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May 2017

• • 9 May 2017

  IFFR vertoont Feyenoord-documentaire‘The Other Side of the Heart Is White’

  IFFR vertoont op donderdag 11 mei de Feyenoord-documentaire 'The Other Side of the Heart is White' in het RO Theater, omlijst met een randprogramma bestaande uit muziek, een gedicht van Jan Oudenaa...

March 2017

• • 31 March 2017

  Curaçao IFFR celebrates its 6th edition from 5 through 9 April 2017

  Added to the mix are some fresh new titles that have kicked up a storm at other film festivals, such as Silver Bear winner The Other Side of Hope by Aki Kaurismäki, which opens the festival on 5 Ap...

February 2017

• • 5 February 2017

  Planet IFFR closes with exceptionally high audience ratings

  The festival screened 484 films of which 105 world premières, and attracted more than 314,000 visits. IFFR welcomed 316 filmmakers and 1,910 film professionals from all over the world.

• • 3 February 2017

  IFFR announces award winners 46th edition

  The winner of the Hivos Tiger Competition of International Film Festival Rotterdam is Sexy Durga by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan. Filmmaker Niles Atallah of Rey won the Special Jury Award. The Warsteiner...

• • 1 February 2017

  34rd edition CineMart closes as awards are announced

  This evening, the CineMart 2017 awards were announced, marking the close of the 34rd edition of the co-production market. Out of 26 international projects from 24 countries the jury chose 4 differe...

January 2017

• • 29 January 2017

  IFFR announces winners Tiger Awards for Short Films 2017

  The jury for the Tiger Competition for Short Films completed its deliberations and announced tonight El cuento de Antonia by Jorge Cadena, Rubber Coated Steel by Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Sakhisona b...

• • 28 January 2017

  Hubert Bals Fund and Netherlands Film Fund extend partnership

  With a renewed and extended partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund, IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) is in full gear for its 2017 application rounds. The new HBF team also announced new guidelin...

• • 24 January 2017

  IFFR and Océ kick-start innovation with Propellor | Kickstart partnership

  International Film Festival Rotterdam invests both in talent and in technology in order to keep cinema relevant and vibrant. IFFR’s co-production market CineMart and film tech hub Propellor are ent...

• • 20 January 2017

  Masterclasses by Olivier Assayas, Béla Tarr, Andrea Arnold and Barry Jenkins at IFFR 2017

  Acclaimed filmmakers Olivier Assayas, Béla Tarr, Andrea Arnold and Barry Jenkins will be attending the 46th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), where they will give masterclass...

• • 20 January 2017

  IFFR welcomes 57 emerging producersto Rotterdam Lab

  New and returning partner organisations from Kosovo, Macedonia, Chile, Kenya and USA.

• • 17 January 2017

  IFFR opens up the filmmaker’s laboratory in Nuts & Bolts

  In its Deep Focus: Nuts & Bolts programme section, International Film Festival Rotterdam presents a series of unique machines from the studios of independent filmmakers and artists.

• • 11 January 2017

  20th Century Women closing film of IFFR 2017

  International Film Festival Rotterdam will close its 46th edition on Saturday, 4 February, with the European première of the American film 20th Century Women by Mike Mills.