International Film Festival Rotterdam

High quality line-up of carefully selected fiction and documentary films, short films and media art, with a focus on recent work by talented new filmmakers. As a a leading cultural platform accessible to all, IFFR enables discovery, dialogue, learning and people coming together.
  • Infinity According to Florian

    Infinity According to Florian

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.10min

    16+

    Before the war, one of Kyiv's hottest subject was one of Trump’s cronies turning a masterpiece concert hall into a shopping mall.


  • 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned

    2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned

    Drama, Horror

    2023

    1h.22min

    16+

    The dark, dystopian horror cabinet with BDSM vibes about the man in the monkey mask enters its second round.


  • The Dreamed Path

    The Dreamed Path

    Drama, Romance

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    After a vacation romance, Kenneth and Theres lose sight of each other. But fate brings them together again 30 years later.


  • Thirty

    Thirty

    Drama, Independent

    2019

    1h.54min

    16+

    A senistive drama that authentically and lovingly captures the lifestyle of a group of young urbanites on the brink of a quarter-life crisis.


  • Freakstars 3000

    Freakstars 3000

    Independent, Music, Dance, Theater

    2003

    1h.15min

    16+

    Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".


  • Walden

    Walden

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.47min

    16+

    The voyage of a tree from Europe to the Amazon is a silent wittness to global interdependencies and economic absurdities.


  • A Fine Day

    A Fine Day

    Drama

    2001

    1h.14min

    16+

    Deniz, 21 works as a dubbing artist and has just ended her relationship with Jan. In one short day, she goes through a separation and a new beginning.


  • Fair Wind: Notes of a Traveller

    Fair Wind: Notes of a Traveller

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    2013

    1h.22min

    16+

    Shot on Super 8mm, Bernadette Weigel's homage to traveling celebrates the uniqueness of each moment.


  • Sebastian Jumping Fences

    Sebastian Jumping Fences

    Drama, Independent

    2020

    1h.10min

    16+

    From an early age, Sebastian had to be self-reliant. This film follows him through three stages of his life on the path to discovering his true self.


  • Counting Tiles

    Counting Tiles

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    "Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.


  • Unplugged Leben: Guaia Guaia

    Unplugged Leben: Guaia Guaia

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2013

    1h.32min

    16+

    Two street musicians tour through Germany for a year going from gig to gig and looking for somewhere to live.


  • Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2002

    1h.30min

    16+

    Christoph Schlingensief's provocative works are still highly topical even after 20 years.


  • Fraulein

    Fraulein

    Drama

    2006

    1h.21min

    16+

    An intimate look at three headstrong women who come from different parts of a country that no longer exists.


  • Love Steaks

    Love Steaks

    Independent, Comedy

    2013

    1h.30min

    16+

    LOVE STEAKS is the poster child of the German mumblecore genre, showcasing Franz Rogowski.


  • Nation Estate

    Nation Estate

    Icons & Media Art

    2012

    9min

    16+

    In, part one of this sci-fi triology, a vertical solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been found.


  • In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    Icons & Media Art

    2015

    29min

    16+

    In a temporal twist, this movie tells the story of an intervention into the future perception of a territory’s political history.


  • Zero-G

    Zero-G

    Shorts

    2016

    9min

    16+

    "I'm a city kid - born in the smog." Delicately and with great poetry a group of young parcours artists recapture the urban space of their home city of ...


  • Still Life

    Still Life

    Drama

    2005

    30min

    16+

    In the short drama STILL LIFE two sisters try to encourage their mother not to give up after the death of their father.