Where film meets imagination: The IFFR 2025 Shorts Programme
Next year, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) once again shines a spotlight on the limitless possibilities of short filmmaking. Through its carefully curated 2025 Shorts Focus Programmes, the festival invites audiences to explore a world where bold storytelling, artistic experimentation, and powerful narratives take center stage. From heart-stirring documentaries to groundbreaking animations and avant-garde […]
155 takes control with Maas Theater and Dance
155 is a breakdance collective of friends who grew up together. They have made several awarded shows together but now, they’re all in their thirties. Faced with the choice: trying to get hold of life or remain free? Their new show: Controle is a collaboration with Maas Theater and Dance in Rotterdam. It’s a medley […]
Stranger Things take over Rotterdam
The Peek & Cloppenburg building on the corner of Hoogstraat and Koopgoot is equipped with a big promotional banner. The promotion is in honor of the release of the fourth season of Stranger Things on Netflix Friday, May 27. The new season begins six months after the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction […]
Roffa Mon Amour Film Festival goes Brutus
Roffa Mon Amour Film Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary! From August 3 to 14, the public can enjoy a diverse programme of exceptional films from all over the world, with introductions, fringe events and Q&As at Brutus. During this anniversary year, Roffa Mon Amour presents a series of exciting events at cool locations leading to […]
Freeze the frame at the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2022
The fourteenth Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam takes place at LantarenVenster and Theater Zuidplein from October 5 to 9. In a world facing enormous challenges, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2022 will focus on the need to press pause. Or, in cinematic terms, to freeze the frame. The five-day festival will explore various subjects through a series […]
Kunsthal presents the Netherlands’ most talented animation artists
The animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke is well regarded because of their poetic, cute, funny, and sometimes disturbing creations. They already won an Emmy and got an Oscar nomination. Reason enough for the Kunsthal to celebrate their work with: A Triple Life. The exhibition runs from 26 February to 8 May. Job Roggeveen (1979), […]
Een kunstcentrum is the newest art center in Charlois
The former town hall of Charlois now houses Een kunstcentrum. An initiative by local residents of the historic neighborhood. Aimed at strengthening art and culture in this Southern part of town. The art center is a place where the versatile culture of Rotterdam-South is made visible in the form of monthly activities organised by voluntary […]
Rotterdam is the backdrop for new action movie The Takeover
The streets of Rotterdam are very often used for filming. From commercials and TV series to motion pictures. At the moment The Takeover is being shot and the action film is largely set in Rotterdam. The Takeover is the first Netflix Original action film from Dutch soil according to the streaming service and producer Fiction […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022 goes online
Due to concerns about corona and the lockdown in the Netherlands. IFFR has decided to run the 51st edition of the festival online in a slimmed-down form. During International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022, audiences in the Netherlands will have online access to 52 films IFFR always offers a high-quality line-up of carefully selected fiction and […]
KINO
KINO is the new cinema in the centre of Rotterdam, where you can watch a number of quality films, from arthouse to blockbusters, shorts to classics. From early afternoon until late in the evening you can eat, drink, watch movies and do work at KINO. The kitchen is just as varied as the film offering. […]
