For the second year running, Katoenhuis will be the main venue and partner for Art Directions, hosting installations, immersive media and for the first time – the industry extension of the programme, Lightroom, which will unite projects in development and works-in-progress together with a symposium.

Katoenhuis will host four Art Directions installations showcasing IFFR’s commitment to visual and sensory exploration. The works include:

• 3 Scenes from a Marriage by Leopold Emmen (Nanouk Leopold and Daan Emmen), 2026 (Netherlands) – World Premiere

• Café Kuba: Who Dared to Awaken the Dead Memory by David Shongo, 2025 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium) – Dutch Premiere

• Krakatoa* by Carlos Casas, 2026 (Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, France) – World Premiere*This project will also be screened in film form in IFFR’s Harbour strand

• Preludio by Silvia Gatti, 2025 (Netherlands) – World Premiere

Immersive works selected for the Art Directions programme, which will be presented in Katoenhuis, include:

• After the Game by Jana Stallein, 2026 (Germany) – World Premiere

• The World Came Flooding In* by Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine, 2025 (Australia) – International Premiere.*This was presented at CineMart 2024 and world premiered at Melbourne in 2025.

• If You See a Cat by Atsushi Wada, 2025 (Japan) – Dutch Premiere

• The Great Escape by Joren Vandenbroucke (Belgium, Luxembourg) – Dutch Premiere*This was presented at CineMart 2024 and world premiered in Venice Immersive 2025

• The Great Orator* by Daniel Ernst, 2025 (Netherlands) – Dutch Premiere.*This was presented at Darkroom 2025 and world premiered in Venice Immersive 2025

• Cycle by Matunda Groenendijk, Amit Palgi, 2026 (Netherlands) – Work in Progress