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The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the projects that will receive this year’s grants from its Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), which supports films from less-developed regions. The fund picked 15 feature projects from more than 900 submissions, selecting work from filmmakers from across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. This year’s…
Raising financing for and making a claustrophobic debut feature film set in a remote part of northern Sweden in the 1930s and doing so in Meänkieli, a minority language in the country that had never been used for a feature, sounds like a huge task. But in the case of Swedish writer-director Jon Blåhed’s Raptures…
IFFR Pro, the Rotterdam Film Festival‘s industry section, and the year’s first major film market, is in full swing. While other markets focus on major commercial titles with A-list stars, IFFR, true to its roots in the 42-year-old CineMart — the “OG of co-production markets” as new IFFR Pro director Marten Rabarts puts it — Rotterdam…
Welcome to Portugal, 1968! António de Oliveira Salazar’s political life has reached its end after decades as the head of Portugal’s military regime. That fact is known and acknowledged by everyone, except the dictator himself… That is the starting point for Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator, the new film from Portuguese…
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled its “Cinema Regained” program for 2025, featuring 43 restored classics, documentaries, and film heritage explorations. The strand includes both contemporary works and pre-1970 restorations. Key premieres include Mousso Fariman — the first film from Burkinabé director Drissa Touré (Haramuya) in 30 years, co-directed with Stéphane Mbanga — and…
Punk arrives in New Zealand, a little bit late, in Head South, the new dramedy from New Zealand director Jonathan Ogilvie (Lone Wolf, The Tender Hook) which opens this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Thursday, January 25. Ogilvie took inspiration from his own life in sleepy Christchurch in the late 70s for the…
Clare Stewart, former director of BFI London Film Festival and recently CEO at Sheffield DocFest, is going Dutch, taking over the job of managing director at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Stewart will take over from Marjan van der Haar, who is exiting the post, and start on June 21 ahead of the 54th…
‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’ Wins Rotterdam Festival Political dramas and documentaries were the big winners at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), as socially-relevant features from Africa, Sri Lanka and the Middle East coming away with the top honors. Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram, a documentary that follows a group of…
Rotterdam Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Monday unveiled the full lineup for its 2023 event. After two all-virtual festivals, the IFFR is finally returning in-person fest, running Jan. 25-Feb. 5 in the Dutch port city. Rotterdam is one of the last major festivals to return post-pandemic, its 2022…
Rotterdam Returns to In-Person Festival in 2023 After two all-virtual events, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will return in person next year with a full lineup and, on Thursday unveiled its first titles for 2023. In its Bright Future program, dedicated to young and emerging talent, confirmed two world premieres: Almost Entirely a Slight…