55th International Film Festival Rotterdam
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| Opening film | Providence and the Guitar by João Nicolau |
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| Closing film | Bazaar by Rémi Bezançon |
| Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Founded | 1972 |
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| Artistic director | Vanja Kaludjercic |
| Festival date | Opening: 29 January 2026 Closing: 8 February 2026 |
| Website | IFFR |
The 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2026 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which was held from 29 January to 8 February 2026. In this edition a retrospective for Egyptian film director Marwan Hamed, as one of its Focus strands in celebration of his prolific career was featured along with European premiere of his 2025 film El Sett, a biopic of Egyptian singer and actress Umm Kulthum. In its second focus strand the festival will present films from the Japanese V-Cinema.
The festival closed with the premiere of French film Bazaar, a comedy-thriller about a crime writer and a film professor caught up in a mystery by Rémi Bezançon. Tiger Award was won by Variations on a Theme!, by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, whereas Audience Award was won by British biographical drama film I Swear by Kirk Jones.