The International Film Festival Rotterdam ( IFFR ) on Thursday unveiled a second focus program for its 2026 edition that will put the spotlight on the Japanese V-Cinema phenomenon.

It previously set a Marwan Hamed retrospective “in celebration of the prolific Egyptian director’s career.”

The 55th edition of IFFR, taking place Jan. 29-Feb. 8, will feature a showcase dedicated to V-Cinema, the Japanese direct-to-video trend that emerged in the late 1980s and “left a lasting mark on contemporary film culture,” festival organizers said. It will “feature early works by now-famous auteurs, through to discoveries that have rarely been seen outside Japan.”

The International Film Festival Rotterdam ( IFFR ) on Thursday unveiled a second focus program for its 2026 edition that will

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