International Film Festival Rotterdam(@IFFR) announced the dates for the upcoming 55th edition (IFFR 2026) which will take place from Thursday 29 January to Sunday 8 February 2026.
Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art are excited to announce the 54th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 2 through April 13, 2025.
View the full lineup: filmlinc.org/ndnf54
Apply now: HBF Development Support 📣
The Hubert Bals Fund is now accepting applications for its Development Support scheme, offering grants of up to €10,000 to support the early development of projects.
Submit by 13 March 2025 at 23.59 CET: iffr.com/en/hubert-bals-fund…
ALT Film still: Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (IFFR 2022 & HBF Development Support)
IFFR films shine at the Oscars 🏆
- The Brutalist by Brady Corbet: Best Actor, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography.
- I'm Still Here by Walter Salle: Best International Feature Film
Special Jury Award winners:
🇨🇩 L’arbre de l’authenticité by Sammy Baloji (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
🇩🇪 Im Haus meiner Eltern dir. Tim Ellrich (Germany)
Embassy of India, The Hague hosted a reception for film fraternity attending the IFFR 2025. Amb @ktuhinv in his speech announced a short film competition sponsored by Embassy of India in association with @IFFR for Dutch film making students.
@MEAIndia@IndianDiplomacy@MIB_India@NFAIOfficial
NEWS: TRANSACTION has World Premiere at @IFFR alongside Cuban and Brazilian shorts.
Writer/Director in “Ulimwengu” leather kimono by @katushnairobi for contemporary Gīkūyū nod to culture and language of the film.
Quite liked Suman Mukhopadhyay's new film The Puppet's Tale (Putulnacher Itikatha). Premiered at @IFFR yesterday as part of Big Screen Competition
ottplay.com/features/the-pup…
We're excited to announce that the winner of the RTM Pitch is Ashley Röttjers whit the project Regen in augustus to life 🏆 Read more via: iffr.com/en/blog-filmmaker-a…
UNHCR-ambassadeur Cate Blanchett lanceert in samenwerking met het Internationaal Film Festival Rotterdam @IFFR een nieuw fonds om het werk van gevluchte filmmakers en verhalen over ontheemding te financieren en te promoten! 👇
unhcr.org/nl/2025/01/cate-bl…
📣 Filmmaker callout
Cate Blanchett is launching a new fund in partnership with @IFFR and the Hubert Bals Fund to finance and promote the work of refugee filmmakers and stories of displacement.
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#dirtyfilms#iffr#hubertbalsfund
The next showing of ICK is at Rotterdam @IFFR. Very honored to play at this excellent film festival, and I will be there for a Q A as well as a speaking event. iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/…