IFFR Pro Darkroom 2026: Full Line-Up

IFFR Pro’s Darkroom has selected ten works-in-progress projects for this year’s edition, which will run during CineMart (February 1-4).
 
The platform presents recently or nearly completed films seeking gap or completion funding, sales agents and festivals with the support of expert consultancy. Each project has either an attached Rotterdam Lab graduate producer or received previous support from CineMart or the Hubert Bals Fund.
 
Projects selected for last year’s edition included Alexandre Koberidze’s Dry Leaf, which won a Special Mention and FIPRESCI prize at Locarno 2025; Sorella Di Clausura by Ivana Mladenovic, which won best actress award for Katia Pascariu in Locarno; and Gabriel Azorín’s City Of Thebes, which premiered in Venice Days.
 
In addition, IFFR Pro will present a selected of immersive media projects under Lightroom, a new industry platform for immersive storytelling, which brings together all XR, VR and interactive projects previously presented across CineMart and Darkroom, creating one unified space for immersive work.
 
Ellen Kuo, formerly of NewImages Festival and manager and curator at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, joins IFFR Pro as special consultant for Lightroom, working closely with IFFR’s Eva Langerak, who oversees both Art Directions and Lightroom.

IFFR PRO DARKROOM 2026:

Amor es el monstruo (Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Chile)
Dir: Neto Villalobos Brenes
Prod: La Sucia Centroamericana, Cine Infinito, Expansiva Cine, Clara Films

Get Up Stand Up (Netherlands, Greece)
Dir: Mari Sanders
Prod: The Film Kitchen, Neda Film

Làstima (Italy, Switzerland)
Dir: Mario Piredda
Prod: Articolture, DOK Mobile

LFD Hope (UK, Hungary)
Dir: Joshua Loftin
Prod: Sea Fox Films, Lorenz Films, Gallivant Film, Good Kids Productions

Marina (Brazil)
Dir: Laís Santos Araújo & Pethrus Tibúrcio
Prod: Aguda Cinema, Carnaval Filmes

Sea, Star, Woman (France, Korea)
Dir: Jeunghae Yim
Prod: 5à7 Films, Seesaw Pictures

Sugar (Netherlands, Belgium)
Dir: Amira Duynhouwer
Prod: Studio Ruba, Mirage Film

The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs (Peru, US, Spain, Chile)
Dir: Èlia Gasull Balada & Matteo Norzi
Prod: Shipibo Conibo Center, Desfase Films, Funicular Films, Pista B

The Outside (Spain, Belgium)
Dir: Víctor Moreno
Prod: KV Films, Womack Studios, Transit Transat

Uchronia: Parallel Histories Of Queer Revolt (Greece, Netherlands)
Dir: Fil Ieropoulos
Prod: FYTA Films, Grom Productions