55th International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Film Festival Rotterdam

29 January – 8 February 2026 · Rotterdam, Netherlands

78 films across 6 sections · 11 prizes

  • Opened with Providence and the Guitar
  • Closed with Bazaar
Next edition: January 28 – February 7, 2027

Tiger Award

Variations on a Theme!

Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar, South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar

Venues 1

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The festival's main hall. Its programme names the films, not the rooms.

The prizes

Tiger Award

Variations on a Theme! Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar, South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar

Special Jury Awards

La belle année Angelica Ruffier, Sweden, Norway

Supporting Role Ana Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia, Turkey, Switzerland, United States

Big Screen award

Master Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, Bangladesh

Audience Award

I Swear Kirk Jones, United Kingdom

Ammodo Tiger short awards

The Second Skin Mariia Lapidus, Mexico

The Apple Doesn’t Fall... Dean Wei, China

Ndjimu Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

FIPRESCI Award

Supporting Role Ana Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia, Turkey, Switzerland, United States

KNF Award 2026

The Apple Doesn’t Fall... Dean Wei, China

NETPAC Award

i grew an inch when my father died P. R. Monencillo Patindol, Philippines

Special mention

The Seoul Guardians Kim Jong-Woo, Kim Shin-Wan, Cho Chul-Young, South Korea

European Short Film Award Nomination

CUL-DE-SAC ! Clyde Gates, Gabriel Sanson, Belgium, France

Robby Müller Award

Yorick Le Saux, French cinematographer

Opening and closing films 2

Closing film

  • Bazaar
    BazaarRémi Bezançon

Limelight 51

Bright Future 7

Harbour 11

Focus: Marwan Hamed 7

  • The Blue Elephant
    The Blue Elephant
  • The Blue Elephant 2
    The Blue Elephant 2
  • Diamond Dust
    Diamond Dust
  • Ibrahim Labyad
    Ibrahim Labyad
  • Kira & El Gin
    Kira & El Gin
  • The Originals
    The Originals
  • The Yacoubian Building

Focus: V-cinema 1

  • Crime Hunter
    Crime HunterOkawa Toshimichi