AFFR 2025 continues!
On 1 November AFFR will come to Zwolle with four of the best films of the festival
AFFR 2025
The Best of AFFR goes on Tour to Zwolle
Missed the festival in Rotterdam? AFFR is going on tour: together with the Zwols Architectuur Podium, we will be screening the four best films from the festival. On 1 November, immerse yourself in a full day of film, city and architecture!
News
AFFR looks back at Realitiesⁿ in Nieuwe Instituut
With Realitiesⁿ, AFFR’s inaugural immersive media programme, the film festival explored how technologies like AR, VR and XR are reshaping architectural imagination.
Winner of the first King Kong Award: The Town that Drove Away
On Sunday 12 October, during the very first AFFR Awards Ceremony, the winner of the King Kong Award was announced: The Town that Drove Away by Grzegorz Kielawski and Natalia Pietsch.
Secret Mall Apartment wins the AFFR Audience Award 2025
After each screening, we asked our visitors for their opinion on the film using the famous AFFR tear-off card. With a convincing majority, the audience chose Secret Mall Apartment as the winner!
AFFR for Filmmakers
Are you a filmmaker, producer or distributor and have you realised a feature film, documentary, animated film or short about a current topic related to cities, architecture, the landscape or the built environment around world?
Stages 2025
On the Stage: Hidden Costs
The films comprising this programme make visible the often overlooked consequences of climate change, the energy transition, and large-scale infrastructures - from Dhaka to Rotterdam, from Mexico to - maybe even - Mars?
On the Stage: Playing with Ruins
One of this years Stages - our annual programme lines - is Playing with Ruins, which brings together films that engage with architecture in various states of decay, transition or reclamation.
On the Stage: Villain Strategies
In 2025, AFFR again zooms in on urgent spatial questions through three carefully curated program lines, each offering a unique perspective on architecture. In Villain Strategies, the relationship between architecture and power takes centre stage.
Daily Recaps
Recap Sunday 12 October
On the final day of AFFR 2025 at LantarenVenster, we traditionally programmed the four best films of the festival together with Architectenweb, explored the past of the future with Archined x AFFR Urgent Classics, and presented our jury prize, the King Kong Award, for the first time.
Recap Saturday 11 October
On day four of the festival, we travelled to Italy with Vista Mare and Ripley during the second Masters with David Gropman. Once again, we had a sold-out venue for The Great Arch and, of course, the kick-off of our 25-hour marathon with AFFR x Weelde - Architects of the After Hours.
Recap Friday 10 October
On day three of AFFR, we welcomed speakers on materials, the climate and our home town Rotterdam, had a full house for our special with De Architect, and welcomed Turner Prize winner Elisabeth Price as the first of our Masters.
Recap Thursday 9 October
Day one of the festival kicked off with packed cinema rooms at LantarenVenster, the BNI Special on heritage around the Rijnhaven, and the opening of Realitiesⁿ at Nieuwe Instituut. Swipe below for the recap!
Recap: Opening Night
Yesterday, we welcomed a full house at Theater Rotterdam for our festive Opening Night with The Great Arch (La Grande Arche), with Stéphane Demoustier and Claes Bang!
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All you need to know about the Festival Pass
Especially for the die-hard AFFR fans, there's the annual AFFR Festival Pass. With this pass, you get access to all the films and specials at AFFR 2025, including the Opening Night. For just €85.00, you can choose from nearly 80 films, specials, and lectures. You can easily reserve a ticket for each film via your online account.
Your Cinevillepass is valid at AFFR
The Cinevillepass is valid for all AFFR screenings except the Opening Night and the Architectenweb Best of AFFR. Tickets can be purchased on the LantarenVenster website, where you can also find our full programme.
Visit AFFR with your We Are Public pass
For the third time in a row, AFFR is collaborating with We Are Public. With your pass, you can attend a special selection of films from our programme, handpicked by our film editor Inez de Coo. Tickets can be reserved via the We Are Public website.
AFFR tickets and locations
AFFR 2025 will take place from 8 to 12 October at LantarenVenster and Theater Rotterdam, and from 9 to 26 October at Het Nieuwe Instituut. Read more about ticket prices, passes and discounts here.
Plan your visit
Everything you need to know about
Previous edition
In 2024, AFFR presented a renewed program organised in thematic sections, with more fiction films than ever before.
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