International Film Festival Rotterdam

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Denis 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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Reel 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.

Cristián Saavedra, Anna Keeley, Sarah Leigh and Ella Glendining

Disabled 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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Rotterdam Big Screen Competition title ‘Idyllic’ acquired for sales (exclusive)

The comic film depicts several generations of a dysfunctional family.

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Heretic 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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Rotterdam 2025 unveils opening and closing films

Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn’s ‘Fabula’ will open IFFR.

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Rotterdam 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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Rotterdam adds 11 films to Harbour, Limelight and Bright Future strands

Festival will also honour The Brutalist cinematographer Lol Crawley.

'Rei'

‘Rei’: Rotterdam Review

Rotterdam’s Tiger winner is an ambitious debut from actor-turned-filmmaker Toshihiko Tanaka

The Old Bachelor

‘The Old Bachelor’: Rotterdam Review

Rotterdam Big Screen winner is a vision of Iran rarely seen on screen

Madame Luna

‘Madame Luna’: Rotterdam Review

Daniel Espinosa returns with this stirring drama about an Eritrean refugee doing everything she can to survive in Calabria

Portrait Of A Certain Orient

‘Portrait Of A Certain Orient’: Rotterdam Review

A brother and sister depart 1940s Lebanon for a new life in Brazil in the latest from Marcelo Gomes

Griece

‘Greice’: Rotterdam Review

A Brazilian student in Lisbon spins a web of white lies in this mild-mannered comedy