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| Opening film | Fabula by Michiel ten Horn |
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| Closing film | This City Is a Battlefield by Mouly Surya |
| Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Awards |
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| No. of films | 400 |
| Festival date | Opening: 30 January 2025 (2025-01-30) Closing: 9 February 2025 (2025-02-09) |
| Website | IFFR |
| International Film Festival Rotterdam | |
| 2026 2024 | |
The 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2025 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which began on 30 January 2025. The festival opened with Fabula , a Dutch film by Michiel ten Horn. The complete line-up of films competing in the festival was revealed on 17 December 2024. The festival will close on 9 February 2025 with This City Is a Battlefield, an Indonesian war drama film written and directed by Mouly Surya.
Jury
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Tiger Competition
- Yuki Aditya, Jakarta-based filmmaker, Festival Director of ARKIPEL International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival.
- Soheila Golestani, Iranian actress, voice actor, director, and writer
- Winnie Lau, Hong Kong singer and actress
- Peter Strickland, British film director and screenwriter
- Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Jarman Award winning artist, filmmaker and cultural activist
Tiger Short Competition
- Angela Haardt: German curator for media art. She was director of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
- Frank Sweeney: Filmmaker and artist
- Yaoting Zhang: An acquisitions and production manager who has previously served as programmer for the Shanghai and Beijing festivals
Big Screen Competition
- Bero Beyer: Dutch film producer. and former Festival Director of IFFR, from 2015 to 2020.
- Sara Rajaei: Iranian-Dutch video artist and filmmaker
- Dewi Reijs: Dutch-Indonesian filmmaker, actress, writer and director, and founder of Buddy Film Foundation.
- Digna Sinke: Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter
- Jia Zhao: Chinese-Dutch producer of award-winning documentaries like I Am So Sorry (Cannes 2021), Kabul, City in the Wind (IDFA Special Jury Award) and Inner Landscape, which closed IFFR in 2019.
Official selection
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Opening and closing films
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
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| Opening film | ||||
| Fabula | Michiel ten Horn | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany | ||
| Closing film | ||||
| This City Is a Battlefield | Perang Kota | Mouly Surya | Indonesia, Netherlands, Singapore, France, Norway, Philippines, Cambodia | |
Tiger Competition
The following films are selected to compete for the Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 17 December 2024.
- L’arbre De l’Authenticité, Sammy Baloji, (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Bad Girl, Varsha Bharath, (India)
- Blind Love, Julian Chou (Taiwan)
- Fiume O Morte!, Igor Bezinović (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia)
- La Gran Historia De La Filosofía Occidental, Aria Covamonas (Mexico)
- Guo Ran, Li Dongmei (China)
- Im Haus Meiner Eltern, Tim Ellrich (Germany)
- Perla, Alexandra Makarová (Austria-Slovakia)
- Primeira Pessoa Do Plural, Sandro Aguilar, (Portugal, Italy)
- Tears in Kuala Lumpur, Ridhwan Saidi, (Malaysia)
- Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World, Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert (Belgium)
- Wind, Talk to Me Stefan Djordjevic (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia)
- Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master, Ivan Salatić (Montenegro)
Big Screen Competition
- Back to the Family - Šarūnas Bartas (Lithuania, France, Poland, Latvia)
- Raptures - Jon Blåhed (Sweden, Finland)
- Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra - Hanung Bramantyo (Indonesia)
- ¡Caigan las rosas blancas! - Albertina Carri (Argentina, Brazil, Spain)
- Our Father - The Last Days of a Dictator - José Filipe Costa (Portugal)
- Orenda - Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland, Estonia, Sweden)
- Yasuko, Songs of Days Past - Kichitaro Negishi (Japan)
- The Puppet’s Tale - Suman Mukhopadhyay (India)
- Bad Painter - Albert Oehlen (Germany, USA)
- Macai - Sun-J Perumal (Malaysia)
- L’oro del Reno - Lorenzo Pullega (Italy)
- De idylle - Aaron Rookus (Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia)
- The Assistant - Wilhelm Sasnal, Anka Sasnal (Poland, United Kingdom)
- Soft Leaves - Miwako Van Weyenberg (Belgium)
Tiger Short Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Tiger Short Competition.
- Baby Blue Benzo dir. Sara Cwynar (United States, Germany)
- BAN♡ITS dir. Omar Chowdhury (Belgium, Bangladesh, South Korea)
- Bury Us in a Lone Desert dir. Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc (Vietnam)
- Capitol Limited dir. Lily Ekimian Ragheb, Ahmed T. Ragheb (United States)
- Common Pear dir. Gregor Božič (Slovenia, United Kingdom)
- La durmiente dir. Maria Inês Gonçalves (Portugal, Spain)
- Empty Rider dir. Lawrence Lek (Switzerland, United Kingdom)
- The Garden of Electric Delights dir. Billy Roisz (Austria)
- Hepingli Playthrough dir. Zheng Yuan (China)
- I Wan'na Be Like You dir. Margit Lukács, Persijn Broersen (Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany)
- Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths dir. Eva Giolo (Belgium, Italy)
- Merging Bodies dir. Adrian Paci (Italy)
- A Metamorphosis dir. Lin Htet Aung (Myanmar)
- Now, Hear Me Good dir. Dwayne LeBlanc (United States)
- Les rites de passage dir. Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell (Germany)
- The Rock Speaks dir. Amy Louise Wilson, Francois Knoetze (South Africa, Spain)
- Suspicions About the Hidden Realities of Air dir. Sam Drake (United States)
- Temo Re dir. Anka Gujabidze (Georgia)
- Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World dir. Kevin Walker, Irene Zahariadis (Greece, United States)
- World at Stake dir. Susanna Flock, Adrian Jonas Haim, Jona Kleinlein (Austria)
Limelight
The programme will showcase cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beating Hearts | L'Amour ouf | Gilles Lellouche | Belgium, France |
| This City Is a Battlefield | Mouly Surya | Indonesia | |
| The Killers | 더 킬러스 | Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Chang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-Se | South Korea |
| The Surfer | Lorcan Finnegan | Australia, Ireland | |
| Fabula | Michiel ten Horn | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany | |
| Mariana's Room | La Chambre de Mariana | Emmanuel Finkiel | France |
| The Illusion | L’abbaglio | Roberto Andò | Italy |
| All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Alexandre De La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte | France |
| A Complete Unknown | James Mangold | United States | |
| Get Away | Steffen Haars | United Kingdom | |
| Vermiglio | Maura Delpero | Italy, France, Belgium | |
| Thangalaan | தங்கலான் | Pa. Ranjith | India |
| Blazing Fists | 蒼き若者たちのブレイキングダウン | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| The Last Dance | 破·地獄 | Anselm Chan Mou Yin | Hong Kong |
| The Time It Takes | Il tempo che ci vuole | Francesca Comencini | Italy, France |
| U.S. Palmese | Manetti Bros. | Italy | |
| I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Walter Salles | Brazil, France |
| Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城 | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong |
| Three Friends | Trois Amies | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| Spermageddon | Tommy Wirkola, Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Norway | |
| September 5 | Tim Fehlbaum | Germany | |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانه انجیر مقدس | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France |
| Maria | Pablo Larraín | Italy, Germany | |
| The Brutalist | Brady Corbet | United States, United Kingdom, Hungary | |
| The Return | Uberto Pasolini | Italy, United Kingdom | |
| Dead Talents Society | 鬼才之道 | John Hsu | Taiwan |
Bright Future
The programme highlights first-feature films from promising filmmakers.
- Girl Infinite, Lilly Hu, United States, Latvia, Singapore
- Camp d’Été, Mateo Ybarra, Switzerland, France
- The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés (La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés), Antón Álvarez, Spain
- Later In The Clearing, Márton Tarkövi, Hungary, Spain
- Nyamula (Invisible Flame), Oskar Weimar, Kenya
- Your Touch Makes Others Invisible, Rajee Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka, United States
Harbour
The programme showcases contemporary cinema.
- And The Rest Will Follow, Pelin Esmer,Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania
- Dead Dog, Sarah Francis, Lebanon
- Finding Ramlee, Megat Sharizal, Malaysia
- No Dejes A Los Niños Solos, Emilio Portes, Mexico
- Primitive Diversity, Alexander Kluge, Germany
- Thank You Satan, Hicham Lasri, Morocco, France
- Last Song for You, Jill Leung, Hong Kong
- The Night Is Dark and Brighter Than The Day, Christina Friedrich, Germany
- Un Gran Casino, Daniel Hoesl, Austria
- Olivia & the Clouds, Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat, Dominican Republic
Short & Mid-length
The Short & Mid-length film programme showcases films under 63 minutes.
- B AND S, Lipika Singh Darai, India
- GERHARD, Ulu Braun, Germany
- THE GREAT NORTH, Jenn Nkiru, United Kingdom
- THE LAST HARVEST, Nuno Boaventura Miranda, Cabo Verde, Portugal
- MY BROTHER, Saad Dnewar and Abdelrahman Dnewar, Egypt, Germany, France
- THE NON-ACTOR, Eliza Barry Callahan, United States
- A RIVER HOLDS A PERFECT MEMORY, Hope Strickland, United Kingdom, Jamaica
- SILVESTERCHLAUSEN, Andrew Norman Wilson, United States, Switzerland
- TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, Pethrus Tibúrcio, Brazil
- A THOUSAND WAVES AWAY, Helena Wittmann, Germany
- UPON SUNRISE, Stefan Ivančić, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia
- YOU’RE A SHADOW, Rajee Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka, United States
Awards
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- Robby Müller Award: Lol Crawley
References
- Merican, Sara (31 January 2025). "Rotterdam Film Fest Opens With Dutch Crime Comedy 'Fabula' & Plea To Save Historic Cinerama Site". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ Merican, Sara (10 December 2024). "International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveils Opening & Closing Films, Competition Juries For 2025". Deadline. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- Dams, Tim (17 December 2024). "Rotterdam unveils 2025 Tiger and Big Screen competition line-ups". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- Sasso, Livia (10 December 2024). "Rotterdam 2025 unveils opening and closing films". Screen Daily. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- Goodfellow, Melanie (24 October 2024). "Rotterdam Unveils First 2025 Titles Including Alexander Kluge's 'Primitive Diversity', Daniel Hoesl's 'Un Gran Casino' & Hicham Lasri's 'Thank You Satan'". Deadline. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "International Film Festival Rotterdam Reveals Opening & Closing Night Films And Competition Juries For Its 54th Edition". IFFR. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- Katz, David (17 December 2024). "IFFR reveals its main competition line-ups". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "Tiger Short Competition". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- "Limelight". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "Bright Future". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "In Harbour". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- Scott Roxborough (21 November 2024). "'The Brutalist' DP Lol Crawley to Be Honored With Rotterdam's Robby Müller Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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