RTM
Programma IFFR 2026
IFFR puts the spotlight firmly on films and makers from our city on the River Maas. The selection was made by this year’s RTM curators: Hasret Emine, Suzanne Koopstra and Tim van Hooft (Timaeus). Discover a programme chock-full of short and longer films, documentaries, talks, music, art and performances. RTM revolves around talented artists and stories from 010 with an impact far beyond, revealing the riches of Rotterdam in all its glory.
Overzicht van films
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Nog Even Goeie Vrienden
Jorn Koning | 13' | Netherlands | World premiere
Two men, Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch, sit in a sauna and review their emotional problems. -
Not Built to Last
Deniz Arikan | 23' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
Two architects, two cities, two ways of being, and a fleeting encounter that bridges them. -
Ontsnappingskist
André Schreuders | 7' | Netherlands | World premiere
Travel to a different world. Not far-away galaxies or fantasy lands, but the small world beneath us. -
Panorama Chemours – River reflections
Michiel van Bakel | 9' | Netherlands | World premiere
A slow pan over the Chemours industrial plant and the Merwede river, beautiful and disturbing. -
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Resurrect Me as a Parasite
Lou Lou Sainsbury, Gabi Dao | 10' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
Vampirism becomes a metaphor for changing landscapes, bodies and identities in this bloody and bold experimental short. -
She Cries (The Holy Water)
Panida Petchara | 10' | Thailand | World premiere
A cloudy day in the Netherlands occasions a Thai artist’s wistful reverie about her childhood. -
Sovereign Son
Cindy Jansen | 83' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
Intimate documentary following a man searching for traces of his father – and his own identity. -
There Was One, There Was None
Yasmin Shahbahrami | 19' | Iran | World premiere
Two Iranian girls living in different countries try keeping their friendship alive amid vital changes.
