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December 2018

• • 18 December 2018

  IFFR announces Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2019

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces the 24 short films selected for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition. 18 of these are world premieres. A professional jury will decide the winne...

• • 13 December 2018

  World premiere Dirty God by Sacha Polak to open 48th IFFR

  On Wednesday 23 January 2019, the film Dirty God by Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak (Hemel, Zurich), produced by Marleen Slot (Viking Film), will open the 48th edition of International Film Festival Ro...

• • 12 December 2018

  Andrés Duque and Koki Tanaka world premiere in Rotterdam

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces new feature and short films in Voices, its programme section for filmmakers with a confident voice and captivating stories. The selected title...

• • 11 December 2018

  IFFR announces selection for 36th CineMart

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces the film projects selected for the 36th edition of Rotterdam’s co-production market CineMart. The selected filmmakers come from all over the w...

• • 6 December 2018

  First selections for IFFR’s Bright Future section

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces the first titles for its Bright Future section, the festival’s home for upcoming filmmakers with their own style and vision. The section compr...

• • 5 December 2018

  World premiere of eight-hour Kevin Jerome Everson film

  8903 Empire available online on IFFR Unleashed. From 5 December onwards, streaming platform IFFR Unleashed of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will show the world premiere of 8903 Empir...

• • 4 December 2018

  feel IFFR - Human emotions set free at 48th IFFR | First programme overview revealed

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) zooms in further – from Planet IFFR in 2017, to its inhabitants in 2018 and now even closer in 2019: 48th IFFR investigates human emotions and their rel...

November 2018

• • 29 November 2018

  Beats by Brian Welsh to world premiere at 48th IFFR

  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is to present the world premiere of Beats by Brian Welsh, a film about an unlikely friendship set against a backdrop of illegal raves in the 90s. Beats ...

• • 27 November 2018

  Jean-Luc Godard, Philippe Parreno and Charlotte Pryce in art programme 48th IFFR

  First names revealed for Art Direction. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) takes pride in complementing its film programme with Art Directions: an extensive series of art installations, ...

• • 22 November 2018

  New Dutch Post-production Award launched by HBF, NFF and NPA

  Two €50,000 awards for HBF projects in their final stage

• • 13 November 2018

  IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund announces selection for fall 2018

  Celebrating 30 years of supporting film. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has selected eleven film projects for its Script and Project Development Scheme, which...

• • 7 November 2018

  First titles confirmed for IFFR 2019

  The 48th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is coming up. As programme preparations are in full swing, the festival is announcing the first 26 confirmed titles, including new w...