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July 2020

- July 20, 2020
Creative Producer Indaba announces its inaugural selection

Selected participants will address a variety of topics around film production in Africa.
- July 17, 2020
Call for the Immediate Release of Moataz Abdelwahab

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk call for the Egyptian authorities to immediately release film producer Moataz Abdelwahab, who is being falsely accused of "partnering with a terro...
- July 8, 2020
IFFR announces new programme structure and team for 50th edition

Introducing the section Harbour, expanded competitions, and several additions to programme team.

- June 25, 2020
Drop charges against Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) and its initiators call for the criminal embezzlement charges against filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov to be dropped immediately, as they are...
- June 11, 2020
How IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund supports filmmakers in June

IFFR is hosting an online panel discussion during Marché du Film in Cannes with HBF-supported and reveals its HBF Spring selection.
- June 8, 2020
IFFR shows four films and a lecture at worldwide online film festival

We Are One: A Global Film Festival announces the first-ever co-curated programming lineup featuring 21 of the most prolific film festivals.

- April 21, 2020
Six Yellow Robin Award winners available on IFFR Unleashed

IFFR offers online alternative for cancelled Curaçao IFFR 2020

- March 9, 2020
Urgent call for the freedom of filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof facing incarceration in Iran

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), The European Film Academy, the Deutsche Filmakademie, the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, the Filmfest Hamburg, IDFA - International Document...

- February 20, 2020
EFA, IDFA and IFFR Call for Release of Deng Chuanbin

The European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam call for the immediate release of Chinese filmmaker Deng Chuanbin (also known ...
- February 2, 2020
Soaring numbers at 49th IFFR

With the screening of Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood on 1 February 2020, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) closed off its 49th edition.

- January 31, 2020
The Cloud in Her Room by Zheng Lu Xinyuan wins Tiger Award IFFR 2020

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the award winners of its 49th edition.
- January 29, 2020
IFFR Pro Award winners announced at the closing night of 37th CineMart

Six different IFFR Pro Awards were handed out to the most promising projects-in-the-making, including the new Splendor Omnia Award and the new IFFR Pro Young Network Award.

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