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January 2017

• • 4 January 2017

  IFFR announces complete Bright Future selection

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) today announces the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.

• • 3 January 2017

  IFFR announces nominees and jury Hivos Tiger Competition 2017

  International Film Festival Rotterdam unveils the full line up for the Hivos Tiger Competition 2017. This includes world premieres of new feature films by up and coming directors Niles Atallah, Ped...

December 2016

• • 30 December 2016

  IFFR announces first Deep Focus titles

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the first part of its Deep Focus 2017 selection. In Deep Focus – one of the festival’s four programme sections – IFFR focuses in on cinema...

• • 29 December 2016

  IFFR presents theme for 2017

  The Perspectives section will examine polarisation and fault lines in contemporary society.

• • 28 December 2016

  IFFR announces first Voices titles

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the first titles in its selection for the Voices section at IFFR 2017. In Voices – one of the festival’s four programme sections – IFFR sh...

• • 20 December 2016

  IFFR presents Short Film programme 2017

  23 films confirmed for Tiger Competition for Short Films.

• • 16 December 2016

  IFFR announces the first Bright Future titles

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the first titles selected for the Bright Future programme, one of the four sections the festival programme consists of.

• • 14 December 2016

  Third edition of IFFR Live extends beyond Europe

  IFFR LIVE 2017 presents film events from Rotterdam to Singapore.

• • 13 December 2016

  CineMart 2017 selection announced

  26 promising projects will be presented at the 34th edition of the co-production market in Rotterdam.

• • 8 December 2016

  Major film industry players team up to propel the film industry into the future

  A one-of-a-kind innovation platform for the development of new business models for production, distribution and experience of films.

November 2016

• • 29 November 2016

  Welcome to Planet IFFR! (EN)

  The campaign for the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017 is ‘Welcome to Planet IFFR’. It is the ninth time Rotterdam-based design agency 75B has created the campaign for IFFR.

• • 24 November 2016

  World premiere of Ernest Dickerson’s Double Play at IFFR 2017

  On Friday 27 January 2017, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will present the festive world premiere of Double Play with the cast and crew in attendance.