International Film Festival Rotterdam
Netherlands
All genres
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has become a key European film event thanks largely to its industry driven activities. The IFFR actively supports new filmmaking talent through its co-production market CineMart, its Hubert Bals Fund, Rotterdam Lab and Industry Office activities. In 2023 it recorded 283,506 visits with more than 2,500 attending film professionals. It programs more than 400 titles from over 90 countries.
It programs fiction and documentary features, shorts and media art and feature length films from first, second or third time directors are eligible for the Tiger Competition if it is a world premiere screening. Shorts are eligible for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition if IFFR is its world, international or European premiere.
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.
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
2024
- Won
- Flathead
- Special Jury Award
2007
- Won
- Shmetamorphosis
- New Arrivals Section April/May
2006
- Won
- Look Both Ways
- Critics Award - KNF Award
- Sturm und Dang
Screenings
2024
- Tiger Competition
- Flathead
2023
- International Premiere
- Because We Have Each Other
2023
- International Premiere: Art Directions: Immersive Media
- Night Creatures
2023
- World Premiere
- Paco
2022
- Tiger Competition
- Plains, The
2021
- Big Screen Competition
- Lone Wolf
2021
- Tiger Competition
- Friends and Strangers
2020
- Voices
- Babyteeth
2020
- Deep Focus / Perspectives
- Night Time Go
2020
- Deep Focus / Perspectives
- Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland, The
2020
- Deep Focus / Perspectives
- When the Dogs Talked
2020
- Deep Focus / Perspectives
- Windjarrameru, The Stealing C*nt$
2020
- Deep Focus / Perspectives
- Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams
2020
- Voices
- Passenger
2020
- Voices
- True History of the Kelly Gang
2019
- Voices Short
- All These Creatures
2019
- Scopitone
- 'I Used to be Normal': A Boyband Fangirl Story
2018
- International Premiere
- Have You Seen The Listers?
2018
- Tiger Teaser: Limelight
- Sweet Country
2018
- Bright Future: Short Films
- Inside the Machine
2018
- Voices
- Rockabul
2018
- Voices
- Top Knot Detective
2017
- Voices
- Welcome Home Allen
2017
- Bright Future
- Last Train
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
2006
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Mechanicals, The
2006
- Sturm und Dang
- Look Both Ways
2006
- Short Film Competition
- Ecstasy of Gary Green, The
2004
- Short Films
- Excursion
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
2003
- Tracking Time
- One Night the Moon
2003
- Tracking Time
- Shifting Shelter 1
2003
- Tracking Time
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
- Tracking Time
- Radiance
2003
- Tracking Time
- Bush Mechanics
2003
- Tracking Time
- Two Bob Mermaid
2003
- Tracking Time
- Confessions of a Headhunter
2003
- Tracking Time
- Harry's War
2003
- Tracking Time
- Wind
2003
- Tracking Time
- Road
2003
- Tracking Time
- My Bed Your Bed
2003
- Tracking Time
- Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy
2003
- Tracking Time
- Bedevil
2003
- Tracking Time
- Payback
2003
- Tracking Time
- No Way to Forget
2003
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Round Up
2003
- Main Shorts
- Arsonist's Riddle, The
2003
- Tracking Time
- Tracker, The
2003
- Tracking Time
- Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2003
- Main Shorts
- Blow
2003
- Tracking Time
- Shit Skin
2003
- Tracking Time
- Turn Around
2003
- True Stories
- Long Journey, Young Lives
2003
- Main Features
- Cold Summer, A
2003
- Tracking Time
- Flat
2003
- Tracking Time
- Mirror Images
2003
- Tracking Time
- Black Talk
2003
- Main Shorts
- Beginnings
2003
- Tracking Time
- Beneath Clouds
2002
- Main Programme Features
- Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
- Main Programme Shorts
- Harvey
2002
- Main Programme Features
- La Spagnola
2001
- Animation Programme
- Not My Type I, II
2001
- Main Programme Features
- Walk the Talk
2001
- On the Waterfront
- Ship
2001
- Main Programme Features
- Goddess of 1967, The
2001
- Main Programme Features
- Chopper
2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Holy Smoke
2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Feeling Sexy
2000
- Main Programme
- Soft Fruit
2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Purgatory
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Terra Nova
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Fresh Air
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Sleep
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Flash
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Boys, The
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Mind's Eye
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Fetch
1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Magic Hat, The
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Sapphire Room
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Kiss or Kill
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Four Minute Festival
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Five Hundred Acres
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- At Sea
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Thump
1998
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Malpractice
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Shine
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Plane Torque
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Love Serenade
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Floating Life
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Children of the Revolution
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- To Have and to Hold
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Love and Other Catastrophes
1997
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Fistful of Flies
1996
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- After Image
1996
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Beat Manifesto, The
1996
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Angel Baby
1996
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Maidenhead
1996
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Hell, Texas and Home
1995
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Total Recession
1995
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Muriel's Wedding
1995
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- What's Going On, Frank?
1995
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Seething Night
1994
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Bad Boy Bubby
1994
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Memories and Dreams
1994
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship
1994
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Seething Night
1993
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Romper Stomper
1992
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Dusty Hearts
1992
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Deadly
1992
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Resonance
1992
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Proof
1992
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Plus ça Change
1992
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Romper Stomper
1990
- Non-comp
- Sweetie
1989
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Prisoner of St Petersburg, The
1988
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Friends And Enemies
1987
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Two Friends