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News‘Variations On A Theme’ wins Tiger award at Rotterdam film festival
The Big Screen competition winner was Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s ’Master’.
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NewsMister Smith Entertainment boards Toronto, Rotterdam comedy ‘Maddie’s Secret’
EXCLUSIVE: Film is the directorial debut of US comedian and actor John Early.
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NewsIFFR Pro 2026 unveils winners including Joshua Loftin’s hybrid feature ‘LFD Hope’
‘LFD Hope’ is described as a magical realist docu-drama about living on the margins in London.
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NewsJust 1.2% of filmmakers picked for major festivals identify as disabled or neurodivergent, Crip Count report finds
EXCLUSIVE: The report tracked the number of people with above-the-line credits who self-identified as disabled or neurodivergent.
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News“We're easy to work with,” say UK producers to potential Dutch partners
Paperwork levels and packaging difficulties can be overcome, they say.
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NewsIFFR’s Displacement Fund films receive rapturous reception as Mohammad Rasoulof makes plea for Iranian protestors
The first five films supported by the fund were screend at the festival.
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NewsReason8 Films to launch Rotterdam title ‘A Messy Tribute To Motherly Love’ at EFM
Film receives its world premiere in International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition on February 2.
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NewsVisit Film acquires world sales on Rotterdam selection ‘The Misconceived’
EXCLUSIVE: 3D-rendered tragi-comedy about millennials turning 40 will also screen at EFM.
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NewsRotterdam’s Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart on 2026 highlights and human rights focus
Festival heads bill Rotterdam as a “place of discovery” for films from “all corners of the world.”
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NewsFilm Harbour boards Tom Fassaert’s Rotterdam title ‘Between Brothers’
EXCLUSIVE: Amsterdam-based sales agency picks up latest documentary from ‘A Family Affair’ director Fassaert.
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NewsReel Suspects moves in on Dominican romantic drama ‘Interior Apartment Day’ ahead of Rotterdam premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The Harbour-selected film is directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas.
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NewsUK’s Impronta Films acquires Rotterdam “sci-fi” doc ‘Hungry’
EXCLUSIVE: UK’s Impronta Films is representing the project.
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NewsOdd Slice Films adds IFFR Tiger title ‘La belle année’ to 2026 slate
EXCLUSIVE: ‘La belle année’ is a documentary essay film by first-time Swedish filmmaker Angelica Ruffier.
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NewsKleber Mendonça Filho and John Lithgow join Rotterdam’s Big Talks programme
Speakers set for this year’s festival also include Italian actress Valeria Golino and Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed.
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NewsItaly's Luminalia acquires Mozambique Tiger title ‘O Profeta’
EXCLUSIVE: Italian outfit Luminalia is focusing on films from sub-Saharan Africa
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NewsProtagonist boards Rotterdam title ‘Butterfly’ starring Renate Reinsve
EXCLUSIVE: It is produced by Maria Ekerhovd of Norway’s Mer Film, behind ‘Sentimental Value’.
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NewsRotterdam unveils 2026 Tiger and Big Screen competition lineups
Festival to open with João Nicolau’s ’Providence And The Guitar’ and close with Rémi Bezançon’s ’Bazaar (Murder In The Building)’.
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NewsRotterdam’s CineMart launches Safe Harbour programme for stateless and at-risk filmmakers
Four projects by filmmakers from Myanmar, Sudan, Syria and Palestine selected for new initiative.
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NewsLFF’s Kristy Matheson and filmmaker Ariane Labed join Rotterdam’s Tiger jury
French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux to receive festival’s Robby Müller Award.
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NewsRotterdam unveils line-up for 2026 CineMart project market
Projects by directors including Morad Mostafa, Toshihiko Tanaka, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige among line-up.