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NewsDenis Lavant to star in Chilean ghost story ’Bloques Erráticos’ (exclusive)
French star plays the ghost of a cinematographer who breaks free after a century trapped within the glaciers of Patagonia.
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NewsReel Suspects boards Chinese queer drama ‘1 Girl Infinite’ ahead of IFFR Bright Future premiere (exclusive)
Lilly Hu’s debut film is exec-produced by ’Forrest Gump’ and ’Killers Of The Flower Moon’ screenwriter Eric Roth.
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NewsDisabled UK-based filmmakers to attend Rotterdam as part of BFI initiative
‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ filmmaker Ella Glendining is among the filmmakers attending.
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NewsRotterdam Big Screen Competition title ‘Idyllic’ acquired for sales (exclusive)
The comic film depicts several generations of a dysfunctional family.
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NewsRotterdam unveils 2025 Tiger and Big Screen competition line-ups
IFFR 2025 runs January 30 – February 9.
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NewsHeretic acquires sales rights to Rotterdam Tiger title ‘Wind, Talk To Me’ (exclusive)
Film received a special mention at last year’s Les Arcs Industry Village.
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NewsRotterdam 2025 unveils opening and closing films
Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn’s ‘Fabula’ will open IFFR.
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NewsRotterdam unveils line-up for 2025 CineMart project market
Projects by directors including Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Cheryl Dunyeare and Ashim Ahuwalia are among the 2025 line-up
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NewsRotterdam adds 11 films to Harbour, Limelight and Bright Future strands
Festival will also honour The Brutalist cinematographer Lol Crawley.
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NewsRotterdam-bound ‘Acts Of Love’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Film will have world premiere in Rotterdam’s Harbour strand.
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NewsChristopher Murray, Kamila Andini and Muayad Alayan projects receive Hubert Bals Fund backing
International Film Festival Rotterdam’s fund back 12 feature film projects through its Development Support scheme
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NewsRotterdam to hold retrospectives of Katja Raganelli and Sergii Masloboishchykov
Festival’s 2025 Focus programme also explores legacy of VHS culture and tribute to Bandung Conference.
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NewsRotterdam selects 13 world premieres in first wave of Bright Future, Harbour films
Titles include Lilly Hu’s ‘One Girl Infinite’, executive-produced by Eric Roth.
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NewsRotterdam premiere ‘Tenement’ sells to North America (exclusive)
Psychological horror thriller is debut feature from Cambodian writer-directors Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea.
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NewsRotterdam names Marten Rabarts as head of IFFR Pro
Veteran exec previously worked at New Zealand Film Festival and Binger Filmlab.
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NewsErige Sehiri, Danielle Arbid projects awarded Hubert Bals funding
Ten European projects have each been awarded €60,000 co-production and post-production.
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NewsNew Europe agrees US deal for sci-fi romance ‘Eternal’, boards Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s ‘Hot Spot’ (exclusive)
’Eternal’ world premiered at Rotterdam, while ‘Hot Spot’ is set to shoot later this year
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NewsAgnieszka Holland’s ‘Green Border’ wins Rotterdam audience award
IFFR recorded 253,500 visits across its programme of films, art installations and talks for its 2024 edition.
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NewsJapanese debut ‘Rei’ leads Rotterdam winners
Special jury awards of €10,000 each were given to Midhun Murali’s ’Kiss Wagon’ and Jaydon Martin’s ’Flathead’.
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News‘Swimming Home’ director Justin Anderson says he was inspired by French films about “trouble in beautiful spaces”
UK director’s debut feature stars Mackenzie Davis, Christopher Abbott, Ariane Labed and Nadine Labaki