International Film Festival Rotterdam
Netherlands
All genres
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has become a key European film event thanks largely to its large audience and industry driven screenings and activities. It programs a high quality line-up of fiction and documentary feature films, shorts films and media art. The IFFR actively supports new filmmaking talent through its co-production market CineMart, its Hubert Bals Fund, Rotterdam Lab and Industry Office activities.
The festival program includes two competitions and three non-competitive sections, and includes works supported by IFFR's Hubert Bals Fund or launched as projects at CineMart.
The Hubert Bals Fund is for filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe and provides grants to enable completion of their films.
CineMart is a four day market for new feature films, each year inviting about 35 new projects to be pitched by the directors and producers to the invited co-producers, sales agents, distributors and financiers. Rotterdam Lab is for newer feature film producers and takes place at CineMart to educate them in working in the international market place. Attendance is only via participating countries, which includes Australia.
RECENT ATTENDEE COMMENTS
“This is definitely a valuable market for me. I’m interested in going to IFFR... as it really was the best place to meet agents and executives who find it difficult to meet... at the bigger markets.”
“An excellent festival to attend for up and coming filmmakers as the purpose of the IFFR is to identify and promote new talent.”
“It was quite easy to make the most of this environment; I connected with everyone I could, not just producers from regions with which Australia has a co-production treaty – producer, financiers, sales agents, commissioning editors etc. etc.”
“IFFR likes to see the continuing works of filmmakers they’ve screened before.”
“IFFR has some if the best organisation, visual presence and helpful resources and staff I’ve ever come across.”
“The festival organised several functions for guests to network…There was also a ‘pigeon hole’ at the guest desk for every festival guest where items or notes could be passed to other guests…The festival provided each guest with an Industry Manual… very useful.”
“Overall I would recommend this festival for its great audience and industry attendance and profile.”
Awards
2007
- Won
- Shmetamorphosis
- New Arrivals Section April/May
2006
- Won
- Look Both Ways
- Critics Award - KNF Award
- Sturm und Dang
Screenings
2016
- Bright Future: Main Category
- Daughter, The
2016
- Voices: Limelight2016
- Tanna
2015
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Charlie's Country
2015
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films
2015
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Search for Weng Weng, The
2015
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Sam Klemke’s Time Machine
2014
- Signals: How To Survive...
- Canopy
2014
- Bright Future
- Ruin
2013
- Spectrum
- Lore
2013
- Spectrum Shorts
- Men of the Earth
2013
- Spectrum Shorts
- Faraways
2012
- Bright Future
- Black & White & Sex
2012
- Bright Future
- Hail
2012
- Spectrum
- Hunter, The
2012
- Shorts
- Etienne's Hand
2011
- Bright Future
- Animal Kingdom
2011
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
- Signals: Regained
- Dogs in Space
2010
- Bright Future
- Samson & Delilah
2010
- Bright Future
- My Tehran For Sale
2010
- Spectrum - Shorts
- Lonely Girl
2009
- Spectrum
- Jerrycan
2009
- Signals
- Not Quite Hollywood
2008
- Time and Tide
- Men's Group
2008
- Time and Tide
- Unfinished Sky
2008
- Shorts: As Long As It Takes
- Shmetamorphosis
2008
- Shorts: As Long As It Takes
- Spike Up
2007
- Cinema Regained
- Hunt Angels
2007
- Shorts - As Long As it Takes
- Wondrous Film About Emma Brooks, A
2007
- Time & Tide
- Ten Canoes
2007
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Shmetamorphosis
2006
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Mechanicals, The
2006
- Sturm und Dang
- Look Both Ways
2006
- Short Film Competition
- Ecstasy of Gary Green, The
2006
- Sturm und Dang
- Look Both Ways
2004
- Main Program
- Ister, The
2004
- Short FIlms
- Car Park
2004
- Short Films
- Connected
2004
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Ghost Paintings 1, The
2004
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Ghost Paintings 4, The
2004
- Short Films
- Excursion
2003
- Main Shorts
- Blow
2003
- Tracking Time
- Turn Around
2003
- Tracking Time
- Shit Skin
2003
- Tracking Time
- Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2003
- True Stories
- Long Journey, Young Lives
2003
- Tracking Time
- Flat
2003
- Main Features
- Cold Summer, A
2003
- Tracking Time
- Mirror Images
2003
- Tracking Time
- Beneath Clouds
2003
- Tracking Time
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
- Tracking Time
- Shifting Shelter 1
2003
- Tracking Time
- One Night the Moon
2003
- Tracking Time
- Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy
2003
- Tracking Time
- Bedevil
2003
- Tracking Time
- Two Bob Mermaid
2003
- Tracking Time
- No Way to Forget
2003
- Tracking Time
- Payback
2003
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Round Up
2003
- Tracking Time
- Road
2003
- Tracking Time
- Wind
2003
- Tracking Time
- My Bed Your Bed
2003
- Tracking Time
- Radiance
2003
- Tracking Time
- Bush Mechanics
2003
- Tracking Time
- Confessions of a Headhunter
2003
- Tracking Time
- Harry's War
2003
- Main Shorts
- Arsonist's Riddle, The
2003
- Tracking Time
- Black Talk
2003
- Main Shorts
- Beginnings
2003
- Tracking Time
- Tracker, The
2002
- Main Programme Shorts
- Harvey
2002
- Main Programme Features
- La Spagnola
2001
- Main Programme Features
- Chopper
2001
- Main Programme Features
- Goddess of 1967, The
2001
- Animation Programme
- Not My Type I, II
2001
- Main Programme Features
- Walk the Talk
2001
- On the Waterfront
- Ship
2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Holy Smoke
2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Feeling Sexy
2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Purgatory
2000
- Main Programme
- Soft Fruit