AFFR Foundation & Codes of Conduct
Stichting Architectuur Filmfestival Rotterdam
Stichting Architectuur Filmfestival was founded in 2000, with the statutory objective of “organising a regularly recurring film festival in Rotterdam, aimed at promoting both public and professional interest in the field of architecture and urban planning, and furthermore everything that is related to or may be conducive to the above in the broadest sense”.
Since then, the foundation has organised the AFFR Festival annually for 25 years, a multi-day film festival with fringe programming and year-round special activities, mostly film screenings at multiple locations.
Direction
Herman van Dongen, director
Board
Moon Brader (chair)
Nathalie Windhorst (secretary)
Arco Smit (treasurer)
Isabelle Hegeman
Alain de Jonge
Codes of conduct
AFFR endorses and practises the values of the Governance Code for Culture, Fair Practice Code and Diversity & Inclusion.
Governance Code
AFFR endorses Cultural Governance, as laid down in the articles of association, last amended in April 2025. The board of the Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival Foundation is unpaid.
Fair Practice Code
AFFR applies Fair Practice to its management and employees and is committed to Fair Pay within the cultural sector. From 1 January 2025, AFFR will apply Fair Pay, in accordance with the guidelines formulated in the fairPACCT programme and in line with the CAO Nederlandse Podia 2024-2025 (Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Theatres 2024-2025), a remuneration guideline for employees and self-employed persons of government-subsidised film festivals.
Diversity & Inclusion
AFFR is intrinsically diverse and inclusive in its organisation and programme lines. AFFR constantly strives to push the boundaries of what is considered architecture, emphasising spatial aspects in topics related to climate, gender, history, social issues and more. With films from more than 70 countries worldwide, in a balanced mix of male and female filmmakers, AFFR offers a number of discounts for the public, such as a festival pass, combination tickets, student discounts, access with CJP, the Cineville pass, strip cards and for We are Public members. Employees, freelancers and volunteers reflect the composition of the audience: gender balanced, young, international, with different cultural backgrounds and from different disciplines.
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