Best of IFFR 2025
Curious about the films that won the big prizes at IFFR 2025?
For one day only at De Balie, you can experience them all back-to-back. With a line-up of five titles—two shorts and three features—this program brings together a rich spectrum of voices, styles, and perspectives that make IFFR such a singular festival.
14:00–14:30 La Durmiente
14:30–14:45 Bubbling Baby
14:45–16:00 The Visual Feminist Manifesto
15 min break
16:15–18:15 Fiume o morte!
Dinner break
19:30–21:15 Raptures
La Durmiente – Maria Inês Gonçalves (Portugal | 20′)
Nominated for the European Short Film Award
In 14th-century Portugal, ten-year-old Beatriz is forced into marriage to secure a dynasty. Centuries later, in the Sancti Spiritus convent where her tomb lies, children of the same age re-enact and reimagine her story.
Bubbling Baby – Sharine Rijsenburg (the Netherlands | 19′)
Winner of the RTM Pitch Award
Bubbling is one of the most vibrant expressions of Dutch-Caribbean cultural heritage. This energetic, irresistibly danceable music embodies freedom, strength, and ownership within the diaspora. Rijsenburg’s documentary is a joyful, feminist ode to the bubbling scene—a perfect expression of a liberated way of life.
The Visual Feminist Manifesto – Farida Baqi (Syria | 74′)
Winner of the Youth Jury Award
From desire to resistance, from dreams to self-love: Farida Baqi takes us on a lyrical, emotional journey through the life of a young woman, from birth to adulthood, in an unnamed Arab city.
Fiume o morte! – Igor Bezinović (Croatia | 112′)
Winner of the Tiger Award & FIPRESCI Award
Through dramatic reconstructions and documentary fragments, Bezinović paints a portrait of poet, playwright, aristocrat and military officer Gabriele D’Annunzio—and traces the rise of fascism during his attempt to annex the city of Fiume (Rijeka) in the aftermath of World War I.
Raptures – Jon Blåhed (Sweden | 108′)
Winner of the Big Screen Award
Set in the 1930s, Blåhed’s claustrophobic drama is the first film ever made in the minority language Meänkieli. A Christian woman, caught in her husband’s sectarian movement, struggles to protect her family from his increasingly bizarre and dangerous worldview.
All five films are presented as a single program—tickets are only available for the full line-up.
