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55th International Film Festival Rotterdam

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55th International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Opening filmProvidence and the Guitar by João Nicolau
Closing filmBazaar by Rémi Bezançon
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Founded1972
Awards
Artistic directorVanja Kaludjercic
Festival dateOpening: 29 January 2026 (2026-01-29)
Closing: 8 February 2026 (2026-02-08)
Website IFFR
International Film Festival Rotterdam

The 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2026 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which was held from 29 January to 8 February 2026. [1] In this edition a retrospective for Egyptian film director Marwan Hamed, as one of its Focus strands in celebration of his prolific career was featured along with European premiere of his 2025 film El Sett, a biopic of Egyptian singer and actress Umm Kulthum. [2] In its second focus strand the festival will present films from the Japanese V-Cinema. [3]

Contents

The festival closed with the premiere of French film Bazaar, a comedy-thriller about a crime writer and a film professor caught up in a mystery by Rémi Bezançon. Tiger Award was won by Variations on a Theme!, by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, whereas Audience Award was won by British biographical drama film I Swear by Kirk Jones. [4]

Jury

The jury for its three competition sections was announced on 2 December 2025. [5]

Tiger Competition

Tiger Short Competition

Big Screen Competition

Official selection

The titles were revealed on 16 December 2025. [6] [7]

Opening and closing films

The opening and closing films of the festival are: [8]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Opening film
Providence and the GuitarA Providência e a GuitarraJoão NicolauPortugal
Closing film
BazaarLe crime du 3e étage Rémi Bezançon France

Tiger Competition

The competition titles are as follows: [9]

  • La belle année, Angelica Ruffier (Sweden, Norway)
  • A Fading Man, Welf Reinhart (Germany)
  • The Gymnast , Charlotte Glynn (United States)
  • A Messy Tribute to Motherly Love, Dan Geesin (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium)
  • My Semba, Hugo Salvaterra (Angola)
  • Nangong Cheng, Shao Pan (China)
  • O profeta, Ique Langa (Mozambique, South Africa, Qatar)
  • Roid , Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, (Bangladesh)
  • Supporting Role, Ana Urushadze (Georgia, Estonia, Turkey, Switzerland, United States)
  • Unerasable!, Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos (Belgium, Thailand, Sweden)
  • Variations on a Theme, Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar (South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar)
  • Yellow Cake, Tiago Melo (Brazil)

Big Screen Competition

  • 2m², Volkan Üce, Belgium, Germany, Turkey
  • The Arab, Malek Bensmaïl, Algeria, France, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Belgium
  • Butterfly, Itonje Søimer Guttormsen, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany
  • Cyclone, Philip Yung, Hong Kong
  • The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford , Sean Dunn, United Kingdom
  • Home, Marijana Janković, Denmark, Serbia
  • Master, Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, Bangladeshis
  • Moonglow , Isabel Sandoval, Philippines
  • Now I Met Her, Xiao Luxi, China
  • Projecto Global, Ivo M. Ferreira, Portugal, Luxembourg
  • Talking to a Stranger (Hablando con extraños), Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Mexico
  • Tell Me What You Feel, Łukasz Ronduda, Poland

Tiger Short Competition

  • A donde nos lleva la fe de José Gerónimo, director Juliano Kunert (Dominican Republic)
  • Acid City, dir. Jack Wedge, Will Freudenheim (United States)
  • The Apple Doesn’t Fall…, dir. Dean Wei (China)
  • Body, remember…, dir. Matthew Berka (United Kingdom)
  • CUL-DE-SAC !, dir. Clyde Gates, Gabriel Sanson (Belgium, France)
  • Deep Cobalt, dir. Petna Ndaliko Katondolo (Congo, Democratic Republic, United States)
  • DISSONANCE, dir. Jordan Strafer (Germany)
  • Domestic Demon, dir. Anahid Yahjian (United States, Portugal)
  • Futuros luminosos, dir. Ismael García Ramírez (Colombia)
  • Golden Island, dir. Arief Budiman (Indonesia, Singapore)
  • Home Is where the heart Is, dir. Timothée Engasser (France)
  • I am a River, dir. Heidi Piiroinen (Finland, France)
  • Last Shot, dir. Parham Rahimzadeh (Netherlands)
  • like moths to light, dir. Gala Hernández López (Spain, Italy, France)
  • Mirror Martyr Mirror Moon, dir. Jesse Jones (Ireland)
  • The Next World, dir. Grau Del Grau (United States)
  • Objet d’énigme, dir. Chiara Caterina (Italy, Belgium)
  • Orla, dir. Marie Lukáčová (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
  • RELUCESCO, dir. Shannon Lynn Harris (Canada)
  • The Second Skin, dir. Mariia Lapidus (United States, Mexico)
  • Smriti~, dir. Shahi A J (India)
  • The Tragic Movement of the Spheres, dir. Simon Rieth (France)

Limelight

A programme showcasing cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners. [10] [11]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
100 Nights of Hero Julia Jackman United Kingdom, United States
3 Days in September3 zile în septembrie Tudor Giurgiu Romania
BadakM. Raihan HalimSingapore, Malaysia
Bazaar (Murder in the Building)Le crime du 3e étageRémi BezançonFrance
Between BrothersTussen broersTom FassaertNetherlands, Belgium
ChaO チャオYasuhiro AokiJapan
Dead Man's Wire Gus Van Sant United States
Deadline自殺通告 Kiwi Chow Taiwan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
El Sett Marwan Hamed Egypt
Exit 8 8番出口Genki KawamuraJapan
Fackham Hall Jim O'HanlonUnited Kingdom, United States
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch United States, Ireland, France
Fuori Mario Martone Italy, France
Gavagai Ulrich Köhler Germany, France
The History of Sound Oliver Hermanus United Kingdom, United States
Hi-Five 하이파이브 Kang Hyeong-cheol South Korea
I Swear Kirk Jones United Kingdom
The Kidnapping of a PresidentKyyditysSamuli ValkamaFinland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Estonia
Late Fame Kent Jones United States
Life Is Life La vita va così Riccardo Milani Italy
The Little Sister La Petite Dernière Hafsia Herzi France, Germany
Mi Amor Guillaume Nicloux France
My Daughter Is a Zombie 좀비딸Pil Gam-sungSouth Korea
My Tennis Maestro Il Maestro Andrea Di Stefano Italy
No Hit Wonder Florian DietrichGermany
No Other Choice 어쩔수가없다 Park Chan-wook South Korea
Palestine 36 فلسطين ٣٦ Annemarie Jacir Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
Parasakthi பராசக்தி Sudha Kongara India
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise ペリリュー 楽園のゲルニカGoro KujiJapan
Providence and the GuitarA providência e a guitarraJoão NicolauPortugal
Quezon Jerrold Tarog Philippines
Rangga & Cinta Riri Riza Indonesia
Return to Silent Hill Christophe Gans France, United States
Romería Carla Simón Spain, Germany
Scarlet 果てしなきスカーレット Mamoru Hosoda Japan
The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
The Shadow's Edge 捕风追影 Larry Yang China, Hong Kong
Siapa Dia Garin Nugroho Indonesia
Silent Friend Stille Freundin Ildikó Enyedi Germany, France, Hungary
Sore: Wife from the Future Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan Yandy Laurens Indonesia
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen Mascha Schilinski Germany
Special Unit – The First MurderRejseholdet – Det første mord Christoffer Boe Denmark, Poland
The Stranger L'Étranger François Ozon France
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold United Kingdom, United States
Tokyo Taxi TOKYOタクシー Yoji Yamada Japan
Treat Her Like a LadyPaloma Aguilera ValdebenitoNetherlands
Tunnels: Sun In The DarkĐịa đạo: Mặt trời trong bóng tốiBui Thac ChuyenVietnam
Two Prosecutors Два прокурора Sergei Loznitsa Latvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania
Whitetail Nanouk Leopold Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland
The Wizard of the Kremlin Le mage du Kremlin Olivier Assayas France, United Kingdom, United States
The Wolf, the Fox & the LeopardDavid VerbeekNetherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Taiwan, Croatia, Belgium, Finland

Bright Future

The programme highlights first-feature films from promising filmmakers. [12]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Ah Girl阿 GirlAng Geck Geck PriscillaSingapore
Chronovisor Jack Auen & Kevin Walker United States
Dead Dogs Don't BiteÖlü Köpekler IsırmazNuri Cihan ÖzdoğanTurkiye
I Grew an Inch When My Father DiedP. R. Monencillo PatindolPhilippines
Let Them Be SeenNolitha Refilwe MkulisiSouth Africa, Germany
Mayilaa Semmalar Annam India

Harbour

The programme showcases contemporary cinema. [13]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
58th Carl Joseph Papa Philippines
Accept Our Sincere ApologiesJuja DobrachkousUnited Kingdom, Italy
Art Is Dark and Full of HorrorsEl arte es oscuro y está lleno de horroresArtemio NarroMexico
Earth SongErol MintaşFinland, Germany
The Hole, 309 Days to the Bloodiest Tragedy Bolong, 309 hari sebelum tragedi berdarah Hanung Bramantyo Indonesia
Gaua Paul Urkijo  [ ca; eu ]Spain
Krakatoa Carlos Casas United Kingdom, Poland, France
The Misconceived James N. Kienitz WilkinsUnited States
Motherwitch Δωδεκάμερον Minos Papas Cyprus, North Macedonia, United States
The Passion According to GHBA Paixão Segundo GHBGustavo Vinagre, Vinicius CoutoBrazil
A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะRatchapoom BoonbunchachokeThailand, France, Singapore, Germany

Focus: Marwan Hamed

This will feature Marwan Hamed's work from the past twenty years. [14]

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleProduction countrie(s)
2014 The Blue Elephant الفيل الأزرقEgypt
2019 The Blue Elephant 2 2 الفيل الأزرق
2018 Diamond Dust تُراب الماس
2009 Ibrahim Labyad إبراهيم الأبيض
2022Kira & El Ginالجن و كيرة
2017 The Originals الأصليي
2006 The Yacoubian Building يعقوبيان عمارة

Focus: V-cinema

Japan’s V-Cinema Focus will showcase a range of Toei titles: [15]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Crime Hunter クライムハンター　怒りの銃弾 Okawa Toshimichi Japan

Awards

The following awards were given in the festival: [16] [17]

Tiger Award

  • Variations on a Theme!, Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar

Special Jury Awards

  • La belle année, Angelica Ruffier, Sweden, Norway
  • Supporting Role Ana Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia, Turkey, Switzerland, United States

Big Screen award

  • Master, Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, Bangladesh

Audience Award

Ammodo Tiger short awards

  • The Second Skin, Mariia Lapidus, USA, Mexico
  • The Apple Doesn’t Fall… Dean Wei, China
  • Ndjimu (Deep Cobalt), Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, USA

FIPRESCI Award

  • Supporting Role Ana Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia, Turkey, Switzerland, United States

KNF Award 2026

  • The Apple Doesn’t Fall… Dean Wei, China

NETPAC Award

  • i grew an inch when my father died P. R. Monencillo Patindol, Philippines

Special mention

  • The Seoul Guardians, Kim Jong-Woo, Kim Shin-Wan and Cho Chul-Young, South Korea

Youth Jury Award

  • Ah Girl, Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, Singapore

European Short Film Award Nomination

  • CUL-DE-SAC !, Clyde Gates, Gabriel Sanson, Belgium, France

Robby Müller Award

References

  1. ↑ Leo Barraclough (23 October 2025). "Rotterdam Festival Unveils Nine World Premieres Across Bright Future, Harbour Strands". Variety . Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Georg Szalai (16 October 2025). "Rotterdam Fest Sets Marwan Hamed Retrospective, Biopic of Arab Music Icon Umm Kulthum". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Georg Szalai (6 November 2025). "Rotterdam Film Fest Unveils Focus Program on Japanese V-Cinema Phenomenon". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Gray, Carmen (7 February 2026). "South African and Bangladeshi films won big at a 55th edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival embracing global chills and genre thrills". The Film Verdict. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Leo Barraclough (2 December 2025). "'Father Mother Sister Brother' Cinematographer Yorick Le Saux to Receive Robby Müller Award". Variety . Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Goerg Szalai (16 December 2025). "Rotterdam Film Fest IFFR Sets Competition Lineup, Opening and Closing Films". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Tim Dams (16 December 2025). "Rotterdam unveils 2026 Tiger and Big Screen competition lineups". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Leo Barraclough (16 December 2025). "'Providence and the Guitar' to Open International Film Festival Rotterdam With 'Bazaar (Murder in the Building)' Closing Dutch Event". Variety . Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Katz, David (16 December 2025). "IFFR unveils its eclectic 2026 competition line-ups". Cineuropa . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Georg Szalai (13 November 2025). "Rotterdam Film Fest Adds 'The Misconceived' and Absurdist Musical Road Movie Whose Title Is Way Too Long for This Headline". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Limelight Programme IFFR 2026". IFFR official site. Archived from the original on 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "First wave of world premieres announced for IFFR 2026". International Film Festival Rotterdam . 23 October 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "In Harbour". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  14. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (16 October 2025). "Umm Kulthum Biopic 'El Sett' To Make European Premiere At Rotterdam As Part Of Marwan Hamed Retrospective". Deadline . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  15. ↑ Naman Ramachandran (6 November 2025). "'Female Teacher: Forbidden Sex' Among Selections as Rotterdam Spotlights Japan's V-Cinema Movement". Variety . Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "Awards & Competitions". International Film Festival Rotterdam . 8 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  17. ↑ Abbatescianni, Davide (9 February 2026). "Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar's Variations on a Theme and Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's Master take the top honours at IFFR". Cineuropa . Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  18. ↑ Georg Szalai (2 December 2025). "Rotterdam Fest to Honor 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' Cinematographer Yorick Le Saux, Sets Juries". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 5 December 2025.
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