The 55th edition of the festival takes place from 29 January to 8 February 2026.

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Yellow Cake
Yellow Cake
When radical science backfires, miners and researchers confront apocalypse.
100 Nights Of Hero
100 Nights Of Hero
A fairy tale about a maid who concocts a plan to help her mistress.
Bowels Of Hell
Bowels Of Hell
A mother battling trauma faces a surreal nightmare when toilets mysteriously transform into killer beings, forcing her to confront both her personal demons and these bizarre supernatural threats.
Home
Home
Migration story seen through the eyes of a young girl.
La Belle Année
La Belle Année
Revisiting a teenage crush on a teacher, Angelica Ruffier embarks on a delicate journey of memory and desire.
Butterfly
Butterfly
Two half-sisters return to Gran Canaria after their mother's death.
Earth Song
Earth Song
The story of Rojin, a Kurdish-Finnish doctor, who uncovers a family secret that challenges everything she thought she knew.
Far From Maine
Far From Maine
Haunted by the killing of his Palestinian childhood friend Aseel Asleh by Israeli police in 2000, Roy Cohen revisits their friendship through a cinematic letter addressed to Aseel.
The Testament Of Ann Lee
The Testament Of Ann Lee
An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.
No Other Choice
No Other Choice
When a man loses his job he finds himself drifting before deciding to take things into his own hands...
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Rotterdam International Film Festival Features

Home truths
Marijana Janković on Balkan representation, and the immigrant question of belonging
Spin-off alchemy
Claude Schmitz on bringing back cop pairing for Conrad & Crab – Idiotic Gems
Past crime
Christoffer Boe on creating a world for his period mystery Special Unit - The First Murder
'I like putting incompatible stuff together and seeing how it works'
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke on mixing fantasy and reality in A Useful Ghost
Song of the desert
Kangding Ray on changing attitudes to music in cinema, and scoring Sirât
Existence and resistance
Annemarie Jacir on history, poetic freedom and Palestine 36
'I’m very happy to be trusted with characters of this calibre'
Denis Lavant on the art of constructing personas in Redoubt and The Stranger
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