 just around the corner, we welcome you to take a look at this years programme and prepare your stay.
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Jimmie by Jesper Ganslandt
47st International Film Festival Rotterdam
24 January- 4 February 2018
Closing film is Armando Iannucci's
The Death of Stalin
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces the opening and closing films for its 47th edition. Inaugurating the twelve-day festival on 24 January 2018 will be the world premiere of Jimmie by Swedish filmmaker Jesper Ganslandt, a road movie with a truly original twist about ...
46th
This weekend, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) closed its 46th edition with the European première of 20th Century Women by filmmaker Mike Mills. The festival screened 484 films this year, of which 105 world premières, and attracted more than 314,000 visits. IFFR welcomed 316 filmmakers and 1,910 film professionals from all over the world. A record number of 63 feature films were rated at an average of 4 (out of 5) or higher in the audience award.
The ...
The CineMart 2017 awards were announced, marking the close of the 34th edition of the co-production market. Out of 26 international projects from 24 countries the jury chose 4 different projects.
Russian/French co-production Jumpman was awarded the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20,000, which is given to a project presented by a European producer. Italian/French co-production Martin Eden was awarded the €6,000 ARTE International Prize and the Wouter Barendrecht Awar...
CineMart Award winners 2017. Photo by Melanie Lemahieu.
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam: 25 January – 5 February 2017
34rd CineMart: 29 January...
At the Award Ceremony on Sunday 29 January, Prantik Basu's Sakhisona was awarded with one of the three Tiger Awards for Short Film.
Can you tell us a bit about your background as an artist.
I used to write and illustrate for a Bengali children’s magazine when I was in high school. While doing my graduation in English Literature at the Calcutta University, I started working at a local television channel as a script writer. In 2007, I wrote and directed a shor...
Jorge Cadena (El cuento de Antonia), one of the three Tiger Award for Short Film winners.
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam
25 January - 5 February 2017
The jury for the Tiger Competition for Short Films completed its deliberations and announced tonight El cuento de Antonia...
New HBF guidelines and deadlines
With a renewed and extended partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund, IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) is in full gear for its 2017 application rounds. The new HBF team also announced new guidelines and deadlines, plus commitment to Benelux distribution.
IFFR is proud to announce the renewed partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund. The new NFF+HBF Co-Development scheme complements the existing successful NFF+HBF Co-production scheme,...
IFFR PRO PANELS
During the first week of IFFR, the Filmmakers Hub organizes and hosts a series of panels and debates. Top industry professionals and experts attending the festival and CineMart will share their experiences with other professionals and dispense important advice to up-and-coming filmmakers.
The panels are informal, yet highly instructive, and are a great forum for filmmakers to get their questions answered and for Industry pros to meet new talent. The IFFR Pro Panel...
The industry programme of the 46th edition.
A wide range of interesting panels, discussions, masterclasses and off course many, many (PRO) screenings will make you feel right at home on Planet IFFR.
Check the online line up of films and events at IFFR2017
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The American film Lemon by Janicza Bravo will open the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on 25 January. Janicza Bravo’s impressive debut is a witty, no-holds-barred portrait of a likeable failure, with co-writer Brett Gelman (Dinner with Brett Gelman, Married), Judy Greer (Ant-Man, The Descendants), Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Boiler Room) and Michael Cera (Juno, Arrested Development) in the leading roles. Lemon will have its ...
The only US fiction feature in Bright Future this year, the film comes to us from the producers behind BLUE RUIN by Jeremy Saulnier. Set in the mid 1990's, SUPER DARK TIMES is a suspenseful and intelligent film about youth and the loss of innocence - what happens when the darkness lurking beneath the surface of everyday life begins to emerge.
A terrible accident transforms best friends from high school Zach and Josh into enemies. This ambitious thriller is set in the American subu...
Bero Beyer, the IFFR Festival Director, tells filmfestivals.com and the rest of the world that he is ready to welcome us all.
"International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) offers a high quality line-up of carefully selected fiction and documentary feature films, short films and media art. The festival's focus is on recent work by talented new filmmakers. However, within the four sections the Festival presents, there is also room for retrospectives and themed programmes. IFFR actively...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) invests both in talent and in technology in order to keep cinema relevant and vibrant. IFFR’s co-production market CineMart and film tech hub Propellor are entering into a cooperation with Océ – A Canon Company - a global leader in digital imaging & printing. During CineMart 2017 the Propellor | Kickstart event will take place, developing new models for the production, distribution and screening of films. Th...
Acclaimed filmmakers Olivier Assayas, Béla Tarr, Andrea Arnold and Barry Jenkins will be attending the 46th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), where they will give masterclasses on their work and influences. These masterclasses are part of an extensive line-up of talks centred around IFFR’s themed programmes and unique, one-off film screenings.
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep, Clouds of Sils Maria) will talk about his previous works, his main infl...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam
25 January - 5 February 2017
New and returning partner organisations from Kosovo, Macedonia, Chile, Kenya and USA
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will welcome
57 promising emerging film producers from ...
The Rotterdam International Film Festival (25 January – 5 February 2017) has championed the presentation of works by talented up-and-coming filmmakers and also features them prominently in the competition sections. This year sees SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG by Julian Radlmaier (faktura film, DFFB) having its world premiere in the Bright Future Award Competition. THE BURGLAR by Hagar Ben Asher (DE/IL/FR, Rohfilm) has the international premiere in the Hivos Tiger Competition. Four fi...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam runs 25 January - 5 February 2017
In its Deep Focus: Nuts & Bolts programme section, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) presents a series of unique machines from the studios of independent filmmakers and artists. Through an exhibition, film screenings and live performances, Nuts & Bolts reveals just how wide-ranging the diversity of techniques used is: from digital and high-tech to analogue and deliberately anachronistic.
Dee...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam will run 25 January - 5 February 2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will close its 46th edition on Saturday, 4 February, with the European première of the American film 20th Century Women by Mike Mills.
20th Century Women is a poignant, heart-warming portrait of fifteen-year-old Jamie, who is being brought up by his eccentric mother and two younger women. The film is a love-letter to those who bring u...
