Venues & Map


Festival Locations 2008 printable map.


All of the venues of the International Film Festival Rotterdam take place within the city center and are easily reached from one another. The heart of the Festival is De Doelen Congress Center, where you can find all of the main professional service desks.


Festival Screening Venues:

Pathé Schouwburgplein 
Schouwburgplein 101 
Screens: 7 
Capacity: 205 – 760 
Handicap Access: yes
 
 
 
*  The Pathé cinema at Schouwburgplein is one of the biggest cinemas in the country and boasts the largest screen in the Netherlands. The modern edifice – located between the Schouwburg and De Doelen – is dramatically lit by night, dominating the square.
De Doelen  
Central Boxoffice. Opening houres:  9:00–23:00                        

Cinerama
Westblaak 18
Screens: 7
Capacity: 123 – 291
Handicap Access: none
 
*  Cinerama is a magnificent old cinema with 7 theaters and more than 1000 seats. You can wait for your film at the well-stocked reading table or enjoy a nice drink in the comfortable lounge.

Lantaren/Venster
Gouvernerstraat 133
Screens: 5
Capacity: 68 – 220
Handicap Access: yes
 
*  Lantaren/Venster began life in 1909 as Ons Huis (Our House) and over the course of time developed into a leading showcase for the performing arts (theatre and dance) and cinematography. It has two theatres (named Lantaren), four film theatres (named Venster) and a spacious foyer with a bar.

WORM
Achterhaven 148
Rotterdam Delfshaven

 
* WORM is the main venue for the Starting from Scratch activities with film
screenings, performances, installations, the Metamkine workshop, the
Scratching from Start party and meeting point for activities in the lab of WORM.filmwerkplaats. How to reach WORM?

Old Luxor Theater
Kruiskade 10
Screens: 1
Capacity: 800
Handicap Access: limited
 
*  The Old Luxor Theater dates back to 1917 and is a “Grand Dame” amongst Rotterdam theaters. It has been thoroughly renovated multiple times, but retains an atmosphere that lends a special touch to the cinematic experience.

De Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Schouwburgplein 25
Screens: 1
Capacity: 600
Handicap Access: yes
 
*  The Rotterdam Schouwburg is located in the heart of Rotterdam, on the famous Schouwburgplein. It is one of the main performing arts centers of the city, offering a wide range of critically acclaimed dance, opera and theatrical performances.
Zaal de Unie (4 minutes)
Mauritsweg 34
Exploding Cinema, Piece Unique, Cinematic Nuggets: Selection of Films by Cameron Jamie and more.
 
V2_Institute for
the Unstable Media
(6 minutes)
Eenddrachtsstraat 10
Modell 5 by Granular Synthesis,
Oude fotomuseum (12 minutes)
Witte de Withstraat 63
New Dragon Inns exhibition 
TENT./Witte de With (12 minutes)
Witte de Withstraat 503
Radicals exhibition: Cameron Jamie, Paul Sharits and Robert Breer.
Roodkapje (12 minutes)
Witte de Withstraat 13a
Memory is a Motherfucker exhibition: Keith Rowe, Peter Todd and  Luke Fowler.
Mama gallery(12 minutes)
Witte de Withstraat 29-31
 .raw Esperanto exhibition: Installation Sho(u)t by Vincent Elka and more.  
off_corso (4 minutes)
Kruiskade 22
Live performance by Rotterdam based techno-artist Jochem Paap (Speedy J.) and American VJ Scott Pagano present a dance-event, titled Umfeld.