Cate Blanchett and IFFR announce Displacement Film Fund second round recipients at Cannes Film Festival

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Speaking from a panel held at Cannes Film Festival, Cate Blanchett, actor, producer and global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund, unveiled Mohammed Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior, Bao Nguyen and Rithy Panh as the five recipient filmmakers for the second cycle of … Read more

Lol Crawley BSC honoured with 2025 Robby Müller award

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has revealed the recipient of the 2025 Robby Müller Award, which acknowledges the artistry of an exceptional image maker, given in collaboration with the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers (NSC) and Andrea Müller-Schirmer, the wife of the late Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller. Lol Crawley (The Brutalist, The Childhood of a Leader, … Read more

BFI supports cohort of disabled fillmakers to attend IFFR Pro

The BFI is supporting a delegation of Disabled film professionals to attend and participate in IFFR Pro on 1-5 February 2025, as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). One of the first delegations of its kind, it is supported by the BFI International Fund, awarding National Lottery funding, and led by the BFI … Read more

Lol Crawley BSC honoured with 2025 Robby Müller award

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)  has revealed the recipient of the 2025 Robby Müller Award, which acknowledges the artistry of an exceptional image maker, given in collaboration with the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers (NSC) and Andrea Müller-Schirmer, the wife of the late Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller. Lol Crawley BSC (The Brutalist, The Childhood of a … Read more

Lineup of special guests revealed for IFFR Talks

Hélène Louvart, Albert Serra, Steve McQueen, ICFR and Girls on Film amongst IFFR Talks lineup. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) welcomes a lineup of special guests for the IFFR Talks programme at its 52nd edition. The lineup includes: celebrated French cinematographer and recipient of the Robby Müller Award 2023, Hélène Louvart; Pacificition director Albert Serra; … Read more

EFA & ICFR launch ‘Emergency Fund for Filmmakers’ in wake of Ukraine War

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, the partnership established by the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and the European Film Academy to act as the film community’s collective response to cases of filmmakers facing severe risk, has set up a special “Emergency Fund for Filmmakers” for film … Read more