Ammodo Tiger Short

• Nathanja van Dijk, filmmaker
• Safia Benhaim, filmmaker
• Greg de Cuir Jr., film curator and writer

Bright Future

• Beatriz Navas, director of ICAA Spain
• Zsuzsanna Király, head of development at Komplizen Film
• Michel Lipkes, Mexican filmmaker and director of Festival Internacional de Cine Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Bright Future

The section highlighted work of young and emerging filmmakers, consisted of the Tiger competition, Ammodo Tiger Short competition, Bright Future competition, main, mid-length and short programmes.^[3]

Voices

The section consisted of:^[9]

• Big Screen Competition
• Voices main programme, which showcased the work of future in arthouse cinema,
• Limelight, which showcased international award-winners and festival favourites,
• Rotterdämmerung, which showcased the work in hardcore film genres,
• Scopitone, which showcased music documentaries, and
• Voices Short.

Deep Focus

The section highlighted work of compilations, retrospectives and other formats in cinema.^[14] The section consisted of:

• Frameworks, which highlighted art films by emerging artists,
• Signatures, which showcased new work of established filmmakers,
• Regained, which showed restored classic films, films about filmmakers, experimental works and installations,
• Beth B: War Is Never Over, which showcased the selection of work about female identity, power and sexuality, curated by Beth B,
• Marion Hänsel, à la vie, which showcased the work of Marion Hänsel, and
• Deep Focus Short, which paid tribute to Kiluanji Kia Henda and Leonardo Mouramateus.

Perspectives

The section presented the IFFR's thematic programme and showcased the relevant social and political issues in cinema. The section consisted of:^[16]

• The Tyger Burns, which presented the contemporary work of old filmmakers,
• Synergetic, which showcased the alternative histories of mainstream narrative in cinema,
• Ordinary Heroes: Made in Hong Kong, which presented the political, social and economic tensions in Hong Kong,
• Sacred Beings, which presented the notion of queer culture, gender fluidity and spiritualities outside the Western perspective, and
• Wait and See, which showcased the work about patience.

Awards and competition

• Tiger Award: The Cloud In Her Room by Zheng Lu Xinyuan
• Special Jury Award: Beasts Clawing at Straws by Kim Yong-hoon
• Ammodo Tiger Short Award:
  • Apparition by Ismaïl Bahri
  • Communicating Vessels by Maïder Fortuné, Annie MacDonell
  • Sun Dog by Dorian Jespers
• Robby Müller Award: Diego García
• Big Screen Competition Award: A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann
• NETPAC Award: Nasir by Arun Karthick
• Found Footage Award: My Mexican Bretzel by Nuria Giménez Lorang
• IFFR Youth Jury Award: Les Misérables by Ladj Ly

Audience Awards

• BankGiro Loterij Audience Award: Parasite (B&W Version) by Bong Joon-ho
• Voices Short Award: Tabaski by Laurence Attali

Critics Awards

• FIPRESCI Award: Only You Alone by Zhou Zhou
• KNF Award: Kala azar by Janis Rafailidou