Latest news – Page 2
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NewsCate Blanchett teams with Rotterdam film festival for Displacement Film Fund
Short film scheme will fund the work of displaced filmmakers.
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NewsDenis 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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NewsReel 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.
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NewsDisabled 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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NewsRotterdam Big Screen Competition title ‘Idyllic’ acquired for sales (exclusive)
The comic film depicts several generations of a dysfunctional family.
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NewsRotterdam unveils 2025 Tiger and Big Screen competition line-ups
IFFR 2025 runs January 30 – February 9.
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NewsHeretic 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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NewsRotterdam 2025 unveils opening and closing films
Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn’s ‘Fabula’ will open IFFR.
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NewsRotterdam 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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NewsRotterdam adds 11 films to Harbour, Limelight and Bright Future strands
Festival will also honour The Brutalist cinematographer Lol Crawley.
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NewsRotterdam-bound ‘Acts Of Love’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Film will have world premiere in Rotterdam’s Harbour strand.
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NewsChristopher Murray, Kamila Andini and Muayad Alayan projects receive Hubert Bals Fund backing
International Film Festival Rotterdam’s fund back 12 feature film projects through its Development Support scheme
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NewsRotterdam to hold retrospectives of Katja Raganelli and Sergii Masloboishchykov
Festival’s 2025 Focus programme also explores legacy of VHS culture and tribute to Bandung Conference.
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NewsRotterdam selects 13 world premieres in first wave of Bright Future, Harbour films
Titles include Lilly Hu’s ‘One Girl Infinite’, executive-produced by Eric Roth.
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NewsRotterdam premiere ‘Tenement’ sells to North America (exclusive)
Psychological horror thriller is debut feature from Cambodian writer-directors Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea.
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NewsRotterdam names Marten Rabarts as head of IFFR Pro
Veteran exec previously worked at New Zealand Film Festival and Binger Filmlab.
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NewsErige Sehiri, Danielle Arbid projects awarded Hubert Bals funding
Ten European projects have each been awarded €60,000 co-production and post-production.
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NewsNew Europe agrees US deal for sci-fi romance ‘Eternal’, boards Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s ‘Hot Spot’ (exclusive)
’Eternal’ world premiered at Rotterdam, while ‘Hot Spot’ is set to shoot later this year
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NewsAgnieszka Holland’s ‘Green Border’ wins Rotterdam audience award
IFFR recorded 253,500 visits across its programme of films, art installations and talks for its 2024 edition.
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NewsJapanese debut ‘Rei’ leads Rotterdam winners
Special jury awards of €10,000 each were given to Midhun Murali’s ’Kiss Wagon’ and Jaydon Martin’s ’Flathead’.



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