#BFIFlare begins today, and to kick off our coverage of this year's festival, we have a review of a documentary that also screened at last month's #IFFR: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-mickey-richard-ra-whiteap.html
BFI Flare: Mickey & Richard (R.A. White/A.P. Pickle, 2026)

Following last month's outing at International Film Festival Rotterdam—where it screened as one of the titles in Cinema Regained , an IFFR s...

@MennoOng ha ja! Zag m bij #IFFR - heel sfeervol en dicht bij het boek. Vond de song van The Cure tijdens de aftiteling een leuke maar niet heel verrassende geste
De 55e editie van het IFFR was er een vol films over niet-afgesloten verledens. https://www.filmtotaal.nl/nieuws/130357 #iffr #iffr2026 #film
IFFR 2026: lustrumeditie vol films over niet-afgesloten verledens

FilmTotaal doet uitgebreid verslag van de 55e editie van het internationaal filmfestival van Rotterdam.

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Rotterdam Film Festival: ‘Variations on a Theme’ and ‘Master’ Win Top Awards

The FIPRESCI Award went to 'Supporting Role,' the NETPAC Award to 'i grew an inch when my father died,' while 'Ah Girl' and 'La belle année' were also honored.

The Hollywood Reporter

𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽 𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗥

Variations on a Theme en Master hebben vrijdag de belangrijkste prijzen gewonnen tijdens het International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). De films wonnen respectievelijk de Tiger en Big Screen Competition, heeft de organisatie bekendgemaakt.

https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5564340/variations-theme-en-master-winnen-op-iffr

#Variations #Master #IFFR

Variations on a Theme en Master winnen op IFFR

Variations on a Theme en Master hebben vrijdag de belangrijkste prijzen gewonnen tijdens het International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). De films wonnen respectievelijk de Tiger en Big Screen Competition, heeft de organisatie bekendgemaakt.

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‘Special Unit – The First Murder’ Director on Bringing a Modern Take on the “Danish FBI” 100 Years Ago to Cinemas, Led by ‘Vikings’ Star
#MovieNews #Movies #IFFR #IFFR2026 #International #InternationalFilmFestivalRotterdam

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/special-unit-the-first-murder-film-alex-hogh-andersen-iffr-1236496255/

‘Special Unit – The First Murder’ Director on Bringing a Modern Take on the “Danish FBI” 100 Years Ago to Cinemas, Led by ‘Vikings’ Star

Christoffer Boe discusses the box office success, global appeal and franchise potential of the movie, featured at Rotterdam, casting Alex Høgh Andersen, and swapping DNA analysis for early fingerprinting.

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‘Unerasable!’: A Chat With a Displaced Creator About His Film on Exile and Memory, and Why He Uses the Alias Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos
#MovieNews #Movies #IFFR #IFFR2026 #International #InternationalFilmFestivalRotterdam

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/unerasable-film-iffr-2026-socrates-saint-wulfstan-drakos-qa-1236495657/

‘Unerasable!’: A Chat With a Displaced Creator About His Film on Exile and Memory, and Why He Uses the Alias Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos

The film, which world premiered in the Tiger Competition at Rotterdam, traces a filmmaker's escape from violent repression: "I wanted to create something and return something that was erased."

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Julia Jackman's second feature film is among today's offerings at International Film Festival Rotterdam #IFFR. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/02/100-nights-of-hero-julia-jackman-2025.html
100 Nights of Hero (Julia Jackman, 2025)

Canadian filmmaker Julia Jackman's follow-up to her hugely likeable debut feature Bonus Track is a feminist fable based on Isabel Greenberg...

Rotterdam Unveils IFFR Pro Awards, Including for ‘The Poet’s Son,’ ‘LFD Hope,’ ‘Marina’

"The breadth and evolution of this year’s program was a true reflection of our commitment to meeting filmmakers' shifting needs," says head of IFFR Pro Marten Rabarts.

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‘Wolfgang’ at Rotterdam: Iranian Filmmaker on Their Audiovisual Acid Trip Opera Celebrating Mozart and “Silliness,” and Resistance From Exile
#MovieNews #Movies #IFFR #IFFR2026 #International #InternationalFilmFestivalRotterdam #Iran

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wolfgang-film-interview-iran-exile-mozart-silliness-iffr-1236494617/

‘Wolfgang’ at Rotterdam: Iranian Filmmaker on Their Audiovisual Acid Trip Opera Celebrating Mozart and “Silliness,” and Resistance From Exile

In a "gender-queering ode to self-transformation,” Filmsaaz reimagines the life of 22-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Paris to tell the present-day story of an Iranian artist in Paris.

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